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> Going from an i7-6700k to 7700k to 8700k to 9700k gets maybe 10% faster single threaded performance on each step Sure, but you can get CPUs with 2-4x the num
by pitaj 8y ago
> Going from an i7-6700k to 7700k to 8700k to 9700k gets maybe 10% faster single threaded performance on each step
Sure, but you can get CPUs with 2-4x the number of cores at consumer price points, which is great for people who do streaming or virtualization.
> hot new NVME SSDs aren't noticeably faster than SATA SSDs
Oh yes they are, and I'd never go back
- pmoriarty 8y ago"Sure, but you can get CPUs with 2-4x the number of cores at consumer price points, which is great for people who do streaming or virtualization." They're also great for people like me who use distros like Gentoo where we're regularly recompiling all the software we use as new versions become available. My entire recompile cycle now takes literally weeks of non-stop compilation, on my old, slow 2-core laptop. Compiling qtwebkit alone takes several days. If I had 8 or 16 cores on a modern processor, that would be a massive improvement.