[gentoo-user] new machine : (1) which CPU ?

[Philip Webb]

I plan to build a new machine in the next few months:
it wb for regular desktop use, but performance is as important as price.

A quick look at what was available in April suggested
an Intel Ivy Bridge i7 ( 22 nm ) ; Phoronix said it works with Kernel 3.2
+ an Intel Z77 mobo (I usually buy ASUS) & that power/watt was excellent.

However, I'm quite willing to look at AMD or consider waiting a bit
till something newer from Intel reaches the regular market.
My current box dates from 2007 & my stand-by from 2002 :
the former has an Intel Core2 Duo, the latter an AMD Athlon XP 2500+ .

I don't want to pay a premium price for a bleeding-edge device
which wb available at a more normal price a few months later.
I wb buying it from the local store (Canada Computers), not on-line.

Does anyone have thoughts or advice ?

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