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What computer to get for bsd and pclinux
I don't see any place for hardware questions, so am posting this here.
Let me know your opinion of this system, for desktopbsd or pclinux. I'm currently using an emachines C2280. Shuttle SD30G2 Plus Intel Socket Intel Core 2 Duo E7200 Wolfdale 2.53GHz LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s HD - OEM G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Pioneer 20X DVD±R DVD Burner Black IDE - DVR-115DBK - OEM https://secure.newegg.com/NewVersion...itle=shuttle+1 Also, should I use bsd x86 or amd64. My only experience with bsd or linux is that I used ubuntu 6.06 for a year. Thanks. |
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If you're going to end up throwing a PCI-e card in it later, just remember that the amd64 graphics drivers can suck a bit. From what I've heard, DRI and 3D just don't happen. With x86 you've got the binary nVidia drivers and the open source ATI onesthat do that kind of crap .
Otherwise, it looks like that machien will run BSD pretty solidly. When I got my new machine, the major problems I had were my SATAII DVD drive messing up (Works fine otherwise, but couldn't install from disc. FTP worked perfectly.) and the onboard gigabit NIC wasn't supported (Attansic L1). I just looked at the specifications, and the shuttle board uses a Marvell one, which is supported by the msk driver Score. Should be good to go . |
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it doesn't look like an AMD. I would use x86.
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Oh my. x86 refers to the 32-bit Intel architecture (including AMD and others) whereas AMD64 refers to the 64-bit Intel architecture (including AMD). It is so named because AMD did it first; it has nothing to do with the brand.
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They refer to the x86-64 port as "amd64" simply out of respect, (And because AMD designed it.. thus were the first to release a working implementation.).
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But I do also believe that the Core2Duo line is all x86 based :O. In fact, I can't think of any Intel 64 bit chips... Itanium? Xeon?... Those are pretty old though.
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All of Intel's 64-bit linup can be viewed at http://www.intel.com/technology/arch...+tabs_products. So, the amd64 branch (which is the x86-64 branch of FreeBSD, only named amd because, as mentioned before, amd was the first to release the 64bit line) is for x86-64 based systems.
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If you want to go back for a few years... A Pentium 4 will do nicely
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Holy crap. I've had a Core2Quad for a month and didn't know it was a 64 bit chip.
Wow, pointyhat for me. |
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32 bit vs 64 bit
It looks like 95%+ of the processors on newegg are 64 bit.
But most people still prefer using a 32 bit os - until other hardware and programs catch up. And this might take a few years, is this right? Last edited by johnlvs2run; 17th May 2008 at 06:44 PM. |
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I don't think Intel has released a strictly 32-Bit CPU in a _long_ time, well pardoning the cheap stuff that is hehe.
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a question about memory
The shuttle description says the motherboard can handle up to 2GB of DDR2 667 memory.
Can there be some advantage with DDR2 800, or would it be better to stay with DDR2 667? |
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Depends on the CPU FSB frequency, and if you are overclocking or not. It the -667 matches your CPU 1333MHz, in this case), then there is no advantage to getting memory that is faster. If you overclock the CPU, though, you may want the head room to increase the FSB clock. In that case, you may want the 800MHz speed.
I've no experience with the motherboard you are using, so this is necessarily general. |
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Thanks DrJ.
I don't do any overclocking. The FSB is 800/1066/1333MHz. The reason I'm asking is the 800 is on special and almost the same price ($5 more) as the 667. So there is no upside at all to getting it then? |
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I wouldn't recommend emachines as they are kniowbn to have issues with drivers and faulty mainboards. How ever from my experience I can highly recommend HP-Compaq, Lenovo (formally known as IBM personal computer division) or Dell systems.
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One thing in case you're still interested. If you want to get a computer for Linux and BSD that's fairly assured to work with both, get one from here, they sell with ubuntu preloaded, but it's just matter of removing it and installing your own mix of *nixes. Since the PC's come with a linux OS you can be fairly sure that it will work in linux and BSD.
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