[Klug-general] end of the PSpecialist story: final outcome

Jonathan Kaye jdkaye at riseup.net
Sat Sep 3 15:28:45 UTC 2016


Brian Reay via Kent wrote on 03/09/16 16:07:
> Hi Jon,
> 
> I may have missed the details of the machine you purchased, I don't have
> the best of internet coverage just now due to being on holiday. Would
> you mind sharing the details of the machine you purchased, please?
> 
> I've tended to use rather old, HP series, machines for my Linux needs
> but feel I should treat myself to a decent machine.
> 
> Thank you.
> 
Hi Brian,
Here they are:
Zoostorm Delta Tower Desktop PC, Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz, 8GB RAM, 3TB
HDD, DVDRW, Intel HD, No Operating System (£250). I added another 8GB of
RAM.

width: 64 bits
capabilities:
	SMBIOS version 2.7,
	DMI version 2.7,
	Symmetric Multi-Processing,
	32-bit processes
BIOS
vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
version: F2
size: 64KiB
capacity: 4032KiB
capabilities:
	PCI bus,
	BIOS EEPROM can be upgraded,
	BIOS shadowing,
	Booting from CD-ROM/DVD,
	Selectable boot path,
	BIOS ROM is socketed,
	Enhanced Disk Drive extensions,
	5.25" 1.2MB floppy,
	3.5" 720KB floppy,
	3.5" 2.88MB floppy,
	Print Screen key,
	i8042 keyboard controller,
	INT14 serial line control,
	INT17 printer control,
	ACPI,
	USB legacy emulation,
	BIOS boot specification,
	UEFI specification is supported

CPU
product: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4460  CPU @ 3.20GHz
vendor: Intel Corp.
bus info: cpu at 0
version: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4460 CPU @ 3.20GHz
slot: SOCKET 0
size: 800MHz
capacity: 3201MHz
width: 64 bits
clock: 100MHz
capabilities:
	64bits extensions (x86-64),
	mathematical co-processor,
	FPU exceptions reporting,
	wp,
	virtual mode extensions,
	debugging extensions,
	page size extensions,
	time stamp counter,
	model-specific registers,
	4GB+ memory addressing (Physical Address Extension),
	machine check exceptions,
	compare and exchange 8-byte,
	on-chip advanced programmable interrupt controller (APIC),
	fast system calls,
	memory type range registers,
	page global enable,
	machine check architecture,
	conditional move instruction,
	page attribute table,
	36-bit page size extensions,
	clflush,
	debug trace and EMON store MSRs,
	thermal control (ACPI),
	multimedia extensions (MMX),
	fast floating point save/restore,
	streaming SIMD extensions (SSE),
	streaming SIMD extensions (SSE2),
	self-snoop,
	HyperThreading,
	thermal interrupt and status,
	pending break event,
	fast system calls,
	no-execute bit (NX),
	pdpe1gb,
	rdtscp,
	constant_tsc,
	arch_perfmon,
	pebs,
	bts,
	rep_good,
	nopl,
	xtopology,
	nonstop_tsc,
	aperfmperf,
	eagerfpu,
	pni,
	pclmulqdq,
	dtes64,
	monitor,
	ds_cpl,
	vmx,
	est,
	tm2,
	ssse3,
	sdbg,
	fma,
	cx16,
	xtpr,
	pdcm,
	pcid,
	sse4_1,
	sse4_2,
	x2apic,
	movbe,
	popcnt,
	tsc_deadline_timer,
	aes,
	xsave,
	avx,
	f16c,
	rdrand,
	lahf_lm,
	abm,
	tpr_shadow,
	vnmi,
	flexpriority,
	ept,
	vpid,
	fsgsbase,
	tsc_adjust,
	bmi1,
	avx2,
	smep,
	bmi2,
	erms,
	invpcid,
	xsaveopt,
	dtherm,
	ida,
	arat,
	pln,
	pts,
	CPU Frequency scaling
configuration:
	cores: 4
	enabledcores: 1

I'm now running Debian Testing (Stretch) with a fair amount of Pinning
to Sid. Let me know if there's anything else you need.
Cheers,
Jonathan




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