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Alecks Gates wrote: |
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> On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 8:27 PM, Philip Webb <purslow@××××××××.net> wrote: |
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>> 120720 Dale wrote to me as OP: |
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>>> If you need help with this, i'd be glad to help you pick parts |
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>>> for your build. The biggest thing is to make sure things work together. |
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>> Thanks for the offer & the other advice from everyone so far. |
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>> I built machines successfully in 2000 2003 2007 |
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>> & am still using the last 2 , tho' the 2007 mobo failed (ASUS) |
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>> & its replacement is showing minor bugs (glad I got in-store warranty). |
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>> Therefore, I'm not looking for basic advice how to put a box together. |
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>> I'm also willing to pay for a fast upto-date CPU, |
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>> but not of course whatever came out just last week, |
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>> which will soon drop in price & will still need some bugs sorting out. |
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>> I don't have to choose between a good CPU & a good SSD |
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>> & expect to get a competitive price from Canada Computers, as before. |
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>> Any further thoughts re Intel vs AMD wb very welcome. |
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>> SUPPORT ___________//___, Philip Webb |
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>> TRANSIT `-O----------O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca |
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> You'd definitely get more bang for your buck out of AMD, especially |
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> with Gentoo. It might even be worth waiting for AMD's piledriver-core |
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> CPUs depending on how much of an improvement they actually give, |
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> though I'm not sure when those are supposed to be out. And paying for |
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> a top-of-the-line AMD CPU is still much cheaper than Intel. |
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> This is a very broad generalization of course, but a lot of it comes |
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> down to multi-threaded (lean towards AMD) vs single-threaded (lean |
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> towards Intel). Honestly I don't think you'd notice the difference |
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> anyway on a general desktop. I'd pick AMD, and very likely one of |
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> their APUs if you don't need intense graphics, as they seem to be able |
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> to handle most things well and even some light gaming. |
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I did some checking when I built my rig. If I recall correctly, just a |
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comparable Intel CPU would have cost as much as my AMD CPU *and* the |
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mobo. After you put down some bucks for the CPU, you still have to buy |
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a mobo which seem pricey to me as well. Between those two parts, you |
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can spend a lot of money for Intel based stuff. |
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Seriously, for desktop use and budget, go with AMD. Spend the money you |
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save on your SSD or a really nice video card. After all, the video card |
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is what you really see anyway. |
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I'm not saying Intel is bad but AMD is a great CPU and much cheaper. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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