Hey group,
My trusty old computer died tonight :( I am stuck with my winders laptop
for a few days until I can get in a new mobo and processor. I am looking at
getting something like an AMD 64 or a Pentium D dual core. I can get one of
the two models below for a really good price on newegg.
AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Venice 800MHz HT Socket 754
or
Intel Pentium D 805 Smithfield 533MHz FSB 2 x 1MB L2 Cache LGA 775 Dual
Core,EM64T Processor
Both of these are in the <$150 price range for processors that I want to
stay at, though I will go up to about $200 for a proc. I have always used
AMD at home though never had an AMD 64 yet. If I go Intel then I would want
it to have either HT or dual core.
If anyone has a good suggestion for a proc < $200, please let me know.
The next item is a mobo to go with the proc. For the mobo I really want
SATA, PCI express, onboard audio and lan. I don't want onboard video, I
will get a newer Nvida card to handle video. All the onboard stuff must
work under Gentoo, I won't have MS on the new box.
I am not sure if I should go intel or amd64. I am not looking for an amd vs
intel flame war, just suggestions based on personal experience.
This box will be my main home computer running Gentoo. I am a programmer so
I want a system that will be fast for compiling, some Linux games from time
to time, uh... compiling Gentoo : ), watching videos/dvd's and maybe 1-2
times a year I will encode a video.
Thanks for any tip,
Jim
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