I use the cpu price guide at sharkey extreme when looking for the knee-of-the-curve value propositions... http://www.sharkyextreme.com/guides/WCPG/article.php/3894646 However - it's not so easy to see what's behind a model number anymore. They don't relate to clock frequencies or process (45nm vs. 32nm)... For an every day linux box it'll be hard to go wrong with nearly any modern chip. I'm partial to Intel, but that's me. -Rob -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20100727/55418817/attachment.htm