<div dir="ltr">I have an i7 3770k (with an Asus P8Z77-V LE MB) as well as an AMD 8350 (with a 990FXA-UD3 MB. The Intel is faster and a lot cooler (temperature wise). Both are EFI based but both can boot in what they call "Legacy" mode. Both worked out of the box for me with Ubuntu 13.04. I only tested 12.10 on the Intel since I did not have the AMD at the time.<div>
<br></div><div>Functionally both work, Linux seems to make better use of the 8 core AMD, though I would still give the edge to Intel. In particular with large amounts of RAM. I have 32 GiB of 1866 RAM which run at full speed on the Intel, but only 1600Mhz on the AMD. If I drop the amount of RAM to 8 GiB then they run at full speed.</div>
<div><br></div><div>If the choice was an i5 or 8350, I might give the edge (but only slightly) to the AMD. If you put the i7 into the mix then there is no competition IMO. If I had to choose only one system, I would stick with the Intel.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Hth,</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 5:45 PM, Abram Caleb <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:theorganloft@gmail.com" target="_blank">theorganloft@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div><div>ASUS ATHLON MOBO with 8 core AMD FX processor<br><br></div><div>8 GB RAM (buy fastest that you can afford)<br>
</div><div><br></div>turn off on board sound and go with a revolution 7.1 PCI sound card (rare) - Sound Blaster Live is OK but the Rev is better.<br>
<br></div>2 - 500 GB WD Hdd or 2 TB drives<br></div>DVD Writer<br></div>Zotac Dual Channel 600 series or better graphics card (NVidia)<br><br></div>500 watt Power supply - a good one!<br><br></div>Get a nice case with a case fan - liquid cool on CPU not necessary<br>
<div><div><br></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="im">On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 5:15 PM, Adam Behnke <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:abehnke@gmail.com" target="_blank">abehnke@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="h5"><div dir="ltr">I'm in the market to upgrade my computer.<div><br></div><div>Would anyone be willing to share their experiences for good hardware or even hardware to avoid?</div>
<div><br></div><div>I was looking at a MSI socket LGA 1155 mobo with a core i5 proc, but i'm leary of the UEFI bios.</div>
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