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>>>>>>>>>>    1. Re:  OT CPU Advice (Seb Ward)
>>>>>>>>>>    2. Re:  OT CPU Advice (Rob Beard)
>>>>>>>>>>    3. Re:  OT CPU Advice (gav)
>>>>>>>>>>    4. Re:  OT CPU Advice (Chris Coulson)
>>>>>>>>>>    5. Re:  OT CPU Advice (Rob Beard)
>>>>>>>>>>    6. Re:  OT CPU Advice (Rob Beard)
>>>>>>>>>>    7. Re:  OT CPU Advice (gav)
>>>>>>>>>>    8. Re:  OT CPU Advice (Darren Mansell)
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>>>>>>>>>> Message: 1
>>>>>>>>>> Date: Mon, 01 Dec 2008 14:05:04 +0100
>>>>>>>>>> From: Seb Ward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] OT CPU Advice
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>>>>>>>>>> Message: 2
>>>>>>>>>> Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 13:52:42 +0000
>>>>>>>>>> From: Rob Beard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] OT CPU Advice
>>>>>>>>>> To: British Ubuntu Talk <ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com>
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>>>>>>>>>> On 1 Dec 2008, at 10:24, Darren Mansell wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I sold my EEE PC about 10 months ago and for (almost) the same
>>>>>>>>>>> money
>>>>>>>>>>> built
>>>>>>>>>>> a very respectable rig with bits from ebuyer. My spec was:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Decent Abit mainboard
>>>>>>>>>>> AMD Athlon X2 4200+
>>>>>>>>>>> 2GB Corsair standard stuff
>>>>>>>>>>> 2 x 250GB Samsung SATA HDD's (in Linux software MD RAID 0, it
>>>>>>>>>>> rocks)
>>>>>>>>>>> dual layer DVD-+RW
>>>>>>>>>>> 19" wide HannsG monitor
>>>>>>>>>>> Good quality case from eBay with decent PSU
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> It was a grand total of about ?300 but I had to make sure I got
>>>>>>>>>>> good
>>>>>>>>>>> components. Most important is the PSU as Rob says. I've always
>>>>>>>>>>> liked
>>>>>>>>>>> Abit
>>>>>>>>>>> motherboards. Foxconn are actually pretty good from my
>>>>>>>>>>> experience.
>>>>>>>>>>> They
>>>>>>>>>>> used to make Intel's own brand boards, not sure if they still do.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> The disk speed makes this computer feel very fast.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I heard bad things about Foxconn boards and Linux a while ago,
>>>>>>>>>> can't
>>>>>>>>>> remember if it was posted here.  I'm just a bit dubious now.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I'm currently running an Athlon X2 3800+ and that seems pretty
>>>>>>>>>> quick
>>>>>>>>>> (I did have a Phenom X4 9600 but it died over the weekend and the
>>>>>>>>>> Athlon X2 was the only thing I had which could chuck in the
>>>>>>>>>> board).
>>>>>>>>>> I
>>>>>>>>>> could also recommend the Pentium Dual Core chips as they're also
>>>>>>>>>> pretty quick (I had one before upgrading to the Phenom, it's now
>>>>>>>>>> sitting in my wife's PC).
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Rob
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> ------------------------------
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Message: 3
>>>>>>>>>> Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 14:11:46 +0000
>>>>>>>>>> From: "gav" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] OT CPU Advice
>>>>>>>>>> To: British Ubuntu Talk <ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com>
>>>>>>>>>> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, Dec 01, 2008 at 01:52:42PM +0000, Rob Beard wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> I'm currently running an Athlon X2 3800+ and that seems pretty
>>>>>>>>>>> quick
>>>>>>>>>>> (I did have a Phenom X4 9600 but it died over the weekend and the
>>>>>>>>>>> Athlon X2 was the only thing I had which could chuck in the
>>>>>>>>>>> board).
>>>>>>>>>>> I
>>>>>>>>>>> could also recommend the Pentium Dual Core chips as they're also
>>>>>>>>>>> pretty quick (I had one before upgrading to the Phenom, it's now
>>>>>>>>>>> sitting in my wife's PC).
