From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7771F1384B4 for ; Fri, 6 Nov 2015 01:56:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A33B721C00B; Fri, 6 Nov 2015 01:56:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-1.ca.inter.net (mail-1.ca.inter.net [208.85.220.69]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9149AE07EC for ; Fri, 6 Nov 2015 01:56:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (offload-3.ca.inter.net [208.85.220.70]) by mail-1.ca.inter.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1749931B5F3 for ; Thu, 5 Nov 2015 20:56:21 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail-1.ca.inter.net ([208.85.220.69]) by localhost (offload-3.ca.inter.net [208.85.220.70]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id uVGaz+9XLuhN for ; Thu, 5 Nov 2015 20:56:19 -0500 (EST) Received: from ca.inter.net (host-45-78-202-36.dyn.295.ca [45.78.202.36]) by mail-1.ca.inter.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 69B3531B598 for ; Thu, 5 Nov 2015 20:56:18 -0500 (EST) Received: by ca.inter.net (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Thu, 05 Nov 2015 20:56:18 -0500 Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2015 20:56:18 -0500 From: Philip Webb To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] New Gentoo box Message-ID: <20151106015618.GA1125@ca.inter.net> Mail-Followup-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <563BEA07.4070201@sys-concept.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <563BEA07.4070201@sys-concept.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) X-Archives-Salt: 309d8f26-8d37-479b-aa6a-3f874cdc775f X-Archives-Hash: fd69bcd66bbd0dcb31dbb38b75de8a44 151105 thelma@sys-concept.com wrote: > I'm putting a new box, it will run Gentoo (hylafax, Asterisk) > and Windows 7 in VirtualBox (mainly). Box will run 24/7. > Will I have a problem with any of these components ? > Is there a better choice ? > The box need to be small as I don't have much room. > > - INWIN BL631 Low Power Micro ATX Case w/300W power supply > - Gigabit GA-78LMT-USB3 w/DDR3, 7.1 Audio, Gigabit Lan > - Samsung 850 EVO Series Solid State Drive 1-TB > - LG GH240 SuperMulti 24x DVD Writer, SATA > - Kingston HyperX FURY Black 16GB DDR3-1600MHz CL 10 Dual Channel > 4 x 8 GB Total 32 GB RAM > - AMD FX-6300 Processor 3.5GHz w/ 14MB Cache > - Asus GeForce GT610 CMS 2GB PCI-E w/ DVI HDMI > Do I need the DVD ? The machine I built in Sep has (prices in CAD) : 150914 CPU : AMD X8 FX8370E 8-core 4,3 GHz 16 MB 32 nm 95 W : 259.00 Direct replacement : 3 yr : 38.85 150926 Mobo : ASUS M5A97 LE AMD 970/SB8950 DDR3 1866 GHz : 104.99 150914 Memory : Kingston HyperX Fury 8 GB DDR3 1866 MHz CL10 : 68.99 150914 Graphix : Asus GT610 810 MHz clock 1200 MHz memory : 74.99 150914 SSD : Kingston SSDNow V300 240 GB SATA RW 450 MB/s : 109.99 150914 HDD : Seagate Desktop SATA3 1 TB 64 MB 6 GB/s : 57.99 Ont recycle fee : 0.75 150914 DVD : Samsung SH-224FB 24x SATA 1.5 MB : 21.99 Ont recycle fee : 0.75 150917 Case : Deepcool Terraract BF : 39.99 150917 PSU : Thermaltake TR2 500 W : 59.99 subtotal : 838.27 tax : 108.98 total : 947.25 Warranty : manufacturer : Memory life ; PSU 5 yr ; CPU Mobo Graphix SSD 3 yr ; HDD 1 yr . Mobo : back USB2 dead, froze w front USB3, destroyed FS on USB stick, case fan didn't start : returned for refund : 150914 Mobo : Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P 970+SB950 DDR3 2000 : 119.99 2x PCI-Express x16 GLAN 6xSATA 6.0 Gb/s 4xUSB 3.0 14xUSB 2.0 I had to return the Gigabyte mobo due to serious defects. Otherwise, everything as worked perfectly. I couldn't get it to hibernate, but that seems fairly common. Do you need 32 GB RAM ? -- I find 8 GB is more than enough, except when emerging LO + FF using tmpfs (they have to use a drive instead) ; you sb able to get 1866 GHz memory : mine is overclocked at 2133 GHz . I like to have optical back-ups in case Earth's poles reverse (grin), so the DVD drive will get used a couple of times a year. Your list omits an SSD drive : they're much faster than HDD, tho' you should have one of those too for back-ups etc. -- ========================,,============================================ SUPPORT ___________//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT `-O----------O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca