On 09/26/2013 01:05 AM, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > On 9/25/2013 12:52 PM, Catherine Gramze wrote: >> >> On Sep 25, 2013, at 12:52 AM, Stan Hoeppner <s...@hardwarefreak.com> wrote: >>
/very large snip/ I just left this final section to illustrate the tome of the whole thing: > > The socket vs upgrade concern is not valid. It will be at least 10 > years before desktop applications, especially Linux apps, are > sufficiently threaded to take advantage of today's 4 core CPUs, let > alone 6/8 cores. New hardware doesn't make old hardware obsolete. New > software does. There are many people, including myself, who would say > this applies even to dual core CPUs. And in fact, at the rate of > desktop software development today, WRT threads, one is better off > purchasing a higher clocked dual core CPU with lots of cache than a quad > core model at a lower clock, especially given power consumption. > > Worrying about which future CPU will fit in your mobo socket is a waste > of brain cycles. It's irrelevant. By the time you *need* to upgrade, > you'll want newer faster DRAM, etc. So you'll end up replacing the > board, CPU, and memory, as people have been doing for some years > already. Oh, add to that the fact that AMD and Intel keep changing > sockets to accelerate this trend. The entire industry is better off > when people keep buying new hardware, obviously, even if the consumers > aren't. > Stan, I think the advice you've given Catherine will be useful to a lot of folks who read this list. Particularly in regard to ram usage and power supply size. I have heard, however, that the _make_ of power supply may be important, as some cheapies may not hold up. You might comment on that, and if that's correct, possibly recommend a name or two. An excellent presentation. I have put it in my "saved" file. --doug -- Blessed are the peacemakers..for they shall be shot at from both sides. --A.M.Greeley -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/52447040.20...@optonline.net
