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.

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