From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 28 22:25:51 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8435316A41F for ; Thu, 28 Jul 2005 22:25:51 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dick@nagual.st) Received: from nagual.st (cc20684-a.assen1.dr.home.nl [82.74.2.254]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E082943D49 for ; Thu, 28 Jul 2005 22:25:48 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dick@nagual.st) Received: from pooh.nagual.st (pooh.nagual.st [192.168.11.22]) by nagual.st with esmtp; Fri, 29 Jul 2005 00:25:44 +0200 id 00000018.42E95B68.0000FC50 Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2005 00:26:02 +0200 From: dick hoogendijk To: fbsdq Message-Id: <20050729002602.65ff60bb.dick@nagual.st> Organization: de nagual X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 1.0.5 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd5.4) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Subject: need some advice 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: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 22:25:51 -0000 I have the chance to buy a new computer. It will take a long time before I can do this again. My options are: Athlon64-3000+ (Newcastle) on a MSI K8T NEO-FSR board (1Gb 3200 mem) Athlon64-3400+ (Clawhammer on the same board Intel Prescott 3.4Mhz on a Intel 915p board (1024 Mb DDRII pc4300 memory) Is there much difference between the athlon3000/3400 ?? Will the intel platform have (dis)advantages ? I will run FreebSD on it (compile a lot of ports) and (windows-xp/98se) for gaming. Price is important. I.e. buying the athlon3000 gives me the opportunity to buy something else, BUT if the speed of the 3400+ is much better, I can buy that "other stuff" later.. if you see what I mean. I just want a machine that last a litthle longer... I.e. the intel MB has a PCIe grahics slot. How important is that (or not). I will buy a Geforce-6600GT videocard (offer most for less money..) Any advice is welcome. -- dick -- http://nagual.st/ -- PGP/GnuPG key: F86289CE ++ Running FreeBSD 4.11-stable ++ FreeBSD 5.4 + Nai tiruvantel ar vayuvantel i Valar tielyanna nu vilja