[geeks] Hardware Recommendations for upgrading sunhelp.org?

[Jordan Geoghegan]

On 10/01/18 11:06, Bill Bradford wrote:
>
>> A quad-core i5 might be a better choice
>> For example, at microcenter, which is in Houston:
>> i5-7500 $199.05
>> http://www.microcenter.com/product/485323/Core_i5-7500_Kaby_Lake_34_GHz_LGA_1 
>>
>> 151_Boxed_Processor
>
> Only 4 cores/threads.. doesn't give me much of an advantage over what 
> I've got
> now - looking for 4c/8t or better :(
>

Hi Bill,

SMT/Hyperthreading is fundamentally flawed and has been disabled by both 
Redhat and the OpenBSD folks. It really doesn't do too much for 
performance (and in many cases actually hinders performance). It's said 
that SMT/hyperthreading opens up a whole new class of attacks. 
Regardless of which chip you select, you should disable SMT.

Cheers,
Jordan