On 11/10/20 2:10 PM, 'Totally Zoid' via qubes-users wrote:
I can't answer your question for certain, I changed my disk and CPU at the same
time. It takes me ~10 sec to start a disposable Firefox, from clicking on the
start menu entry to the window popping up (with about 20 VMs running in the
background and no heatsink on the SSD).
I used to have an i5 and a 5400rpm drive and it was slow as hell, I couldn't
even start two VMs at the same time without one of them crashing. Then a couple
years ago I upgraded to Ryzen 7 and a gen3x4 SSD and while things aren't quite
as instant as I'd like, it's good.
I dunno if you're running / can run at full speed a NVMe drive with the chipset
you're on. If not your CPU might be bottlenecking your disk speed, not just
your code execution speed. If you're upgrading the CPU you'll have to buy a new
motherboard, which is roughly $150 for Ryzens.
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On Tuesday, November 10, 2020 6:13 PM, Stumpy <stu...@posteo.net> wrote:
Thanks for the response!
Regarding not being able to tell the difference, I have an older system
(Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4570 CPU @ 3.20GHz w 32gb mem) with a fairly
new/fast Samsung ssd I got this year but it still takes over 20 sec to
start up a firefox in a fed32 dvm, is that normal? Is it most likely
that the majority of the slowness is attributable to my ancient proc?
I just want to get a clear idea of where I should focus my spending,
that is on a CPU, faster drives, etc.
Thanks in advance!
Thanks for the response.
I figure my cpu is likely at least alittle bit of a bottle neck, i just
dont know how much of a bottleneck but the confirmation is helpful.
I havent bothered with m.2 on my current setup as I am sure there is
something that would slow it down and make the whole thing moot.
I'd be curious to know what mobo you are using with your amd ryzen? In
general I am seriously considering going the AMD route but thats only if
I can be reasonably sure it'll "just work"
Cheers
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