I plan to build a new machine in the next few months: it wb for regular desktop use, but performance is as important as price.
A quick look at what was available in April suggested an Intel Ivy Bridge i7 ( 22 nm ) ; Phoronix said it works with Kernel 3.2 + an Intel Z77 mobo (I usually buy ASUS) & that power/watt was excellent. However, I'm quite willing to look at AMD or consider waiting a bit till something newer from Intel reaches the regular market. My current box dates from 2007 & my stand-by from 2002 : the former has an Intel Core2 Duo, the latter an AMD Athlon XP 2500+ . I don't want to pay a premium price for a bleeding-edge device which wb available at a more normal price a few months later. I wb buying it from the local store (Canada Computers), not on-line. Does anyone have thoughts or advice ? -- ========================,,============================================ SUPPORT ___________//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT `-O----------O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca
