From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1RQTFg-000277-1r for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 16 Nov 2011 00:21:20 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B880221C04A; Wed, 16 Nov 2011 00:21:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.digimed.co.uk (82-69-83-178.dsl.in-addr.zen.co.uk [82.69.83.178]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A1BE521C022 for ; Wed, 16 Nov 2011 00:20:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from zaphod.digimed.co.uk (zaphod.digimed.co.uk [192.168.1.1]) by mail.digimed.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id D591C8042C for ; Wed, 16 Nov 2011 00:20:19 +0000 (GMT) Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2011 00:20:14 +0000 From: Neil Bothwick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Another hardware thread Message-ID: <20111116002014.70c4fad4@zaphod.digimed.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <4EC2FB10.6040106@xunil.at> References: <20111112005129.003a54d3@digimed.co.uk> <4EBF2185.7050801@gmail.com> <20111113115637.3766e813@digimed.co.uk> <4EC2FB10.6040106@xunil.at> Organization: Digital Media Production X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.10cvs85 (GTK+ 2.24.7; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) X-GPG-Fingerprint: 7260 0F33 97EC 2F1E 7667 FE37 BA6E 1A97 4375 1903 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=PGP-SHA1; boundary="Sig_/6+4JuRzegVYh.+OACjPeF=_"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Archives-Salt: a38bc51c-74b5-4dc1-b0ad-73c50b8c5490 X-Archives-Hash: 789e425748fea49dbd3d055f37348768 --Sig_/6+4JuRzegVYh.+OACjPeF=_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, 16 Nov 2011 00:51:44 +0100, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: > I play with the thought of getting myself a nice new machine for work, > better to spend some money on hardware than on taxes (2012 is near ...). My thoughts exactly. > Performance is one issue, another one is energy/noise ... the phenom > 1090t seems to pull in a lot and need good (and maybe noisy) fans. I'll be using my existing water cooling setup, so no need to worry about that. However, after some research, I've decided to stick with Intel and orders an i7 2600k today. I wasn't sure whether it was worth the extra over the i5, but knew I would only regret it the first time I had to wait for something. I rationalised the cost by getting "only" 8GB of RAM, but leaving the slots free for another 8GB should I feel the need for it. > I just start to compare. 6 cores, yep, sounds good for both > gentoo-compile-work and VMs ... The Intel chips are only four cores, but appear to give a lot more bang-per-core, especially with the i7's hyperthreading. --=20 Neil Bothwick If you consult enough experts, you can confirm any opinion. --Sig_/6+4JuRzegVYh.+OACjPeF=_ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.18 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAk7DAcMACgkQum4al0N1GQMDkQCeOyi2cCXr4nA7DMA/ZdKSAdNq 2aUAoLOonqzGB3HP42qCdUcvSq0NNSq2 =xxor -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/6+4JuRzegVYh.+OACjPeF=_--