From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 21 00:06:41 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 48904106566B for ; Sat, 21 Apr 2012 00:06:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amvandemore@gmail.com) Received: from mail-wg0-f50.google.com (mail-wg0-f50.google.com [74.125.82.50]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C326B8FC1D for ; Sat, 21 Apr 2012 00:06:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wgbds12 with SMTP id ds12so9798916wgb.31 for ; Fri, 20 Apr 2012 17:06:39 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=cL3RvBp3X4CTJo8i2arlT1RqzsuaUHbXcF+a8BWZyB0=; b=xb0KdlXs6+yBcqcceeqW+2i69eW6SrJNuXJj48hv3+HbGJBD/GhKALCJeVCJPsGHs4 +EUQhuYM8wSLYI+OtDhHGUHp3KyIz+vMVuAwxN2VAfXrpisSIvYuUUqCvWpGnVJm5oXw I3L/pNRQ5J0+MT4YDo84ecPNpVzrGJAbb4iYbHNf9sfI227/YEVREsKuXZNS1NidrnoU Z3clppXQTZvGG4rJz0Jo0WGAOdh/G7ZfP82vZCJDKScNPypkQMffyxRKEsQnV21uEZvQ D2Zye6y5139ZODx6fg8JPAD9jTYJzf5wrf77jd/LBvRQYTI4w9yj1Aa7GgUQbvUwUgHG +cKQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.137.97 with SMTP id x75mr5176249wei.25.1334966799756; Fri, 20 Apr 2012 17:06:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.223.96.140 with HTTP; Fri, 20 Apr 2012 17:06:39 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4F917E90.9000205@uni-dortmund.de> References: <4F917E90.9000205@uni-dortmund.de> Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2012 19:06:39 -0500 Message-ID: From: Adam Vande More To: Christian Baer Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: recommendation(s) for new computer X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2012 00:06:41 -0000 On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 10:19 AM, Christian Baer < christian.baer@uni-dortmund.de> wrote: > Most of these components aren't all that thrilling (because they will > run with just about anything), but you are welcome to comment on them if > you think I could/should rethink an aspect. Remember that I live in > Germany and my choice fell on things that I can easily get on the German > market. I took a look at the costs and the prices that Intel wants for > their CPUs and mainboards just blew my socks off! Therefore, I decided > that this will be an AMD-computer (again). > I'm not sure where the power/performance/price ratio is at currently, but it wasn't that long ago purchasing an intel was a much better deal long term. It was something like it took a year and half of an AMD and intel cpu idling to draw even in total price all the while having a much greater performance potential with Intel. I say this as someone who hopes AMD will succeed. There is much more to it than just raw upfront cost. -- Adam Vande More