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From: Matt Snow <drama@slakin.net>
To: Jud <jud@myrealbox.com>
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Subject: Re: [OFF] Pentium vs Athlon which is better
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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
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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
>


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