Again a big thank you too all of you who have given me all of this great info.
I am going to give the i5 a try along with upgrading the HD to a SSD. (I had planned that all along) I am also going to go from 8g to 16g of RAM. So any particular recommendation regarding the i5 CPU? I see all kinds of them out there I am looking at LGA 1155 base, and of course of the higher clock speed. What say y'all? On Sun, Mar 4, 2018 at 3:19 PM, Chuck Hast <wch...@gmail.com> wrote: > Windows?? In a VM when necessary. > All of my machines are running Linux, all of them are Ubuntu Mate 16.04. > I do use Compiz. But it does not seem to load things that bad, I got used > to > the cube a long time ago, so I will have several things running at the same > time on each desktop (face of the cube) > > Usually the two biggest loaders are LibreOffice and the web browser when I > have a whole bunch of tabs open and some of them have pretty dynamic > content which eats up memory and cpu. Another one that can eat up speed > is Gimp. > > As far as monitoring things I have Gkrellm running on one side of the > screen, > and if something seems to be really messing things up I open up a console > and look at things with htop. > > I think that the biggest issue is with Chrome, it seems to be the one that > will > get into trouble with some web pages that all of a sudden cause a peak in > CPU demand. > > I can go to one of the laptops both of which are running i7 and do the same > thing, net result is the barrel through with no issues, > > I am going to get an i5, I have already planned on a SSD for the machine so > I will just get the i5 and put it in. Move it all to the new SSD and see > what > happens. > > On the laptops the SSD loads so fast that the usual screen loads of boot > screens go by so fast that at times they are not even seen. At times I get > a glimpse of text going by so fast on the screen that is is just a blur. > So I > know that I have to at least get to that point. > > I think I have enough solid info to point me in the direction of the i5 > and SSD, > that should get me in better shape. I will also bring the memory up to > 16g. > > I find it a challenge to make older equipment continue to do a good job, > in this > case I see no reason to replace the whole machine when perhaps some simple > upgrades will do the job. And I can keep some stuff in service and out of > the > recycler or hardware dump. > > Again thank you all for the great info. I am open to any other > observations or > ideas so keep them coming. > > Miss the NW but do we have some great skies here in "fly over country". > > On Sun, Mar 4, 2018 at 10:28 AM, Ken Eshelby <eshel...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I suspect the i5 and especially the SSD will be a solid upgrade. >> >> If you haven't, getting a handle on what is loading the processor is >> worthwhile. If you are using Windows (oh the irony on this list) they tend >> to load up over time and some judicious use of process explorer and >> msconfig goes a long ways. >> >> I run inert desktop wallpaper overlays to show cpu/memory over time and >> topX apps by cpu and memory to keep an eye on what's normal. Conky on >> linux >> (https://github.com/xplorn/conky), and rainmeter with a jumble of skins >> approximates this on Windows. >> >> >> On Sat, Mar 3, 2018 at 3:15 AM, Chuck Hast <wch...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > I have 8G of memory, it normally runs anywhere from 2-6G free. But I >> see a >> > lot >> > of things cause the processor load to hit the roof and set there for a >> > while, that >> > is why I am looking for something faster. But at times it will go down >> to >> > less than >> > 1G available (when I have a lot of tabs open on the web browser, or I am >> > running >> > a VM) >> > >> > >> > >> >> -- >> Ken >> _______________________________________________ >> PLUG mailing list >> PLUG@pdxlinux.org >> http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug >> > > > > -- > > Chuck Hast -- KP4DJT -- > I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. > Ph 4:13 KJV > Todo lo puedo en Cristo que me fortalece. > Fil 4:13 RVR1960 > > -- Chuck Hast -- KP4DJT -- I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. Ph 4:13 KJV Todo lo puedo en Cristo que me fortalece. Fil 4:13 RVR1960 _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug