[TriLUG] Linux and the Intel Pentium Extreme

[Greg Brown]

Because I did not know if it's existance?  Actually, I was looking at
the Extreme simply because I stumbled upon it on the Intel website
while trying to figure out what was likely to start showing up in the
Apple low-end desktops and I am also in need of a new server so I was
looking for the future guts of that box.  Give the price the 820 looks
like a much better choice of performance vs. $$.

One thing I do know is my old P-II "server" is tried and in need of
replacement.  Sure, it makes for a fine SAMBA and print server for the
two Mac laptops but it is old and tired and can't handle the image
capture and video processing that I need.  Also it could greatly
benefit from a primary SCSI drive where /tmp, /video (and the rest of
the OS) resides with SATA raid for long-term storage for the data and
videos.  Another 2 gig of high-speed RAM or so would be nice.

So, now it is time to upgrade and consider processors, etc.  I am
weary of AMD processors from past expirence and am looking at the
Intel line for the next purchase.

Greg

On 7/29/05, Mike Johnson <mike at enoch.org> wrote:
> > Greg Brown wrote:
> >
> >
> >>I'm not sure if the Intel Extreme is even for sale yet and in case you
> >>haven't heard about it here is the skinny: it is a dual core
> >>hyperthreading processor.
> 
> Okay, I gotta ask.  Why Pentium EE, Greg?  A Pentium 820 is much
> cheaper, and is dual core.  Hell, even a dual core Athlon is less than
> $1000.
> 
> 820:
> http://labs.anandtech.com/links.php?pfilter=2201
> 
> Athlon x2:
> http://labs.anandtech.com/search.php?q=athlon+64+x2
> 
> Mike
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