On Sat, 12 Nov 2011 00:51:29 +0000 Neil Bothwick <[email protected]> wrote:
> It's time for a new desktop, I'd rather the the money to Amazon or > Ebuyer than the Inland Revenue. I'm currently running a Core2Duo > system, but use AMD before that, so I have no real allegiances. > > I was thinking of something like an AMD 1100T 6 core CPU, the new > Bulldozers are expensive and initial reports are not that promising, > but an Intel that gives the same bang per buck would do. I'm thinking > Gigabyte for motherboard, based on comments made here in similar > threads (like the one Dale started a while ago). I need lots of SATA > ports (fortunately, I bought a pair of 2TB drives a fortnight ago, > just before the prices went ballistic). > > I'm not a gamer, but I want a system with plenty of grunt. Video > performance is not critical, on board would suffice, except I need > something with dual output to drive two monitors. Do any of the > onboard jobbies do this or is a separate Nvidia still the best option? > > Thoughts would be welcome, and please feel free to start your own ATI > vs Nvidia and AMD vs Intel flamewars. OK, I'd rather you didn't, but > I'm not about to waste electrons asking for the impossible :) > > Using a 1090t which is one behind the 1100t. It was relatively cheap and performs excellently. Have had no problems running anything and compilation time seems to rocket through on gentoo. Much faster than previous dual core. -- John D Maunder
