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It seems like the CPU could only get you so far in the setup you describe. I assume you have no spinning platters in your desktop, and are using 1 or more SSDs
by metalliqaz 9y ago
It seems like the CPU could only get you so far in the setup you describe. I assume you have no spinning platters in your desktop, and are using 1 or more SSDs? IO-bound workloads are very common in what you're describing.
- Klathmon 9y agoYeah I've got a PCIe SSD that I don't remember the exact details on right now, and I setup a ramdisk to build from a while ago but never really benchmarked it to see if it was actually making a difference. Still, you'd be surprised how much having the extra CPU headroom helps there. A lot is IO bound, but at least with the extra CPU cores the PC is still responsive and able to do other things while waiting (for the most part). When you get CPU bound, it starts to hurt. Back when I built it I looked at the total cost and did some math on how long I thought it would last, and how much time it might save me and figured out that even if I really went all out, if it made me even a few percent more productive it'd be more than worth it, so I kind of went nuts on it, and I'm very happy with my decision.