On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 11:53 AM, Ivan K <ivan_521521@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > My thinking is that for multi-core 64bit, there are less expensive > than intel. ÂAm I wrong about this? ÂWhat multi-core intel 64bit processors > are people buying? > > --- On Sun, 12/5/10, rosea.grammostola <rosea.grammostola@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> Why AMD? Just interest... >> >> \r In the last year: Two i5-661 - 2 cores, 4 threads (4GB DRAM) One i7-820 - 4 cores, 8 threads (8GB DRAM + 2 disk RAID1) One i7-980x - 6 cores, 12 threads (24GB DRAM + 3 disk RAID1 + 2 disk RAID0) The Intel processors seem (to me) to be more power conscience lately. Don't forget to add up the incremental cost of electricity over the next few years running a processor without hyper-threading if you go that way. You might be better off spending a little more up front to save a lot in the long term. - Mark _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
