SRL Archive - General Botting Help

Hey, I am using my PC build with Intel i5 3350p CPU for some slight photo and video editing. I also run 3 RS3 bots that mine resources for my main. Each in separate VM. The CPU usage of the 3 VMs with all 3 bots running seems quite excessive to me - it takes about 60% of the CPU. I expected it to take 40% max.

The question is: Do you think hyperthreading comes useful for this purposes? Because I could get similarly clocked Xeon E3-1230V2 with 8 threads for only about $50 more. Do you think this could get it to make the same process take only about the targeted 40% of the CPU or less?

From: Nufineek
Do you think hyperthreading comes useful for this purposes?

Yes

From: Nufineek
Do you think this could get it to make the same process take only about the targeted 40% of the CPU or less?

This would be a 33% improvement for "free". I don't think you will see this large of an improvement between these two processors. However, it is hard to give any concrete answers on this without actually testing with your specific workload. You'll definitely have noticeably better performance, but it is difficult to say exactly by how much.

Xeon is a server CPU optimized for server-like workloads, I'm not sure how much I can recommend it as a primary desktop CPU, but if your primary activities include running VMs, I don't see why you shouldn't go for this upgrade, especially for the marginally greater frequency.

From: core
Yes



This would be a 33% improvement for "free". I don't think you will see this large of an improvement between these two processors. However, it is hard to give any concrete answers on this without actually testing with your specific workload. You'll definitely have noticeably better performance, but it is difficult to say exactly by how much.

Xeon is a server CPU optimized for server-like workloads, I'm not sure how much I can recommend it as a primary desktop CPU, but if your primary activities include running VMs, I don't see why you shouldn't go for this upgrade, especially for the marginally greater frequency.

Xeons are, or used to come in work stations as well. We Have a couple of older ones sitting around my house that my dad got from his work place.

From: core
Yes



This would be a 33% improvement for "free". I don't think you will see this large of an improvement between these two processors. However, it is hard to give any concrete answers on this without actually testing with your specific workload. You'll definitely have noticeably better performance, but it is difficult to say exactly by how much.

Xeon is a server CPU optimized for server-like workloads, I'm not sure how much I can recommend it as a primary desktop CPU, but if your primary activities include running VMs, I don't see why you shouldn't go for this upgrade, especially for the marginally greater frequency.

Well, I forgot to mention that I also own an i5 M520 (2.4Ghz, 2 cores, 4 threads) and it handles the 3 VMs with the same load with using 80% of the CPU, which is what got me think that must be the threads that enhance the virtualizing performance.