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From: Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] OT: i7-6700, anyone already?
Date: Wed, 09 Dec 2015 21:50:47
Message-Id: 5668A1DB.9060007@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] OT: i7-6700, anyone already? by "Stefan G. Weichinger"
1 On 09/12/2015 23:24, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote:
2 > Am 2015-12-09 um 21:42 schrieb Alan McKinnon:
3 >
4 >> Did you get an SSD as well?
5 >
6 > sure. I even look for the PCIe variant (just contacted my dealer for
7 > this option ... forgot in the first place).
8 >
9 > I am on SSDs for years now on desktop and laptops.
10 >
11 >> It's one of the biggest performance improvements you can make[1] and to
12 >> be honest is worth more overall than expensive CPUs.
13 >>
14 >> [1] The other huge improvement is another 8G of RAM and make
15 >> /var/tmp/portage a tmpfs with default settings (it will use up to 8G RAM
16 >> on demand). Everything you build will fit, including firefox and libreoffice
17 >
18 > I have that right now, yes.
19 >
20 > The RAM was out of stock there so I ordered the 8g-default and will add
21 > more later.
22
23 Sounds like you're all set to use that i7 to it's fullest :-)
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28 Alan McKinnon
29 alan.mckinnon@×××××.com

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