SuSE 10.1 Hardware Platform Questions
I need to build some SuSE 10 Enterprise Desktop and SuSE 10 Enterprise Server Linux platforms for home use and have a few questions. I want to keep the cost down as much as possible but have good performance. What's the relative performance difference between the systems below? The cost difference is large. * Intel Pentium 4 3.4Ghz or higher, 2MByte Cache, 800FSD with H/T - Lowest cost solution o Would include 2GBytes of DDR2 667MHz memory * Intel Pentium D 3.0Ghz, 1MByte Cache, 800FSB no H/T o Would include 2Gbytes of DDR2 533MHz memory * Intel Core 2 Duo processor 2.67GHz o Would include 2Gbytes of DDR2 667MHz memory Should I consider AMD and what chip set should I consider? I am looking to keep the cost down to $1,700 per box while getting the best performance possible. Also where is a good place to purchase the systems or should I consider building them myself? Jim Waters
On Sunday 20 August 2006 18:56, Waters, James T wrote:
I need to build some SuSE 10 Enterprise Desktop and SuSE 10 Enterprise Server Linux platforms for home use and have a few questions. I want to keep the cost down as much as possible but have good performance. What's the relative performance difference between the systems below? The cost difference is large.
Should I consider AMD and what chip set should I consider? I am looking to keep the cost down to $1,700 per box while getting the best performance possible. Also where is a good place to purchase the systems or should I consider building them myself?
I would. I've built several systems with AMD and never looked back. Right now this one is a dual opteron system with 2 gig of ram. If you'd like to chat about prices and options, email me off-line. Mike -- Powered by SuSE 10.0 Kernel 2.6.13 KDE 3.4 Kmail 1.8 For Mondo/Mindi backup support go to http://www.mikenjane.net/~mike 7:13pm up 5 days 23:41, 5 users, load average: 2.16, 2.19, 2.31
On Sun, 2006-08-20 at 09:56 -0700, Waters, James T wrote:
* Intel Pentium 4 3.4Ghz or higher, 2MByte Cache, 800FSD with H/T - Lowest cost solution
o Would include 2GBytes of DDR2 667MHz memory
* Intel Pentium D 3.0Ghz, 1MByte Cache, 800FSB no H/T
o Would include 2Gbytes of DDR2 533MHz memory
* Intel Core 2 Duo processor 2.67GHz
o Would include 2Gbytes of DDR2 667MHz memory
Should I consider AMD and what chip set should I consider?
I'd forget the Pentium4 and PentiumD. Get prices for the Core2Duo and Atlon64_X2 (Socket AM2) and go from there. I haven't worked with the Core2Duo - only ever seen 32bit Windows based benchmarks, but I can tell you that the Athlon64 is much stronger in a 64bit environment than the 64bit Intels. Hans
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