Ever since I know of computers I have been using AMD processor based machines.
Obviously cost effectiveness is one of the reasons... Rest is up for speculation... :-) Get BlueMail for Android On 25 Dec 2018, 15:23, at 15:23, Ravishankar Rajagopalan <[email protected]> wrote: >Hi All, > >I've been using Ubuntu 14.04LTS on an Intel processor for many years. I > >am now looking at building a new machine for software development this >time using an AMD processor instead of Intel - as it looked like cost >effective and yet powerful enough. > >I am thinking of using a AMD Ryzen 2nd Generation Processor (mostly AMD > >Ryzen 7 2700X or a AMD Ryzen 5 2600X) and an X470 based motherboard >(Gigabyte X470 Aorus Gaming [but not the Wifi version as it's too >expensive and I don't need the on board Wifi] - based on >https://www.techradar.com/news/computing-components/motherboards/best-motherboard-14-reviewed-and-rated-904229 > >or MSI X470 Gaming M7 AC Motherboard) > >Does anyone have experience using this combination or any other AMD >Ryzen 2nd generation systems for software development use? Just wanted >to know if it's OK to go ahead since it's a considerable investment OR >is it safer to stick with Intel based systems? If you have any >recommendations for motherboard-processor that would be great too. Had >a >cursory glance at some websites talked about some GCC issues with 1st >gen Ryzen processors. Also one dealer told me that using the newer AMD >processors one needs to install Ubuntu 18, and it won't work with older > >Ubuntu versions, any idea how true is this? > >Would appreciate an early response. If anyone has experience/knows of >other people's experiences building AMD 2nd gen Ryzen systems using >Linux, kindly share as I plan to order soon. > >Thanking in anticipation. > >Ravi > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >_______________________________________________ >plug-mail mailing list >[email protected] >http://list.plug.org.in/listinfo/plug-mail
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