[LAU] New processor purchase, AMD

[Robin Gareus]

On 12/06/2010 12:00 AM, Joel Roth wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 05, 2010 at 12:36:39PM -0800, Mark Knecht wrote:
>> On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 11:53 AM, Ivan K <ivan_521521 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> My thinking is that for multi-core 64bit, there are less expensive
>>> than intel.  Am I wrong about this?  What multi-core intel 64bit processors
>>> are people buying?
>>>
>>> --- On Sun, 12/5/10, rosea.grammostola <rosea.grammostola at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Why AMD? Just interest...
>>>>
>>>> \r
>>
>> In the last year:
>>
>> Two i5-661 - 2 cores, 4 threads (4GB DRAM)
>> One i7-820 - 4 cores, 8 threads (8GB DRAM + 2 disk RAID1)
>> One i7-980x - 6 cores, 12 threads (24GB DRAM + 3 disk RAID1 + 2 disk RAID0)
>>
>> The Intel processors seem (to me) to be more power conscience lately.
>> Don't forget to add up the incremental cost of electricity over the
>> next few years running a processor without hyper-threading if you go
>> that way. You might be better off spending a little more up front to
>> save a lot in the long term.
> 
> I'm more pro-Intel since a close encounter with an i5.
> 
> I now have a Thinkpad 410 with i5-M560 that is (mostly)
> Linux-friendly, runs cool and is power thrifty. 
> 
> * The Intel supplied driver sources work for the integrated GPU
>   under a recent kernel. (I'm using 2.6.36.)
> 
> * Important Fn-key combinations work.
> 
> * Beeps are still audible with the alsamixer beep control muted. :-(

maybe you already knew but here's a "workaround" for X:
 xset b off

> * I'll be replacing the Realtek rtl8192se wireless card.
>   This is after fruitless hours compiling/fiddling stale 
>   drivers and equally stale ndiswrapper.
> 
> * I haven't tested the firewire. It is Ricoh e832 chipset,
>   and appears to work, with some problems reported when
>   the BIOS is set to allow virtual machines. The jack
>   is the mini size.
> 
> My previous notebook, Toshiba Satellite L305D  had an AMD
> Turion x2 QL-64 processor, and run an H2O BIOS. It tended to
> overheat, always needed to be set up on books for better
> airflow, and was on only (barely) acceptable with clock
> fixed to 1GHz.
> 
> I suppose I could have bought an external cooler.
> But then the LCD developed problems...
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Joel
> 
>  
>> - Mark