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On Sat, 12 Nov 2011 00:51:29 +0000 |
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Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote: |
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> It's time for a new desktop, I'd rather the the money to Amazon or |
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> Ebuyer than the Inland Revenue. I'm currently running a Core2Duo |
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> system, but use AMD before that, so I have no real allegiances. |
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> I was thinking of something like an AMD 1100T 6 core CPU, the new |
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> Bulldozers are expensive and initial reports are not that promising, |
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> but an Intel that gives the same bang per buck would do. I'm thinking |
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> Gigabyte for motherboard, based on comments made here in similar |
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> threads (like the one Dale started a while ago). I need lots of SATA |
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> ports (fortunately, I bought a pair of 2TB drives a fortnight ago, |
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> just before the prices went ballistic). |
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> I'm not a gamer, but I want a system with plenty of grunt. Video |
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> performance is not critical, on board would suffice, except I need |
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> something with dual output to drive two monitors. Do any of the |
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> onboard jobbies do this or is a separate Nvidia still the best option? |
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> Thoughts would be welcome, and please feel free to start your own ATI |
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> vs Nvidia and AMD vs Intel flamewars. OK, I'd rather you didn't, but |
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> I'm not about to waste electrons asking for the impossible :) |
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Using a 1090t which is one behind the 1100t. It was relatively cheap |
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and performs excellently. Have had no problems running anything and |
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compilation time seems to rocket through on gentoo. Much faster than |
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previous dual core. |
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John D Maunder |
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