From: cr88192@gmail.com   
      
   On 10/29/2025 5:26 PM, Robert Finch wrote:   
   > >> My new Linux box has 64 cores at 4.5 GHz and 96GB of DRAM.   
   >>   
   >> Desktop PC:   
   >>    8C/16T: 3.7 Base, 4.3 Turbo, 112GB RAM (just, not very fast RAM)   
   >>      Rarely reaches turbo   
   >>        pretty much only happens if just running a single thread...   
   >>      With all cores running stuff in the background:   
   >>        Idles around 3.6 to 3.8.   
   >>   
   >> Laptop:   
   >>    4C/8T, 1.9 GHz Base, 4.2 GHz Turbo   
   >>      If power set to performance, reaches turbo a lot more easily,   
   >>        and with multi-core workloads.   
   >>      But, puts out a lot of heat while doing so...   
   >>   
   >> If set to Efficiency, mostly stays below 3 GHz.   
   >>   
   >> As noted, the laptop is surprisingly speedy for how cheap it was.   
   >>   
   >    
   > For my latest PC I bought a gaming machine – i7-14700KF CPU (20 cores).   
   > 32 GB RAM, 16GB graphics RAM. 3.4 GHz (5.6 GHz in turbo mode). More RAM   
   > was needed, my last machine only had 16GB, found it using about 20GB. I   
   > did not want to spring for a machine with even more RAM, they tended to   
   > be high-end machines.   
   >   
      
   IIRC, current PC was something like:   
      CPU: $80 (Zen+; Zen 2 and 3 were around, but more expensive)   
      MOBO: $60   
      Case: $50   
      ...   
      
   Spent around $200 for 128GB of RAM.   
   Could have gotten a cheaper 64GB kit had I known my MOBO would not   
   accept a full 128GB (then could have had 96 GB).   
      
      
   The RTX card I have (RTX 3060) has 12 GB of VRAM.   
      
   IIRC, it was also about the cheapest semi-modern graphics card I could   
   find at the time. Like, while I could have bought an RTX 4090 or similar   
   at the time, I am not made of money.   
      
   Like, a prior-generation mid-range card being the cheaper option.   
   And, still newer than the GTX980 that had died on my (where, the GTX980   
   was itself second-hand).   
      
      
   Before this, had been running a GTX 460, and before that, a Radeon HD   
   4850 (IIRC).   
      
   I think it was a case of:   
   Had a Phenom II box, with the HD 4850;   
   Switched to GTX 460, as I got one second-hand for free, slightly better;   
   Replaced Phenom II board+CPU with FX-8350;   
   Got GTX 980 (also second hand);   
   Got Ryzen 7 2700X and new MOBO;   
   Got RTX 3060 (as the 980 was failing).   
      
   With the RTX 3060, had to go single-monitor, mostly as it only has   
   DisplayPort outputs, and DP->HDMI->DVI via adapters doesn't seem to work   
   (whereas HDMI->DVI did work via adapters).   
      
   Well, also the RTX 3060 doesn't have a VGA output either (monitor would   
   also accept VGA).   
      
   Though, the current monitor I am using is newer and does support   
   DisplayPort.   
      
      
   I also managed to get a MultiSync CRT a while ago, but it only really   
   gives good results at 640x480 and 800x600, 1024x768 sorta-works (but   
   1280x1024 does not work), has a roughly 16" CRT or so; VGA input.   
      
   I also have an LCD that goes up to 1280x1024, although it looks like   
   garbage if set above 1024x768. Only accepts VGA.   
      
   ...   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)