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On 6/22/2010 2:56 PM, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: |
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> again ... I consider buying a new box for work. |
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> currently I am still quite happy with my core2duo E6600 with 8 gigs of |
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> ram, running ~amd64 ... running fine. |
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> but I remember the huge step back then from the pentium 4 ... |
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> Will it be the same when I go for a core i5? |
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> I use that box for virtualization as well (vmware and kvm), so maybe it |
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> would also help to not only change cpu but also add 2 cores (going |
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> quadcore). |
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> I just want to hit the sweet spot if that's possible. |
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> And I'd like to hear any pros and cons if you would like to share. |
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I updated from a Q6600 to an i7 860 recently. Not amazing speed wise, |
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but I can run 8 threads and use more than 8GB of RAM. The RAM was the |
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big thing for me. If you're planning to do a lot with VMs I'd suggest at |
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least an extra drive if not more if you can swing it. Overall I'd say |
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you're not going to notice much speed unless you're very CPU bound. |
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kashani |
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