On 04/27/2010 06:34 PM, Ross Cassell -> Ed Hulett wrote:
 RC> Hello Ed!

 RC> 27 Apr 10 20:27, you wrote to me:

 RC>>> Might be out of your price range, but I am assuming you are going
 RC>>> to order your parts piece meal ???

 EH>> How about Tigerdirect's introductory offer of the AMD Phenom 6 core
 EH>> for $150?

 RC> I was mainly talking up the intel mobo's at the time, therefore was
 RC> looking at Intel processors, of course the deal I found on tigerdirect,
 RC> features an asus mobo.

I have both Intel and AMD and I find AMD faster and less expensive all in one.

 RC> Anything Wayne finds today, short of an Atom processor will blow what he
 RC> has to use today out of the water.

Heck, the processor in my Palm T-5 Tungsten is faster than his current system.

 RC> The box I have for the jamnntpd server happens to be a Gateway, AMD
 RC> Athlon 64 X2 4200+, Ubuntu runs real nice on it, the box is nearing 5
 RC> years old.

The box I'm on at the moment is a AMD X2 5000+ and it's almost 2 years old.
I'm running Linux Mint on all but one box that I have for my Ham radios, it
is running XP so I can use Ham Radio Deluxe to control my radios.

Ed

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