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Christopher Friedt wrote: |
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> Hi Karl, |
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> On Sat, Sep 5, 2009 at 1:07 PM, Karl Hiramoto<karl@××××××××.org> wrote: |
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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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> Sorry, that should read 'difference in speed for builds'. |
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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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> Thanks for your reply. |
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> I'm primarily interested in something that uses a smaller form-factor |
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> for power, noise pollution, and space reasons, but 4 to 8 cores |
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> probably doesn't fit in that class. |
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If you don't mind waiting a long time for your atom to compile, then i |
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suppose it's ok. But compute wise, its pretty weak. |
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See the benchmarks a core 2 duo is many times faster than a atom: |
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http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/intel-atom-efficiency,2069-8.html |
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If noise and space is a primary concern but you want more compute power |
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than an atom, then you could check out Aopen and logic supply, they are |
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more expensive than atoms though, but you get what you pay for. |
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http://www.logicsupply.com/blog/2008/10/10/introducing-the-all-new-fanless-core-2-duo-system-the-gs-l10/ |
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http://usa.aopen.com/ |
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I've used some aopen products withe Core2 duos for HTPC and been |
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happy. Some of them have integrated IR receiver, and HD out which |
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makes it nice. |
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Karl Hiramoto http://karl.hiramoto.org/ |
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