XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy, sci.physics.relativity   
   From: physfitfreak@gmail.com   
      
   On 2/27/25 6:00 PM, Chris M. Thomasson wrote:   
   > On 2/27/2025 11:35 AM, Physfitfreak wrote:   
   >> On 2/25/25 8:32 PM, chrisv wrote:   
   >>> Some of you may recall that I built a new Alder Lake machine in the   
   >>> Summer of 2023, to replace my Ivy Bridge (Intel 3rd gen) quad-core i5.   
   >>> I've now replaced my other PC, a Skylake (Intel 6th gen) quad-core   
   >>> Xeon.  Below I compare the new components to the 2023 build, and the   
   >>> reasons for my choices.   
   >>>   
   >>> CPU:  Intel Raptor Lake i5-14600k (Alder Lake i5-12400)  In 2023 a   
   >>> Raptor Lake i5 was a $300 chip, which I felt was too much for my   
   >>> needs.  Now it's a $200 chip, so I decided to step up, even though I   
   >>> remain skeptical of the need for so many (6P + 8E) CPU cores.  The   
   >>> larger L2 cache of Raptor Lake, combined with higher clock speeds,   
   >>> gives the 14600k around 25% better performance than the 12400, and   
   >>> that's in benchmarks that do _not_ benefit from having a zillion   
   >>> cores.  It costs twice as much the 12400, but increases the total   
   >>> system cost by only 10%.  And, who knows, maybe some day I will do   
   >>> something that will utilize all the cores.   
   >>>   
   >>> Motherboard:  Asus TUF Gaming B760M-Plus WiFi II (MSI B760M Mag Mortar   
   >>> WiFi)  Both are good-quality B760-based microATX boards.  The MSI   
   >>> board has been working fine, but I thought I'd the Asus a try.  I   
   >>> perceive it as being a bit of an upgrade over the MSI.  I have no need   
   >>> for the extras that a Z790 board offers.   
   >>>   
   >>> RAM:  G Skill 48GB DDR5-6400 (G Skill 32GB DDR5-5600) I think that 32G   
   >>> is way plenty, and will be for a long time.  But in the spirit of this   
   >>> PC being a performance upgrade and more future-proof, I decided to   
   >>> endow it with more RAM.  I thought about 64G, but that just seemed   
   >>> ridiculous, for what I do.  The 48G compromise seemed kind of fun and   
   >>> different.  The speed boost to 6400 MHz was done in the same spirit of   
   >>> custom-built fun, and because Raptor Lake does officially support   
   >>> faster RAM.   
   >>>   
   >>> SSD:  Kingston KC3000 2TB PCIe 4 M.2 (same)  Plenty good.  I see no   
   >>> need for PCIe 5, here.   
   >>>   
   >>> PSU:  Seasonic Vertex 750W 80+ gold (Seasonic Focus 650W 80+ Gold)   
   >>> Small steps up in quality and performance, for the new PC.   
   >>>   
   >>> CPU cooler:  Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 EVO (Deepcool AK620)   
   >>> Both are large dual-tower, dual fan coolers.  I might have bought the   
   >>> Deepcool again, but they got into some kind of legal trouble and are   
   >>> no longer available.  The reviews that I read of the Thermalright said   
   >>> that it was one of the best air coolers available, and it's reasonably   
   >>> priced.   
   >>>   
   >>> Case:  Asus Prime AP201 microATX mini-tower (same)  Has the jacks that   
   >>> I want, where I want them, and no silly glass panel.   
   >>>   
   >>> GPU:  Nvidia GTX 1080Ti (GTX 1070)  Both are far from state of the   
   >>> art, but suffice for the occasional screwing-around with older games,   
   >>> that I do.   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> Cut the bullshit. What do you want to do with it?   
   >>   
   >> Don't tell me it is just a replacement for an absent womb's childbirth   
   >> ability.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >   
   > Not sure what's going on with the Men can get pregnant type of thoughts.   
   > Strange to me.   
      
      
   A few decades back to piss off some rude Jew in sci.physics who claimed   
   to be "objective" I asked him something like this:   
      
       "How closely would you listen to someone who seriously claims the   
   first Jew was born out of the rectum of an Arab man."   
      
   Hahhahahh :)   
      
   That shut that son of a bitch up about being objective. I even remember   
   his fucking name. Waste of my nerve cells' space.   
      
   --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05   
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