Re: Mrs. vallor's Linux workstation is online

On Wed, 22 Jan 2025 17:42:24 -0600, chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> wrote
in <1503pjp1svr3iv577gb2n7oae3cbnj6kob@4ax.com>:

vallor wrote:
 

CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-14700F
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Been reading about this processor.  It has 8 "performance"
cores and 12 "efficiency" cores.  Interesting.

 
Nice.  What does the CPU cooler look like?  The i7-14700 is a
power-hungry, hot-running chip.  A lot of people (like myself) are going
with dual-tower, dual-fan coolers for the faster CPU's, these days.
 
Today the last piece of my new PC finally arrived, so I'll soon be
putting it together.  A detailed write-up on the hardware will be
posted.  Spoiler alert:  CPU is a i5-14600K, 6 P cores and 8 E cores.

Two big fans blowing through what appeared to be a radiator, so
I think it's water-cooled.  I didn't pull it apart enough to see
the CPU itself, it's pretty crowded in there.

Building Linux on it right now, I want better wifi drivers.

04:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8852CE PCIe
802.11ax Wireless Network Controller (rev 01)

The new drivers in 6.13 (and maybe earlier) have debug info,
so I can see why the interface has occasional complaints.

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