On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 10:30:24PM +0000, amka wrote: > Le dimanche 13 décembre 2009 à 01:56 -0600, Mark Allums a écrit : > > On 12/12/2009 6:32 PM, amka wrote: > > > I am going to buy a new computer and wonder what is the best for 64bits. > > > AMD or Intel ? > > > > > > Could someone give me please an advice ? > > > > > > I have actualy an AMD Opteron and the idea is, for the moment, to buy : > > > > > > - CPU AMD Opteron 1356 > > > - Motherboard Tyan Tomcat n3400B (S2925-E) > > > - Memory Kingston KVR800D2E6K2/4G (2x kit of 2x2GB = 8GB) > > > > > > Perhaps somebody have an experience with some of that. > > > I guess what I am saying is, look to your application. You did not tell > > us what you were building this machine for. > > Yes, I did not tell. I should, I regret. > > I am going to build a Postgresql server, and will execute a lot of perl > (local) scripts in relation with the database. A lot of read/write in > large tables (>10'000'000 rows), so I need (several) indexes... which > have to be updated at each write. > > The scripts will have to do a lot of manipulations with datas. > > > So, I want something fine. I took some informations like : > > 1. > For AMD Opteron 1356, look this : > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?nm_mc=AFC-SlickDeals&cm_mmc=AFC-SlickDeals-_-NA-_-NA-_-NA&Item=N82E16819105214 > > 2. > Tyan Tomcat n3400B (S2925-E) is recomended by AMD for its largest > Opterons 1xxx, so will can upgrade :) > http://www.amd.com/us-en/recmobo/ResultsHandler/1,,3715_15752_15753~68707,00.html > > ? Impossible to find the Supermicro MB's. -> ? > > An opinion on this Tyan MB : > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813151062&cm_re=n3400b-_-13-151-062-_-Product > http://alatest.fr/avis/processeurs-et-cartes-meres/tyan-tomcat-n3400b-s2925-e-s2925g2nr-e-motherboard-atx-nforce-pro-3400-socket-am2-udma133-serial-ata-300-raid-2-x-gigabit-ethernet/po3-34673814,53/ > > 3. > Kingston KVR800D2E6K2/4G : > http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductReview.aspx?Item=N82E16820134936 > > This is recomended by Kingston for this Tyan MB : > http://www.ec.kingston.com/ecom/configurator_new/modelsinfo.asp?SysID=50227&mfr=Tyan+Computers&model=Tomcat+n3400B+%28S2925&search_type=&root=uk&LinkBack=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kingston.com%2Fukroot&Sys=50227-Tyan+Computers-Tomcat+n3400B+%28S2925-E%29&distributor=0&submit1=Search > > An opinion on this Kingston RAM : > http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductReview.aspx?Item=N82E16820134936 > > But I have simply a doubt... Is the AMD Opteron a good choice ? > I *presume* it's the best of AMD, and I wonder if Intel would be better. > > Regards, > Amel > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
If you want blistering performance for ultra gaming, then others may be better BUT I've got an earlier Opteron in an earlier Tyan motherboard available to me - which has been running more or less 24/7 for three years and supporting a community of users for a while. Get good quality memory (possibly ECC memory if you can) and you'll have a workhorse for a long period of time. AndyC - who has built servers using cheap motherboards and skimped on expensive RAID controllers by using Linux software raid :) Software raid is do-able. Cheap motherboards work for a while then can cause problems. If I'd buy again, I'd buy Tyan, good quality dual core Opterons and as much ECC memory as I could fit in. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
