On 10/27/2012 7:29 PM, Marc Shapiro wrote: > I'm really getting annoyed by my random system lockups, so I have been > looking at new motherboards, new systems, etc. ... > I saw a Fry's add for a motherboard, an AMD 8 Core CPU and memory for
That's a 125 watt CPU (ouch!). That's two 60 watt incandescent bulbs worth of juice and heat output at full load, one bulb worth at idle, and a relatively loud stock cooler to prevent it from melting. Coming from a 2800+ which is a ~60 watt CPU, and given the fact you'll never make use of more than 2 of those 8 cores, I recommend a dual core AthlonII X2 @ 3.4GHz. I have the 3GHz model and the 2nd core is pretty much always idle, with primary core being idle most of the time as well, as is everyone's. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103953 plus mobo w/VGA/DVI/HDMI, 8GB of AMD memory (they make DIMMs now): http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813186206 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820103006 And a fast 120GB SSD: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820226236 Total: $243 USD + shipping > My main worry is the hard drive. I currently have what I think is its > older cousin, a 1 TB SATA II drive. It works perfectly and I have > always liked Seagate drives. I know that there are people out there who > have had trouble with Seagate, but there are also many who have not. > Any individual drive can be a lemon. That's not my problem. The > question that I have is that this drive seams to have Advanced Format 4K > sectors. The ad says that there are no utilities to run and no extra > integration steps. I have read enough posts here about problems with > Advanced Format to be wary of their claim, though. Does anyone have > experience with this drive, or with other Seagate drives with 4K sectors > and Seagate SmartAlign? Acquire the parts list above, use the SSD as the system/swap drive and primary storage (mailbox, etc). Use your current Seagate drive as a data drive (media files etc). The Advanced Format issue just evaporated. -- Stan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/508ca622.30...@hardwarefreak.com
