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Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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> You will notice the grunt those i7s can deliver when you start to do |
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> this (sort of typical for mine...): 3 virtualbox vms running, 1 |
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> Windows for IE and Office 30 tabs open in firefox emerge world going |
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> on set to -j32 -l8 30-odd konsole tabs open, often more than half |
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> tailing a log file at more than 200 lines a minute the usual desktop |
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> apps (mail, skype, movie playing in one corner) I sort of just keep |
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> loading it up till I run out of things to leave open, and never notice |
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> the difference. This is an 8 core i7 with 16G RAM and 128G SSD - |
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> complete total overkill for any rational usage, even a busy devops |
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> sysadmin - but we get good prices on the company corporate account It |
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> all comes down to what you really *need* as opposed to how much |
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> techie-bling you *want* :-) |
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I'll add this to Alan's reply which is good advice. I have a 4 core AMD |
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CPU @3.2Ghz with 16Gbs of ram. For normal stuff, most of it is sitting |
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idle. About the only time I could use more than one core is during |
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compiling. The way I do this when I build a rig, or helping someone |
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else buy a pre-built one, is to try to look at what you need and then |
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get the most bang for the buck that suites those needs. If you need or |
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must have bleeding edge speed, you will have to pay for it. If you |
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don't need bleeding edge, drop down a notch or two and speed the money |
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on a better video card, larger hard drive or just pocket the extra for |
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repairs/upgrades down the road. |
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I never buy the latest greatest CPU, mobo or other hardware because I |
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rarely need that and by dropping down a notch or two, I can save a good |
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chunk of change. Even with that, the system will do all I need and then |
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some. I get about 8 years out of a build, generally. |
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That said, when the price of those 8 core CPUs come down some more, I'll |
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be upgrading a bit. ;-) |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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