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I've not really found a massive multi-core chip to be needed on a
>>>>>>>>>> modern
>>>>>>>>>> Linux desktop, recently I've moved over to an Atom processor on my
>>>>>>>>>> desktop,
>>>>>>>>>> this board:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> http://www.ebuyer.com/product/147222
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Works beautifully under Ubuntu and Debian for me and the whole
>>>>>>>>>> system
>>>>>>>>>> runs
>>>>>>>>>> with an 80W power supply, rather than the hundreds of Watts these
>>>>>>>>>> big
>>>>>>>>>> rig
>>>>>>>>>> machines use.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>> Gav Ford
>>>>>>>>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>>>>>>>> http://revford.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk
>>>>>>>>>> I think we need to:  Reverse the polarity of the communications
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>>>>>>>>>> Message: 4
>>>>>>>>>> Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 14:21:15 +0000
>>>>>>>>>> From: "Chris Coulson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] OT CPU Advice
>>>>>>>>>> To: "British Ubuntu Talk" <ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com>
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>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> 2008/12/1 Rob Beard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On 1 Dec 2008, at 10:24, Darren Mansell wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>>> > I sold my EEE PC about 10 months ago and for (almost) the same
>>>>>>>>>>> > money
>>>>>>>>>>> > built
>>>>>>>>>>> > a very respectable rig with bits from ebuyer. My spec was:
>>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>>> > Decent Abit mainboard
>>>>>>>>>>> > AMD Athlon X2 4200+
>>>>>>>>>>> > 2GB Corsair standard stuff
>>>>>>>>>>> > 2 x 250GB Samsung SATA HDD's (in Linux software MD RAID 0, it
>>>>>>>>>>> > rocks)
>>>>>>>>>>> > dual layer DVD-+RW
>>>>>>>>>>> > 19" wide HannsG monitor
>>>>>>>>>>> > Good quality case from eBay with decent PSU
>>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>>> > It was a grand total of about ?300 but I had to make sure I got
>>>>>>>>>>> > good
>>>>>>>>>>> > components. Most important is the PSU as Rob says. I've always
>>>>>>>>>>> > liked
>>>>>>>>>>> > Abit
>>>>>>>>>>> > motherboards. Foxconn are actually pretty good from my
>>>>>>>>>>> > experience.
>>>>>>>>>>> > They
>>>>>>>>>>> > used to make Intel's own brand boards, not sure if they still
>>>>>>>>>>> > do.
>>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>>> > The disk speed makes this computer feel very fast.
>>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I heard bad things about Foxconn boards and Linux a while ago,
>>>>>>>>>>> can't
>>>>>>>>>>> remember if it was posted here.  I'm just a bit dubious now.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Rob
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>> ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com
>>>>>>>>>>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
>>>>>>>>>>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Rob,
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> You're probably referring to this:
>>>>>>>>>> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=869249
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Regards
>>>>>>>>>> Chris
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>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Message: 5
>>>>>>>>>> Date: Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:43:17 +0000
>>>>>>>>>> From: Rob Beard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] OT CPU Advice
>>>>>>>>>> To: British Ubuntu Talk <ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com>
>>>>>>>>>> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Chris Coulson wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> You're probably referring to this:
>>>>>>>>>>> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=869249
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Regards
>>>>>>>>>>> Chris
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Yeah that was it.  TBH, there's not much difference in price
>>>>>>>>>> between
>>>>>>>>>> some of the Foxconn boards and other boards from MSI/Gigabite/ASUS
>>>>>>>>>> etc.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Rob
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> ------------------------------
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Message: 6
>>>>>>>>>> Date: Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:46:54 +0000
>>>>>>>>>> From: Rob Beard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] OT CPU Advice
>>>>>>>>>> To: British Ubuntu Talk <ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com>
>>>>>>>>>> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>>>>>>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> gav wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> I've not really found a massive multi-core chip to be needed on a
>>>>>>>>>>> modern
>>>>>>>>>>> Linux desktop, recently I've moved over to an Atom processor on
>>>>>>>>>>> my
>>>>>>>>>>> desktop,
>>>>>>>>>>> this board:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> http://www.ebuyer.com/product/147222
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Works beautifully under Ubuntu and Debian for me and the whole
>>>>>>>>>>> system
>>>>>>>>>>> runs
>>>>>>>>>>> with an 80W power supply, rather than the hundreds of Watts these
>>>>>>>>>>> big
>>>>>>>>>>> rig
>>>>>>>>>>> machines use.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I guess it depends on what you use your machine for.  I *could*
>>>>>>>>>> make
>>>>>>>>>> use
>>>>>>>>>> of all 4 cores on the Phenom but not very often, juging by the
>>>>>>>>>> system
>>>>>>>>>> monitor the majority of the time most of the cores were sat idle
>>>>>>>>>> at
>>>>>>>>>> about 1.2GHz and it was only specific things I did that actually
>>>>>>>>>> used
>>>>>>>>>> more than two cores.  I do however sometimes tax the system so I
>>>>>>>>>> don't
>>>>>>>>>> think an Atom would meet my needs.  If I didn't play HD video on
>>>>>>>>>> my
>>>>>>>>>> other half's PC then an Atom would probably do her.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I'm considering an Atom Dual Core for my server (it's currently
>>>>>>>>>> running
>>>>>>>>>> an Athlon 1400) although I'm not sure what to do after reading
>>>>>>>>>> this....
>>>>>>>>>> http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/intel-atom-efficiency,2069.html
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Rob
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> ------------------------------
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Message: 7
>>>>>>>>>> Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 19:10:54 +0000
>>>>>>>>>> From: "gav" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] OT CPU Advice
>>>>>>>>>> To: British Ubuntu Talk <ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com>
>>>>>>>>>> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>>>>>>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, Dec 01, 2008 at 04:46:54PM +0000, Rob Beard wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> I'm considering an Atom Dual Core for my server (it's currently
>>>>>>>>>>> running
>>>>>>>>>>> an Athlon 1400) although I'm not sure what to do after reading
>>>>>>>>>>> this....
