Re: [gentoo-user] PCIe x1 or PCIe x4 SATA controller card

2023-03-27 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Monday, 27 March 2023 11:37:17 BST Frank Steinmetzger wrote: > Compiles will speed up no matter what CPU you choose. But where else do you > need compute power? Video transcodes can be done in the background, and > there is also a limit to what parallelisation can achieve. Encryption is > also

Re: [gentoo-user] PCIe x1 or PCIe x4 SATA controller card

2023-03-27 Thread Wol
On 27/03/2023 13:54, Frank Steinmetzger wrote: Back in the day, CPUs were sold to run at an optimum work point, meaning a compromise between silicon wafer yield, power consumption and performance. Some of the chips were so good, they had the potential for overclocking, meaning they are stable

Re: [gentoo-user] PCIe x1 or PCIe x4 SATA controller card

2023-03-27 Thread Frank Steinmetzger
Am Mon, Mar 27, 2023 at 07:24:47AM -0400 schrieb Rich Freeman: > > Of course, only you can answer that in the end. Write down what you need and > > what you care about. Weigh those factors. Then decide. Raw CPU power, > > electricity bill, heat budget (cooling, noise, dust), the “new and shiny” >

Re: [gentoo-user] PCIe x1 or PCIe x4 SATA controller card

2023-03-27 Thread Rich Freeman
On Mon, Mar 27, 2023 at 5:30 AM Wols Lists wrote: > > On 27/03/2023 01:18, Dale wrote: > > Thanks for any light you can shed on this. Googling just leads to a ton > > of confusion. What's true 6 months ago is wrong today. :/ It's hard > > to tell what still applies. > > Well, back in the days

Re: [gentoo-user] PCIe x1 or PCIe x4 SATA controller card

2023-03-27 Thread Rich Freeman
On Mon, Mar 27, 2023 at 6:37 AM Frank Steinmetzger wrote: > > Bogomips seems to be vry simple, because it takes the current frequency > into account. So the number will be low when your PC idles and very high > when you compile something. The “bogo” stands for bogus for a reason. > Just to

Re: [gentoo-user] SII Smart Label Printer SLP-650 with Gentoo

2023-03-27 Thread karl
Thelma: ... > But where to get the, "slp650.icns" That is probably just some image: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Icon_Image Take any suitable icon image you have an run: convert file slp650.icns If you want it to look like the label printer, just take a phograph of it, downscale it to

Re: [gentoo-user] PCIe x1 or PCIe x4 SATA controller card

2023-03-27 Thread Frank Steinmetzger
Am Sun, Mar 26, 2023 at 07:18:09PM -0500 schrieb Dale: > I used to use the bogomips number as a rough guide.  Thing is, the new > CPU has a lower bogomips number than my current CPU does.  That doesn't > seem right. Bogomips seems to be vry simple, because it takes the current frequency

Re: [gentoo-user] PCIe x1 or PCIe x4 SATA controller card

2023-03-27 Thread Wols Lists
On 27/03/2023 01:18, Dale wrote: Thanks for any light you can shed on this.  Googling just leads to a ton of confusion.  What's true 6 months ago is wrong today.  :/  It's hard to tell what still applies. Well, back in the days of the megahurtz wars, a higher clock speed allegedly meant a