Is this possible?

[rikona]

Hello compdoc,

Monday, October 3, 2016, 4:28:03 PM, compdoc wrote:

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

> I don't open as many tabs as you, but I have 4 browsers installed
> and sometimes have them all open with several tabs each.

> With enough ram, you should be able to do what you want, but it
> never hurts to have as many cores as possible that run as fast as
> possible. 

> AMD cpus aren't horrible at processing once the data gets to the
> cpu, but as you can see from those memtest86 pictures, the data
> takes a lot longer to get there.

Agreed...

> There have been several advances in technology, one being the SSD.
> They are several times faster than a hard drive, and will breathe
> new life into old systems. It's quite amazing.

I do have one in the new box, but for sys stuff only. Data goes on a
HD. 3Tb of SSD would be rather expensive. :-))

> However, to take full advantage of the speed and to protect the life of the
> SSD, you want Sata3 ports and the newest AHCI protocol in the motherboard.

I'll check that...

>>memtest sees 24G and crashes very quickly when run with the 32G.
>>Could this be a memtest problem?

> I've never seen memtest86 crash. However, I don't think they update that
> old, dos-looking version anymore. Instead they produce a new version that
> runs only if you boot it using UEFI.

> This new version better reports the type of ram, but the reported speeds of
> the caches and ram are very close to the same as the old version. 

> Also, I think the UEFI version is memtest86+, and not memtest86 which comes
> from a different website. 

I checked that out. There are 2 different versions, memtest86 and
memtest86+. memtest86 is newer [2016] than memtest86+ [2013]. I have
both bootable disks, and both crash almost immediately on the new box.
I can do a small bit of testing with memtest86, but none with
memtest86+. The memtest86+ site does not list CPU support for that
processor. May be a problem? The memtest86 site mentions UEFI boot
support. The new box does boot up UEFI - don't know how much that
influences what is happening.

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

> Well, there's slow multitasking and fast multitasking. The preference is up
> to you and your pocketbook. Four cores allows the system to spread the load,
> so each core is used less until needed. 

> I think the speed of a new dual-core Pentium or an i3 compared to your old
> system would open your eyes.

And my now empty wallet, after the latest hardware buys. :-))

> My own desktop has a four-core i5, but with only 16G of DDR4-2400 ram. I
> could have installed more ram but have never found the need...

thanks for the info...

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 rikona