>>>>>>>>>>> http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/intel-atom-efficiency,2069.html
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> The Atom seems to work fine for DVD playback, if that helps you
>>>>>>>>>> judge
>>>>>>>>>> on
>>>>>>>>>> the video side of things, I use an external USB DVD on the
>>>>>>>>>> machine.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I've no interest in BluRay yet so I can't tell you how it handles
>>>>>>>>>> that.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> From that review, it looks like the chipset it holding the Atom
>>>>>>>>>> back,
>>>>>>>>>> 4W
>>>>>>>>>> for the processor but 22W for the chipset seems backwards.
>>>>>>>>>> However
>>>>>>>>>> that
>>>>>>>>>> chipset is well supported under Linux, especially the hassle free,
>>>>>>>>>> open
>>>>>>>>>> driver 3D support.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>> Gav Ford
>>>>>>>>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>>>>>>>> http://revford.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk
>>>>>>>>>> I think we need to:  Repair the kettle flow
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>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Message: 8
>>>>>>>>>> Date: Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:50:11 +0000
>>>>>>>>>> From: Darren Mansell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] OT CPU Advice
>>>>>>>>>> To: British Ubuntu Talk <ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com>
>>>>>>>>>> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, 1 Dec 2008 14:21:15 +0000, "Chris Coulson"
>>>>>>>>>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> 2008/12/1 Rob Beard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> On 1 Dec 2008, at 10:24, Darren Mansell wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>>>> > I sold my EEE PC about 10 months ago and for (almost) the same
>>>>>>>>>>>> > money
>>>>>>>>>>>> > built
>>>>>>>>>>>> > a very respectable rig with bits from ebuyer. My spec was:
>>>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>>>> > Decent Abit mainboard
>>>>>>>>>>>> > AMD Athlon X2 4200+
>>>>>>>>>>>> > 2GB Corsair standard stuff
>>>>>>>>>>>> > 2 x 250GB Samsung SATA HDD's (in Linux software MD RAID 0, it
>>>>>>>>>>>> > rocks)
>>>>>>>>>>>> > dual layer DVD-+RW
>>>>>>>>>>>> > 19" wide HannsG monitor
>>>>>>>>>>>> > Good quality case from eBay with decent PSU
>>>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>>>> > It was a grand total of about ?300 but I had to make sure I
>>>>>>>>>>>> > got
>>>>>>>>>>>> > good
>>>>>>>>>>>> > components. Most important is the PSU as Rob says. I've always
>>>>>>>>>>>> > liked
>>>>>>>>>>>> > Abit
>>>>>>>>>>>> > motherboards. Foxconn are actually pretty good from my
>>>>>>>>>>>> > experience.
>>>>>>>>>>>> > They
>>>>>>>>>>>> > used to make Intel's own brand boards, not sure if they still
>>>>>>>>>>>> > do.
>>>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>>>> > The disk speed makes this computer feel very fast.
>>>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> I heard bad things about Foxconn boards and Linux a while ago,
>>>>>>>>>>>> can't
>>>>>>>>>>>> remember if it was posted here.  I'm just a bit dubious now.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Rob
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>>> ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com
>>>>>>>>>>>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
>>>>>>>>>>>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Rob,
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> You're probably referring to this:
>>>>>>>>>>> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=869249
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Regards
>>>>>>>>>>> Chris
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Very interesting. Back in my R+D days for a used-to-be well known
>>>>>>>>>> british
>>>>>>>>>> PC manufacturer I had to do a lot with Windows WHQL testing. WHQL
>>>>>>>>>> (Windows
>>>>>>>>>> Hardware Quality Labs) is basically Microsoft paying hardware
>>>>>>>>>> manufacturers
>>>>>>>>>> to break support for Linux or any other OS.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> There are test suites called the HCT tests. The mainboard BIOS,
>>>>>>>>>> VGA
>>>>>>>>>> card
>>>>>>>>>> BIOS, optical firmwares etc all had to be bodged to work with
>>>>>>>>>> these
>>>>>>>>>> tests.
>>>>>>>>>> Microsoft would give you kickbacks via the MDP (market development
>>>>>>>>>> program)
>>>>>>>>>> if your stuff was all WHQL certified.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Of course every system integrator is then under pressure to get
>>>>>>>>>> every
>>>>>>>>>> piece
>>>>>>>>>> of hardware in their PC's WHQL certified and in turn put pressure
>>>>>>>>>> on
>>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>> hardware manufacturers to alter the BIOS/firmware to make it work
>>>>>>>>>> for
>>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>> Windows HCT. As money talks they have no time left to look at
>>>>>>>>>> Linux
>>>>>>>>>> support.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> It's all just another way Microsoft have to make Linux look like
>>>>>>>>>> some
>>>>>>>>>> cheap
>>>>>>>>>> joke. Open standards are their enemy.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
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