Date: Tue, 01 Apr 2003 14:40:34 +0200 From: David Landgren <david@landgren.net> To: "BSD." <FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Which Processor and motherboard is better (new to FreeBSD) Message-ID: <3E8988C2.6060202@landgren.net> In-Reply-To: <35BC9957B8699C42AB3A665E3C565655654D66@is~tmxmailhmo1.intranet.telmex.com> References: <35BC9957B8699C42AB3A665E3C565655654D66@is~tmxmailhmo1.intranet.telmex.com>
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Paredes Sánchez Martín A. wrote: > Hi: > > I want to build a new PC with FreeBSD, which processor > is best for FreeBSD. > > Intel builds processors and motherboards, which gave me > a feel of good performance between this two elements. > > Intel has something called Hyper-Threading Technology, > Which turbo charges your PC to respond to today's > multitasking lifestyle. 4.7 knows about hyper-threading, insofar as the kernel config file admits an 'HTT' option. As to whether it's better or not to have it, I can't really say. 2.4GHz is so ridiculously fast (kernel compiles in less than two minutes, postfix in less than a minute)... I suspect it will be difficult to detect the difference between with/without in everyday use. I'm building a new mail relay, and it turns out the machine was specified as RAID-5. I suspect that that is going to have a much more adverse impact on performance than HTT or not. As to "responding to today's multitasking lifestyle", I sooner see PAE implemented in the kernel, to unlock the memory I have above 4Gb. David
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