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Christopher Friedt wrote: |
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> Hi everyone, |
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> For a long time I've been considering various mini-itx form-factor |
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> devices for multi-purpose use at home, as an HTPC, NAS, maybe messing |
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> around with osx86, etc. |
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> One particular use that I wanted to make of such a device would be to |
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> use it as my own personal compile-farm, for various arm |
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> cross-compilation builds, and binary packages for my laptop / netbook. |
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> Recently, I was considering the Zotac IONITX-A. I would consider this |
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> a fairly powerful, yet low-power device, with an Atom 330 dual-core |
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> processor at 1.6 GHz and nVidia GPU ( Ion / 9400m ). I'm more than |
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> certain that it would work well as an HTPC, but for a personal build |
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> machine, I'd like to hear some feedback. |
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> Does anyone on the list have a similar network-appliance that they use |
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> for a personal compile-farm ? Neither of my aging x86 machines offer |
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> any CPU features greater than sse2, and neither have multiple-cores. |
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> For those who have a multi-core compile-farm at home, is there a |
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> largely noticeable difference in speed? |
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I don't have an atom myself but from looking at the specs, for the same |
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amount of money, i'd think you'd be better of with a single machine with |
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lots of RAM and 4 to 8 cores with lots of cache for compiling. |
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Then multiple of those more powerful machines if you need. |
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Karl Hiramoto http://karl.hiramoto.org/ |
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