[TriLUG] CPU Considerations/Recommendations

[Dave Sorenson]

I just configured a dual proc Xeon quad core server (Dell 2950)@work. It
seriously rocks the house running CentOS4 64. I'm not anti Intel at all. I
just can't justify paying the premium for the name for my personal stuff.

That being said I also just finished configuring a couple of Dell SC1435's
with Dual-Core 64-bit AMD Opteron procs and other than the screaming fans
in the case was pretty impressed with the performance.

Dave


> I've been an Intel fan for the past xx years ...and have to say, they've
> never gone wrong. It could get into a flame war, but I'll leave you with
> this:
>
> Dual Pentium III 933, Gentoo, 1 year 6 months uptime under the 2.4.x
> kernel.
>
> ...I ended up breaking its downtime when we lost power in NY/CT because
> of the heat (blackout).
>
> Anyone tried out the Intel quad core yet?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: trilug-bounces at trilug.org [mailto:trilug-bounces at trilug.org] On
> Behalf Of Dave Sorenson
> Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 4:32 PM
> To: Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list
> Subject: Re: [TriLUG] CPU Considerations/Recommendations
>
> I've had nothing but GREAT luck w/ AMD CPU's I've probably built 7-9
> boxen with them and the ones that were taken out of service were due to
> clockspeed slowness, not failure. In fact my server is going on year 6
> and while showing it's slow clockspeed occasionally it  has been ROCK
> SOLID since Red Hat 7 was first installed.
>
> YMMV
> ;-)
> Dave
>
> Greg Brown wrote:
>> I've been blasted for my views of AMD but I'd say, no, and AMD
>> anything is not a good choice for a processor (this is based off three
>
>> different AMD processors I owned kicking the bucket within one year's
>> time.
>> Meanwhile my
>> P-II is still churning out the 1s and 0s God only knows how long after
>
>> it was shipped out the door).
>>
>> Yahoo had a story about the financial well at AMD possibly running
> dry:
>>
>> http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070311/ap_on_bi_ge/amd_intel_shifting_for
>> tunes;_ylt=AhfUbSCIDhPeuOjiO2pl.sfMWM0F
>>
>>
>> (http://tinyurl.com/yrkw7y)*
>>
>> *Some other headlines:
>>
>> *AMD* on The Brink of
>> Collapse<http://www.shortnews.com/start.cfm?id=60964&rubrik1=Economy&r
>> ubrik2=Company%20News&rubrik3=Mergers%20%2F%20Takeovers&sort=1&start=1
>> >
>>
>> *AMD* Staggering After Brutal Year of Battling
>> Intel<http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,258365,00.html>
>> Intel Debuts More Product, The Chips Are Down Again At
>> AMD<http://www.247wallst.com/2007/03/intel_debuts_mo.html>
>>
>> This could all be wrong though.  YMMV.
>>
>> Greg
>>
>> On 3/13/07, Ed Alexander <esalexa at nc.rr.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> I need to purchase a new primary desktop for home use.  I'd like some
>
>>> recommendations for what CPU to get.  Is Athlon 64 a good choice?  I
>>> know of issues with getting Flash player to work (only 32-bit version
>
>>> available).  Are there other considerations, good or bad?
>>>
>>> I'll be running various Linux distros on it over time, one as the
>>> base system and others in Qemu or VMware.  The system will be used
>>> for the usual (e-mail, web, video, productivity, etc.) and general
>>> playing around with Linux distros.
>>>
>>> Thanks for any constructive comments.
>>>
>>> Ed
>>>
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