[NBLUG/talk] new computer (alas!)

[jim]

     Have you evaluated your graphic hardware?
How much RAM do you have (often more RAM makes
everything at least a little faster)? Also,
what speed busses does your motherboard have?



On 10/19/2015 06:07 PM, Steve S. wrote:
> It's "alas" because I've found for some years now that mostly I just 
> want my computer to WORK, appliance-like.  My fsck'ing can-opener 
> never throws bad blocks...  :P
>
> Though I  _used_to_  enjoy getting a new computer, setting it up, etc, 
> I mostly experience it these days as a massive inconvenience.
> Anyhow... rant over (at least for now).  My question (likely the first 
> of several) is if there's a general consensus as to the 
> price/performance "sweet spot" for CPU's?  Probably my most 
> compute-intensive chore is running Photoshop on 24MP raw images 
> (though I love me some complex 4X games in the Civ/AoE/MoO model, and 
> late-stage/large-map sessions DO take a while to calculate.).  I was 
> rather startled by how cheap i7 systems have become!  But then again, 
> I see that other considerations (Haswll, Broadwell, Skylake, yadda 
> yadda yadda) seem to be where much of the differentiation is 
> happening...  so there's quite a HUGE  range of price and performance 
> under the "i7" umbrella.
>
> And then there's AMD...
>
> I'm sure I could figure it out for myself, in time, but... Well, per 
> the Rant above, the geeky joy's just not there...  I'm hoping that my 
> (admittedly-incomplete) assimilation into the nblug collective might 
> give me some quicker insights...
>
> Any advice/etc gratefully received!
>
>
> -  Steve
>
>
> -- 
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> childishness and the desire to be very grown up."      -CS Lewis
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