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On 12/30/2016 07:54 AM, Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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> On 30/12/2016 14:12, Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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>> On Fri, 30 Dec 2016 00:24:36 -0600, Dale wrote: |
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>>> Makes me drool a bit here. I want a 8 core CPU. The only downside, |
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>>> gkrellm won't have enough screen to show each core separately. That's a |
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>>> problem there. lol It already takes up the whole right side on one |
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>>> desktop. I guess I could make the thing shorter to fit them all in. |
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>> What's the problem, now you have all the justification you need for |
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>> buying a bigger monitor ;-) |
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> I have 8 cores with krells for each, plus for procs, 2 disks and 3 |
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> interfaces. And plenty vertical space to spare. |
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> 1920x1080 monitor of course :-) |
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I have 16 cores. |
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You can get a g34 16 core 62xx or 63xx opteron for only $10-40, buy two |
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and combine that with a compatible coreboot motherboard and compile |
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times will at last be bearable. |
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Note: the 63xx series needs microcode updates for virtualization, but |
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62xx works with no microcode at all. |