From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 21 23:50:10 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A54AB106564A for ; Sat, 21 Apr 2012 23:50:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@m.gmane.org) Received: from plane.gmane.org (plane.gmane.org [80.91.229.3]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5AE138FC08 for ; Sat, 21 Apr 2012 23:50:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1SLk43-0000EM-4a for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sun, 22 Apr 2012 01:50:03 +0200 Received: from dtmd-4d052b23.pool.mediaways.net ([77.5.43.35]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 22 Apr 2012 01:50:03 +0200 Received: from christian.baer by dtmd-4d052b23.pool.mediaways.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 22 Apr 2012 01:50:03 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Christian Baer Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2012 16:12:04 +0200 Lines: 25 Message-ID: References: <4F917E90.9000205@uni-dortmund.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: dtmd-4d052b23.pool.mediaways.net User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.16) Gecko/20101125 Lightning/1.0b1 Thunderbird/3.0.11 In-Reply-To: Subject: Re: recommendation(s) for new computer X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2012 23:50:10 -0000 On 21.04.2012 02:06, Adam Vande More wrote: > I'm not sure where the power/performance/price ratio is at currently, but > it wasn't that long ago purchasing an intel was a much better deal long > term. It was something like it took a year and half of an AMD and intel > cpu idling to draw even in total price all the while having a much greater > performance potential with Intel. I say this as someone who hopes AMD will > succeed. There is much more to it than just raw upfront cost. I know that I will probably get a lot more "bang" from an Intel CPU (in terms of raw power, especially per CPU-core). However, this computer will be used in a way where more CPU-cores will actually help more than fewer cores with more raw power per core. This is partly because full disc encryption is in place. I also know that the cost of power is something to consider in the longrun. This is however a personal computer, the one I use in my spare time. If I were to worry too much about power, I shouldn't get a graphics board like the one I am considering. :-) They outweigh the CPU threefold - even if not constantly. This is a machine that will not run 24/7. Besides, the cost upfront is my main concern at the moment, because my budget is very limited. ;-) Regards, Chris