Re: [ILUG-BOM] Core 2 Duo compatible system for Linux

On Wednesday 06 December 2006 20:22, Rony wrote:

Hi. Are you planning to run a server or high end graphics compared to your existing P4 that konked out? Otherwise why spend so much money on Core2. Dual core 2.8 + 102 ggc will cost less than 10K. 102ggc has 4 SATA and 2 PATA ports.

Heating is the biggest consideration. Dual Core i.e. Pentium D is just like 2 Prescott core stuck to each other while Core 2 Duo is much more power efficient, runs MUCH more cooler than Pentium D. Anyway, the government is asking us to save the power bills. And besides this the project that I am currently working on requires uber 1337 processing abilities thats why the high processing requirements + 1GB of RAM...