On 06/22/2010 02:56 PM, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: > > again ... I consider buying a new box for work. > > currently I am still quite happy with my core2duo E6600 with 8 gigs of > ram, running ~amd64 ... running fine. > > but I remember the huge step back then from the pentium 4 ... > > Will it be the same when I go for a core i5? > > I use that box for virtualization as well (vmware and kvm), so maybe it > would also help to not only change cpu but also add 2 cores (going > quadcore). > > I just want to hit the sweet spot if that's possible. > > And I'd like to hear any pros and cons if you would like to share.
- core i7 @ 1.6GHz gives me eight threads. The RAM is really fast, too, so the overall system is very responsive. Great power savings stuff. - Haven't tried kvm but would probably work fine. - From /proc/cpuinfo: address sizes : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual That's only 8GB physical, but that's probably a reasonable limit at the moment.
