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On Tuesday 10 Nov 2015 17:47:08 Stanislav Nikolov wrote: |
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> Dear Gentoo users, |
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> I'm building a new PC. I have a budget of ~$550-$650. No GPU, no special |
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> case (I may use a card box), not even a hdd or ssd. So, as you can see, |
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> it's pretty much "get the best CPU and mobo/ram that are compatible with |
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> it". The problem is, which is the best one. By "best" I mean to compile |
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> shit fast. My laptop with 3rd gen i5 compiles firefox for 40 minutes on |
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> average. |
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> The most expensive Intel CPU is the skylake i7-6700k. But is it the best? |
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> Is there something from AMD that will perform even better? I can't find |
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> any benchmarks with AMD/Intel CPUs. And how much does the mobo matter? |
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> Will a cheap $30 400W PSU power that thing? |
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> Thanks |
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I don't (yet) own a i7-6700k, but my 6 year old laptop with (1st generation) |
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i7 Q720 @1.60GHz takes slightly less than yours: |
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Sat Oct 3 14:35:40 2015 >>> www-client/firefox-38.3.0 |
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merge time: 36 minutes and 53 seconds. |
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Fri Nov 6 09:10:06 2015 >>> www-client/firefox-38.4.0 |
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merge time: 38 minutes and 8 seconds. |
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In contrast a year old AMD A10-7850K APU is significantly faster: |
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Sat Oct 3 19:40:48 2015 >>> www-client/firefox-38.3.0 |
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merge time: 17 minutes and 42 seconds. |
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Fri Nov 6 08:41:02 2015 >>> www-client/firefox-38.4.0 |
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merge time: 18 minutes and 18 seconds. |
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I would also be interested to see compile times of more modern i7s and FXs, |
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but bear in mind that in single core operations Intel is these days |
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significantly better than AMD. |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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