From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DD97A158089 for ; Tue, 19 Sep 2023 13:40:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1C27E2BC095; Tue, 19 Sep 2023 13:40:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smarthost01b.sbp.mail.zen.net.uk (smarthost01b.sbp.mail.zen.net.uk [212.23.1.3]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D00EB2BC03F for ; Tue, 19 Sep 2023 13:40:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [82.69.80.10] (helo=wstn.localnet) by smarthost01b.sbp.mail.zen.net.uk with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1qiaxk-0000Ro-KI for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Tue, 19 Sep 2023 13:40:24 +0000 From: Peter Humphrey To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] PCIe x1 or PCIe x4 SATA controller card Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2023 14:40:24 +0100 Message-ID: <5985789.lOV4Wx5bFT@wstn> In-Reply-To: References: <57322874-e9c0-2f2c-8994-43438fe72995@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 X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Originating-smarthost01b-IP: [82.69.80.10] Feedback-ID: 82.69.80.10 X-Archives-Salt: 471d12b9-744e-4d9e-91b0-abd93814501b X-Archives-Hash: 8d94ecff7dd5d7a4605787f413f154cd On Sunday, 26 March 2023 20:08:29 BST Dale wrote: > I looked at a few lists of CPU processors. This is a bit pricey but I may > try to buy a AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core @ 3.7 GHz. It has 4 more cores but > clock speed is a little slower. Even just comparing number of cores and the > fairly close clock speed, that alone should make it a bit faster. Add in > that they make them run code more efficiently now, should be a good bit > better. That's the CPU I have. It's double-threaded, and it just flies. :) > I usually try to aim for 4 or 5 times more processing power. I suspect > this may help with encryption as well since newer CPUs have extra code > just for that on there now. Most of the mobos also handle a lot more > memory as well. I have 32GBs now. Most support 64GB and I think I saw > a 128GB version somewhere. My machine was built by Armari, and it has 64GB. Even that isn't enough to accommodate more than one huge package emerge at a time - which is why I'd like to see the new feature I've been bleating about. I might ask them if I can double it. -- Regards, Peter.