Subj : To Build or Not to Build?
To   : Mortar
From : Accession
Date : Mon May 26 2025 09:58:14

Hey Mortar!

On Fri, 23 May 2025 22:36:10 -0500, you wrote:

 > No law says you have to go for the latest and greatest.  As long as the
 > new CPU is better than the one you have now, you'll likely get better
 > performance.

I know this. However, many of the "better" CPUs than I have now have had issues. That's why I said I'm glad I'm not currently in the market for a new one. ;)

 > When you say, "whole setup", does that include case, power supply,
 > graphics card, cooling, etc.?  If it does, and you can get it, I wanna
 > know where you got it.

Yes. It was a fully refurbished unit on eBay, backed with some kind of refurbishing certs and a 1 year warranty. And now when I look again, there doesn't seem to be anything comparable to the one I picked up some 13 years ago (and still running strong), under $800.. and some of those comparable ones seem to be lower on RAM or lacking HDDs these days, too.

 >> At the moment I'm running 3 VMs, with 2 cores and 4gb RAM dedicated
 >> for each. I have plenty of RAM and HDD space left over currently.

 > Then I wouldn't worry about upgrading.  If your system isn't physically
 > failing, and you can do everything you want to do...fugget about it!

It's not that it's physically failing, it's the need/want to run more VMs. My core count is the only thing bottle necking me to do that.

 > And that's all that matters.  If it is gonna be a few years, get ready
 > for a bunch of changes.  Since it's usually years between builds, I have
 > to reacquaint myself to the current tech.

I try not to follow the current stuff too closely, since I usually skip a few generations of motherboards and CPUs. I don't start "reaquainting" myself until I'm actually in the market for new hardware.

Regards,
Nick

.... Sarcasm: because beating people up is illegal.
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