[linux-audio-user] Processor Recommendation

[Chris Cannam]

Steve Harris wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 10, 2003 at 03:19:32PM +1000, Allan Klinbail wrote:
>>I personally prefer the current Intel chips because they run at a cooler
>>temperature so the fans required are less noisy...
> 
> Yes, I think if I was building a machine today, I'd go for PIV for this
> reason, at the time I bought an Athlon XP cos I needed to get as much FPU
> performace for my $ as I could.

I have a dual 2K Athlon and although it's a very quick machine,
I'm increasingly irritated by the noise (especially as the weather
gets hotter and cooling requirements increase).  I've probably spent
as much money on various largely failed attempts at quietening it
through random bits of agricultural-looking technology as I did on
the processors.

So I (rather unwillingly) have to support the apparent consensus:
get a single fast Intel.


Chris