I've been using AMD Athlon 64 CPUs for a couple years now. I'm very pleased with the results -- my current machine features a dual core CPU, the 4800+, and I'm using an Asrock motherboard and OCZ "value select" memory with it. I'm having very good results with FC5 x86_64 and expect that to be true with any Red Hat-based OS. Incorrect installation of the processor and memory can (and does) result in poor performance or no performance at all. That has happened to me. I learned the hard way a few years ago after frying a few hundred dollars worth of motherboard and memory one day. Building a new computer is no different from building a birdhouse with one exception: you have to have complete and utter respect for delicate parts and static electricity. Check for installation hints that include how-to photographs -- that is what I did. Maximum PC magazine used to keep a section of their website devoted to step-by-step photos for how to build a system. Use those silly looking wrist straps that discharge static -- they save a lot of tears. As long as you are using a relatively new motherboard updated with the latest BIOS, memory meeting the requirements of the motherboard which has been tested with memtest86 to confirm it is okay, and a good hard drive, you should be fine with any OS designed to run on the processor. Bob Cochran > -----Original Message----- > From: Philip Prindeville [mailto:philipp_subx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Thursday, November 23, 2006 07:16 PM > To: 'For users of Fedora' > Subject: Re: Fedora on an AMD Athlon 64 (3200+) machine > > James Wilkinson wrote: > > >Timothy Murphy wrote: > > > > > > > >>So I'll ask again if anyone is happily running the x86_64 version of FC-6 > >>on an Athlon 64 machine? > >> > >> > > > >I suppose my previous answer wasn't *that* clear -- yes, my setup > >mirrored yours down to the 64 bit install, with a 3200 processor. I don't > >know if yours is one of the Socket 939 or Socket 754 variants, but that > >*really* shouldn't matter (mine's a Socket 939). I *do* know that I'm > >running on an NForce 4-based ASUS motherboard, whereas I think yours is > >Via-based. > > > > > > Die-size and internal voltage level are different for 939 and 754 > chips, aren't they? Bigger die size (which the 939 has, since the > pin-spacing is the same) means better heat transfer. > > -Philip > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >
