Re: P4 VS. Athlon

[Samir Badani <snbadani@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,
I just bought a new AMD 1.33 GHz running on iwill
kk266-r motherboard. I am currently running on redhat
7.1 but i had tried 7.0 and both did exceptionally
well. The system booted up much much faster. The
motherboard comes with onboard(hardware) RAID 0, 1,
0+1 capable. And RH 7.1 detects the RAID device. This
combination also boosts the performance of the system.
The Iwill motherboard is very much recommended if u r
planning to upgrade. It does come with motherboard
integrated sound which is supposed to be good but it
still has few problems. The 1.33 GHz can also be
easily overclocked to 1.5 GHz easily(with a better
heat sink). The BIOS makes overclocking easier as it
has the options in it(no more jumpers). The normal
1.33 GHz beats p4 1.5 GHz in many benchmark areas(for
more information refer to www.anandtech.com). AMD is
the cheapest solution I found even with P4 prices
dropping recently. Performance on the AMD is also much
better achieved than on the P4. I got my upgrade a
month back for motherboard, cpu , 256 RAM and 300W
case i paid $500(cheaper now).

Samir


--- Andy <misplice@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Looking to build a new system and was wondering if
> anyone had experience with either the P4 or Athlon
> and
> Linux?? 
> 
> 
> Thanks
> Andy
> 
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