Re: Building computer
(sort-of-thread-hijacking)
On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 2:05 PM, Stan Hoeppner <stan@hardwarefreak.com> wrote:
> On 9/25/2013 12:52 PM, Catherine Gramze wrote:
>>[...]
> And I'm at a loss here. The detailed list below suggests that you were
> sand bagging to an extent in your previous post.
>
>> Haswell quad-core i5
>>
>> [...]
>
>> 8 gig DDR3 1600 ram, Corsair (should I get 16 and use all 4 slots?)
>
> What desktop applications are you using that require 8GB, let alone
> 16GB, of RAM? I'd think 4 would be plenty. If you wish to over buy
> DRAM, that's a personal choice. It will likely not improve performance
> in any meaningful way, for WOW in Wine, or anything else.
Maybe she's trying to avoid admitting that she's really intending to
emulate an SH4 under QEMU to port Android? ;->
>> [...] Disclaimer: For many years I've been
> AMD only and don't tend to keep up with Intel's offerings.
Stan, joking aside, are there any AMD processors you would recommend
for doing kernel and driver level Android/ARM development in a VM?
How likely would I be to find such a processor in a netbook or laptop?
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