Is this possible?

[rikona]

Hello compdoc,

Monday, October 3, 2016, 8:25:40 AM, compdoc wrote:

>> Perhaps Intel can do one 12 hour job in 4 hours, 
>>but I still have lots going on during that 4 hours.

> I've built systems for several years using mainly AMD cpus. I never
> went with the 990 or 970 chipsets, so not sure what problems you're
> having. (other than the 32G ram issue)

The 990, especially, has problems with USB, networks, video, and 32G,
and apparently only/especially with linux. Some workarounds have been
found, but still have problems - some need redoing after every update,
for example.

> Instead I use the AM1 platform for low power systems, like running
> pfSense firewalls. And the FM2 sockets because you can get some
> decent quad-core systems for a low price.

> However, as others have said Intel is much faster. One of their
> current sockets is the 1151. But the slightly older 1150 socket is
> still being sold for decent prices and is amazingly fast. Also,
> Intel is every bit as stable as AMD. 

Fast is good, but do you think my idea of going parallel for many
simultaneous tasks is a good approach?

> I uploaded two images of memtest86 to imgur.com. One is an AMD quad,
> and one is an Intel Pentium, dual core.

> Memtest86 is old and is misreporting the types of ram that are installed,

Hmmm... I was not aware of that. I currently get different results -
the BIOS sees 32G but memtest sees 24G and crashes very quickly when
run with the 32G. Could this be a memtest problem? Is there another
way to check mem that is better?

> but have a look at the L1, L2 cache speeds, and the speed the main
> memory is accessed.

> They show in MB/s how fast the system can access the caches and memory:

> http://imgur.com/a/kM3vE

Very interesting... If memtest is right there is a big difference.

> AMD is set to release some new cpus soon, and I hope they do well. I
> still believe in supporting AMD and if you don't need absolute
> speed, sometimes their cpus are more than fast enough for the task.

Again, if multitasking, would more cores be a significant advantage?

Thanks for the info!

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 rikona