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Distribution: Mac OS X Leopard 10.6.2, Windows 2003 Server/Vista/7/XP/2000/NT/98, Ubuntux64, CentOS4.8/5.4
Posts: 2,986
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Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid? (in USD): $883.00 | Rating: 10
Kernel (uname -r):
2.6.15-27-SMP
Distribution:
Ubuntu 6.10
4 processors immediately recognized with Ubuntu 6.10. I have overclocked the CPU to 2500+ GHz and it is still running under 30 degrees celcius with the stock cooling fan.
Pros: 4 cores, very cool, fast, multi-tasking is no problem
Cons: Expensive
My specs: ASUS P5B motherbord, 3GB of Corsair DDR2 ValueSelect RAM (4GB not recognized with 4x1GB), ASUS Nvidia 6200LE PCI express, Netgear 10/100 Mbps NIC, 480W PSU, 250GB Seagate SATA drive, Sony CD-RW drive.
Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid? (in USD): None indicated | Rating: 6
Kernel (uname -r):
Distribution:
Micro420, I'm not sure if you realise...you will only be able to access your 4GB RAM with a 64bit version of Ubuntu (for example AMD64bit version of 7.04, yes it works with Intel). The 32bit limit is approx 3.2GB.
Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid? (in USD): None indicated | Rating: 10
Kernel (uname -r):
Distribution:
SuSE 10.3 (and Windows XP)
Fricken amazing....I love this cpu. Able to run 2 VM, ZBrush, 3DSMax, 2 monitors, Photoshop and "The Witcher" all at once (running the witcher at around 600 FPS and over 1000FPS when it's in video mode) have a evga 8800 GT-KO, I love it alllllll :)
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