Well, I'll probably go with the I5 after all. It's a shame though because I specked out aan I5 build about a month ago and happened to find the CPU and mobo both on sale for $50 off. But I asked about it on another list and they said I was throwing money away on a system way more powerful than what I need. I am replacing a system I'd build myself with an AMD quad-core Phenom 2 processor and 8Gb of ram. I gave that machine away but not because I was unhappy with it. Windows7 ran very nicely in a vm with a single core and 4 Gb of ram. I bumped the vm up to two cores at one point but it didn't seem to make a huge amount of difference. I was happy with the speedbut I just had 4 cores so I figured I might as well use them. I really think that with Windows, the thing is the ram, not the number of cores. That's why I figured an I3 would probably be fine. A dual-core I3 gives you about the same speed as a quad-core Phenom 2. I do HPC for the Math Department at the University of Wisconsin and I'm about as sure of that as I can be. That's about the only thing I am sure of. But since I can afford the I5, I might as well go that way. No sense in taking chances. I might as well get 16Gb of ram as well. I wonder if newegg targets its sales to what they see you browsing on their web site. I just got an ad cor a sale on 8Gb ram. -----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of Ben Mustill-Rose Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2012 5:19 PM To: Blind sysadmins list Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] comment on CPU/mobo/memeory selections Hi, Is the $200 for an ivybridge I5 or Sandybridge like the I3 you chose is? Going for the I5 would seem a no brainer to me if you're going to be doing virtualization; I have a mobile I3 that's a couple of generations old in my laptop and 7 host with a 7 guest is doable, but it's not the most enjoyable thing in the world so I'm waiting for a good deal on a i5 on eBay then I'll upgrade. Perhaps see if you can find a cheap SATA III 60GB SSD to use as a boot drive? Do you know the RPM of that 1TB? Cheers, Ben. On 12/5/12, John G. Heim <jheim@math.wisc.edu> wrote:
Scott,
What is your opinion on the I3 vs I5 thing? I intend to run linux with Win7 in a virtual machine. Can I just swap out the I3 for an I5?
-----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of Scott Granados Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2012 2:50 PM To: Blind sysadmins list Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] comment on CPU/mobo/memeory selections
+1, looks ok for a lower end machine. Everything should work together.
THanks Scott
On Dec 5, 2012, at 3:45 PM, Ben Mustill-Rose <ben@benmr.com> wrote:
Hi,
Looks good to me; everything should be ok so long as your happy with an i3.
Cheers, Ben.
On 12/5/12, John G. Heim <jheim@math.wisc.edu> wrote:
Please (seriously, please!) comment on these selections for a new build. I have to order by Dec 31. I picked the most popular I3 processor on newegg. Then I picked the cheapest Asus mobo with 4x memory slots (in case I ever want to go up to 16Gb). Then I picked the cheapest 2x4Gb 1600 memory. But I'm a bit iffy on how to know if all these parts are compatible.
Intel Core i3-2100 Sandy Bridge 3.1GHz LGA 1155 65W Dual-Core Desktop Processor $120 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115078
ASUS P8B75-V LGA 1155 Intel B75 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard $90 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131835
CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 Desktop memory $36 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233144
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