Christopher Friedt wrote: > Hi Karl, > > On Sat, Sep 5, 2009 at 1:07 PM, Karl Hiramoto<[email protected]> wrote: > >>> For those who have a multi-core compile-farm at home, is there a >>> largely noticeable difference in speed? >>> > > Sorry, that should read 'difference in speed for builds'. > > >> I don't have an atom myself but from looking at the specs, for the same >> amount of money, i'd think you'd be better of with a single machine with >> lots of RAM and 4 to 8 cores with lots of cache for compiling. >> > > Thanks for your reply. > > I'm primarily interested in something that uses a smaller form-factor > for power, noise pollution, and space reasons, but 4 to 8 cores > probably doesn't fit in that class. >
If you don't mind waiting a long time for your atom to compile, then i suppose it's ok. But compute wise, its pretty weak. See the benchmarks a core 2 duo is many times faster than a atom: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/intel-atom-efficiency,2069-8.html If noise and space is a primary concern but you want more compute power than an atom, then you could check out Aopen and logic supply, they are more expensive than atoms though, but you get what you pay for. http://www.logicsupply.com/blog/2008/10/10/introducing-the-all-new-fanless-core-2-duo-system-the-gs-l10/ http://usa.aopen.com/ I've used some aopen products withe Core2 duos for HTPC and been happy. Some of them have integrated IR receiver, and HD out which makes it nice. -- Karl Hiramoto http://karl.hiramoto.org/
