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From: RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Another new PC for me!
Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2025 07:39:51 -0000 (UTC)
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On 2025-02-27, CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote:
> On 2/26/25 21:51, chrisv wrote:
>> 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.
>> 
>> Posted to cola only, for those who filter cross-postings.
>
> Filtering the crossposts is the first thing I do after installing 
> Betterbird/Thunderbird. Even when I agree with the posters, I find their 
> delivery strikingly annoying.

Same here. I don't like to irritate people on a totally different newsgroup 
becuase I didn't realize my post was going somewhere else besides where I 
expected it to be. It happened to me in the past, so "no crossposts" is the
first filter I put in slrn.

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