Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2002 14:13:01 -0700 (PDT) From: Matt Snow <drama@slakin.net> To: Jud <jud@myrealbox.com> Cc: scott.mitchell@mail.com, <rodolfo@equinoxe.g-networks.net>, <ukla@attbi.com>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: [OFF] Pentium vs Athlon which is better Message-ID: <20020624141205.U34522-100000@seven.slakin.net> In-Reply-To: <1024952871.4c50fffcjud@myrealbox.com>
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I am running K-Byte RAM fine, as well as some no name brand. Both boxes are running strong. * * * * * * * * Matt Snow (@) drama@slakin.net (w) http://slakin.net. On Mon, 24 Jun 2002, Jud wrote: > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Scott Mitchell <scott.mitchell@mail.com> > To: Rodolfo Gonzalez <rodolfo@equinoxe.g-networks.net> > Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2002 21:18:12 +0100 > Subject: Re: [OFF] Pentium vs Athlon which is better > > On Mon, Jun 24, 2002 at 12:10:07PM -0400, Rodolfo Gonzalez wrote: > > On Sun, 23 Jun 2002, Matt Snow wrote: > > > > As an addendum, any opinion on components? [motherboard, ram, HD, NIC etc] > > > > There's a small problem with AMD's, you need a very good fan or cooling > > system. > > [snip] > Make sure your cooling and power supply are AMD approved, and use > major-brand RAM -- I've personally never had any problems with > Crucial/Micron RAM. > > Scott > > _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ > > > I like Crucial myself - which brings up a point re DDR > RAM. DDR is less expensive than RDRAM. DDR is mainly > identified with AMD chips, though there are Intel > DDR motherboards available. > > I've owned a couple of AMD CPUs with DDR RAM > motherboards and have been quite happy with them. > > If you want to use more than one CPU, my impression > from reading (I have no experience nor expertise in > this area, so take this for what little it's worth) > is that AMD's support is at an earlier stage than is > Intel's. It's also my impression (with the same > disclaimer) that improved multi-CPU performance and > stability is a goal of the FreeBSD project for the > 5.x (-CURRENT) version. > > Jud > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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