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Katsunami · 05-02-2015, 06:13 PM

I love it (not) when people make statements like:

"It's going to take at least another 10 years before home computers will need more than 8GB of RAM."

Really?

Look at that attachment below. I'm just converting a few e-books. OK; I'm running a conversion of three Delphi Classics, each being 15K+ pages. Maybe not the most common task, but if I had more cores and more RAM...

Granted, normally my e-books are not that large, but often enough, I do run three or four CD -> FLAC rips at once.

I'm actually thinking of looking into a 6-core i7 / Xeon somewhere this year, even dropping in core speed if need be. I did upgrade this computer a few years ago from a dual core E8500 at 3.16 GHz to a quad core Q8400 at 2.67 GHz, and never regretted it one bit. I'd take an 8 core i7 at 2.4 GHz over a 6c/3.2GHz or 4c/3.6GHz any time. (If the prices are comparable.)

05-02-2015, 06:13 PM	#25995
Katsunami Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,111 Karma: 34000001 Join Date: Mar 2008 Device: KPW1, KA1	I love it (not) when people make statements like: "It's going to take at least another 10 years before home computers will need more than 8GB of RAM." Really? Look at that attachment below. I'm just converting a few e-books. OK; I'm running a conversion of three Delphi Classics, each being 15K+ pages. Maybe not the most common task, but if I had more cores and more RAM... Granted, normally my e-books are not that large, but often enough, I do run three or four CD -> FLAC rips at once. I'm actually thinking of looking into a 6-core i7 / Xeon somewhere this year, even dropping in core speed if need be. I did upgrade this computer a few years ago from a dual core E8500 at 3.16 GHz to a quad core Q8400 at 2.67 GHz, and never regretted it one bit. I'd take an 8 core i7 at 2.4 GHz over a 6c/3.2GHz or 4c/3.6GHz any time. (If the prices are comparable.) Attached Thumbnails Last edited by Katsunami; 05-02-2015 at 06:15 PM.