[olug] Wanted: Intel Hardware Server recomendations

Phil Brutsche phil at brutsche.us
Thu Jan 23 18:42:19 UTC 2003


A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said...

> I like AMD chips because they're cheap.  I don't know if they're better
> or worse than the intel alternatives, but I know they're not as
> expensive and I guess their PR ratings are pretty close.

AMDs are faster at the same clock speed (subjective feeling here, no
measurements), cost less, and take cheaper motherboards.  Power draw is
the same as the P4.

> Walmart also sells cheapo pc's, but I don't recognize some of the
> components they put in (which makes me nervous to plunk down 199 and
> change).

How else do you think they can get the price down that low? :)

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Phil Brutsche
phil at brutsche.us



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