From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BE5CE1381F3 for ; Fri, 14 Dec 2012 22:04:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8E81C21C07F; Fri, 14 Dec 2012 22:04:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from crowfix.com (li35-165.members.linode.com [72.14.176.165]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8A76421C07F for ; Fri, 14 Dec 2012 22:03:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 26351 invoked from network); 14 Dec 2012 22:03:13 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO df.crowfix.com) (10.130.13.2) by 10.130.13.1 with SMTP; 14 Dec 2012 22:03:13 -0000 Received: (qmail 26384 invoked by uid 1000); 14 Dec 2012 22:03:01 -0000 Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2012 14:03:01 -0800 From: felix@crowfix.com To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] ~amd64 compatibility with modern cpus -- REBOOT OK THIS A.M. Message-ID: <20121214220301.GA10615@crowfix.com> References: <20121214161821.GA19095@crowfix.com> <20121214195143.GF19095@crowfix.com> <50CB97F9.7080808@gmail.com> 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: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <50CB97F9.7080808@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Archives-Salt: 0e902649-e109-4158-9f65-e4cc75292454 X-Archives-Hash: 74fb86acf90364b155f27a500b6fddda On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 03:19:53PM -0600, Dale wrote: > I did some math, my new rig is almost 8 times faster/powerful than my > old rig but pulls much less than half the power even when fully loaded. > I might add, I think the old rig was idle when I measured that. My next box will be a commodity box. This one is a big tower because I wanted compute power for pictures I was generating, lots of them, and I wanted lots of storage room. Now with 4TB drives so cheap and USB 3 for speed, the storage can all be done by external drives, and I don't need the compute power any more. I do like building computers, in a way, but I don't like the idea of being rushed into building a replacement, and I don't need any custom features. A friend suggested a big lightning storm a month ago might have temporarily scrambled something. It tripped breakers in the house and blew out a battery in the standby generator shed, but I've rebooted twice since that storm without any problems. I guess it will remain a mystery. -- ... _._. ._ ._. . _._. ._. ___ .__ ._. . .__. ._ .. ._. Felix Finch: scarecrow repairman & rocket surgeon / felix@crowfix.com GPG = E987 4493 C860 246C 3B1E 6477 7838 76E9 182E 8151 ITAR license #4933 I've found a solution to Fermat's Last Theorem but I see I've run out of room o