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Re: Wanting to get a desktop
« Reply #60 on: November 26, 2013, 12:26:09 am »
The only hardware difference I'd recommend for Linux vs. Windows when building a desktop is to get an Nvidia GPU. AMD's cards do not perform as well, due to really crappy drivers. Nvidia's proprietary drivers work extremely well.
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Re: Wanting to get a desktop
« Reply #61 on: November 26, 2013, 01:28:59 am »
I have good experience with AMD GPU's on linux.
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Re: Wanting to get a desktop
« Reply #62 on: November 26, 2013, 03:10:30 pm »
Quote from: ruler501 on November 26, 2013, 01:28:59 am
I have good experience with AMD GPU's on linux.
Me too. Also AMD has been contributing to the open source driver recently.
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Re: Wanting to get a desktop
« Reply #63 on: January 21, 2014, 09:43:45 pm »
And you can expect to see big improvements in the Linux driver now that there are Steamboxes.
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Re: Wanting to get a desktop
« Reply #64 on: January 22, 2014, 08:36:40 am »
Hm, i should really start looking for parts.
My budget is pretty much 550€....
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Re: Wanting to get a desktop
« Reply #65 on: January 29, 2014, 06:06:21 am »
Current ideas:
GPU: http://www.hardwareversand.de/articledetail.jsp?adp=0&aid=72029&agid=1165&apop=3
CPU: http://www.hardwareversand.de/Socket+1150+%28XEON%29/78087/Intel+Xeon+E3-1220v3+Bx%2C+LGA1150%2C+ohne+K%C3%BChler.article

Still need to find more stuff.
And xeon because why get a CPU with a graphical unit if you have a seperate GPU?
thoughts?
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Re: Wanting to get a desktop
« Reply #66 on: January 30, 2014, 02:41:41 am »
There are more benefits to the i5/i7 line than just the GPU. I'd think you could get an i5 for the same price.

The GPU looks good though.
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Re: Wanting to get a desktop
« Reply #67 on: January 30, 2014, 10:47:27 am »
What other benefits are there?
Because, as far as i know, the xeon is quicker than the i5....
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Re: Wanting to get a desktop
« Reply #68 on: January 30, 2014, 10:56:51 am »
Actually looking online it seems that they are pretty much the same(though you can't overclock the xeons it seems).
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Re: Wanting to get a desktop
« Reply #69 on: January 30, 2014, 10:58:21 am »
Never felt the need to overclock so far.
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Re: Wanting to get a desktop
« Reply #70 on: January 30, 2014, 11:03:07 am »
yeah, overclocking is basically the only difference. the newer haswell xeons don't have hyperthreading either, though, i don't think, so that might be something you'd care about.
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Re: Wanting to get a desktop
« Reply #71 on: January 30, 2014, 11:32:50 am »
if it's an i5 or a xeon hyperthreading shouldn't really matter
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