Re: deciding on a new amd64 system
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On Thu, Jun 07, 2007 at 04:09:22PM -0400 Lennart Sorensen said:
> On Thu, Jun 07, 2007 at 06:02:02AM +0000, Sam Varghese wrote:
> > I have used both Intel and AMD dual-core and find AMD better for my work;
> > I'm basing this on one thing, the speed of processing video files.
>
> Which intel? The P4 was a piece of #$@#$ design wise. The Core 2 is
> nothing like it. The Core 2 seems to beat the Athlon 64 X2 on
> everything. The P4/Pentium D hardly ever beat the X2 on anything.
The Core 2.
> > I had an ASUS A8N-SLI motherboard but the graphics cooler died and I
> > could only get a GA-K8NF-9 as replacement.
>
> Graphics cooler? What does that have to do with A8N-SLI?
It's a little fan next to the graphics chip, comes on the motherboard.
Once it starts making a racket, you can live with the noise or else get
the board replaced. I chose the latter option.
> > I've found the smaller WD drives to be flaky; the bigger SATA ones are as
> > good or as bad as Seagate. You won't find drives of the quality of the
> > Quantum Fireball anymore.
>
> I was so annoyed when Quentum moved the HD business to maxtor. :(
>
> > First thing after building, boot from a Knoppix live CD and run memtest to
> > pick up any memory errors. I agree about Kingston.
>
> The experience of many people (at least on Athlon 64 systems and
> Opterons) is that memtest will not catch a lot of problems caused by ram
> that isn't quite compatible with the amd memory controller. Perhaps it
> is ram that isn't quite up to the spec it claims to be. The AMD memory
> controller seems to expect things to do what they claim and drives them
> to the limit (good for perforamnce after all). Best way to find out if
> ram is causing a problem is to swap it out with something else and see
> if the problem goes away in that case.
My experience has been different so I'll agree to disagree.
Sam
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