Re: PC components

Andrew McGlashan wrote:
> Hi Sam,
> 
> Sam Varghese wrote:
> 
>> My initial idea was get a 64-bit AMD processor and an ASUS board (like
>> the A8N-VM CSM). I intend to get one or more SATA drives. The box
>> will run Debian testing and I intend to use it for some
>> experimentation with DVD burning and analogue to digital conversion.
>>
>> I'd appreciate comments from anyone who has gone down this path.
> 
> My comments are to stick with Intel; seems to be many more Intel boxes 
> around and the level of problems seem less to me.  Personally I would be 
> much less confident with an AMD box.

I haven't tried 64-bit, but i used AMD athlon (on debian-sid) because
they're more power efficient for the same computing power. That third
fan in the pc case is for hot pentiums;) (and hot graphics cards)

That said, the best pentiums of all for power efficiency (imo) are the
Pentium-3 M in laptops. Pentium 4 has a reputation for much heat and
little work compared to a pentium 3.

The speed and heat are only noticeable for compute-intensive tasks
and poorly written bloated crap that doesn't know when to finish
starting...