From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 28 23:24:57 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 2413016A41F for ; Thu, 28 Jul 2005 23:24:57 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from pcgeek86@gmail.com) Received: from zproxy.gmail.com (zproxy.gmail.com [64.233.162.203]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 53C9C43D68 for ; Thu, 28 Jul 2005 23:24:52 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from pcgeek86@gmail.com) Received: by zproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id z6so305680nzd for ; Thu, 28 Jul 2005 16:24:51 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:user-agent:x-accept-language:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to:x-enigmail-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=rIuUKhmqXg5se/+PpY91okf0wa/ya+nMHut5jVUZjV5vxnFAdz0EO3QPNSqM1jRvV5KUPya9ImpxypVWTqeA1d1I82iYMmSDjv9/KWTR2HmSksXgxnhpUXlQQrEnvkra36A2/21/lQjp6xo9VPAcjjhKksaMCqBDXc/LoenS0Ss= Received: by 10.36.34.20 with SMTP id h20mr1451371nzh; Thu, 28 Jul 2005 16:24:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?10.100.100.15? ([66.92.128.235]) by mx.gmail.com with ESMTP id 6sm480795nzn.2005.07.28.16.24.15; Thu, 28 Jul 2005 16:24:15 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <42E96BBB.1000809@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 18:35:23 -0500 From: Trevor Sullivan User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.2 (Windows/20050317) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: dick hoogendijk References: <20050729002602.65ff60bb.dick@nagual.st> In-Reply-To: <20050729002602.65ff60bb.dick@nagual.st> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.92.0.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: fbsdq Subject: Re: 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 23:24:57 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: RIPEMD160 dick hoogendijk wrote: > 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. > I would recommend purchasing an Athlon 64 3000+ Venice core. I just picked one of these up along with 2 gigs of ram and a 6600GT and it runs sooooooo nice. Not only that, but it's cheap. Read up on the new Rev. E (Venice) chips @ http://www.techreport.com/reviews/2005q2/athlon64-venice/index.x?pg=1. Can't say I'd recommend purchasing an intel chip for desktop usage. They consume a lot of power, and that implies that they run pretty darn hot too. I avoid them at all costs. See http://www.techreport.com/reviews/2005q2/athlon64-venice/power-load.gif Trevor -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (MingW32) iD8DBQFC6Wu7oGycRpOgdeERA5B8AKCPf2dhr6Sx04+s71Hb9uzc1f+zYwCfU6CN 21p008fkgqhsQvcRFFehTgE= =YPNN -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----