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[217.169.3.230]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id q125sm182610wmd.5.2015.11.06.10.16.06 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Fri, 06 Nov 2015 10:16:07 -0800 (PST) From: Mick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] New Gentoo box Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2015 18:16:08 +0000 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.7 (Linux/4.1.12-gentoo; KDE/4.14.8; x86_64; ; ) References: <563BEA07.4070201@sys-concept.com> <201511060905.13950.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> <563CD619.9080200@sys-concept.com> In-Reply-To: <563CD619.9080200@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: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart3781367.6T5KLWiDUN"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha256 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201511061816.16904.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> X-Archives-Salt: 66619d0e-8778-48db-9715-7550f9c0f2fd X-Archives-Hash: 0ed1d5de47bec2ef743d18731aef0fcd --nextPart3781367.6T5KLWiDUN Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Friday 06 Nov 2015 16:32:25 thelma@sys-concept.com wrote: > On 11/06/2015 02:04 AM, Mick wrote: > > On Thursday 05 Nov 2015 23:45:11 thelma@sys-concept.com wrote: > It a tiny box, has one of those external 12V power adapters, I have > replaced that adapter 2-times and my the PS fried as well at the same > time, so I think PS was responsible for it. I have now SSD 250GB in it. These often overheat, which shortens the life of the capacitors. If you ha= ve=20 a steady hand you're better off soldering new capacitors in them and they w= ill=20 outlast anything you buy in a shop. Break the glued joint and buy equivale= nt=20 capacitors that you can physically fit in the constrained space envelop of = the=20 PSU. I usually buy Panasonic branded caps and they have done me proud so f= ar. > So yes, I would like to find good power supply with JAPANESE capacitors > if possible. That Chinese piece of CRAP doesn't last long. There was a spat with bad PSUs that caused problems in the past, but I beli= eve=20 that these problems have been resolved. http://www.corsair.com/en/blog/2013/december/power-supply-capacitor-q-and-a > Any recommendation for PSU with JAPANESE capacitors? Have a look at Corsair, but there are others too. The more expensive units= =20 have Japanese caps throughout: http://www.corsair.com/en-gb/power-supply-units > >> - Gigabit GA-78LMT-USB3 w/DDR3, 7.1 Audio, Gigabit Lan > >> - Samsung 850 EVO Series Solid State Drive 1-TB > >=20 > > Will you be eating up as much as 1-TB of data on a day to day basis? I > > would suggest you buy two SSDs and set up a RAID1, to guard against SSD > > failure, plus a spinning drive for filesystems that are re-written > > frequently (e.g. application caches), critical data and back ups. >=20 > I don't have that much experience with RAID so if something goes wrong > by the time I trouble shoot it what when wrong and how to fix it, it > might take some time (a day+ or so); I can not afford it. >=20 > My solution is to run two boxes if one goes down to switch to another > box takes me only 15min. Well, there isn't much to running RAID 1. You'll know when one disk failed= =20 because you can program it to email you and because performance will degrad= e. =20 You can have a 3rd drive installed as a spare and it will automatically swi= tch=20 over. Alternatively, the moment you find out one of your disks failed you= =20 make a back up of the one which is still running. > >> - LG GH240 SuperMulti 24x DVD Writer, SATA (not sure if I even need it= )? > >=20 > > If you don't need it I'd save your money and spend it on a better CPU, > > MoBo, and/or RAM. > >=20 > >> - Kingston HyperX FURY Black 16GB DDR3-1600MHz CL 10 Dual Channel (4x > >> 8GB) Total 32GB RAM > >=20 > > Unless you will be running large databases and websites in RAM I can't > > see you ever using up all of this. I'd save the money and buy faster > > memory (2133MHz, or 2400MHz), or if speed (O/C) is not important buy ECC > > memory instead. >=20 > Good suggestion. >=20 > >> - AMD FX-6300 Processor 3.5GHz w/ 14MB Cache > >=20 > > A reliable workhorse and easy to O/C, but rather dated and overtaken bo= th > > in performance and economy by Intel's products. If economy features in > > your requirements and you don't do heavy gaming you may want to consider > > AMD's APUs like Kaveri. In a few years you will probably save in > > electricity the small difference in price. >=20 > Are Intel's CPU better now-a-days? Yes, I would think so. Both in terms of single core performance, multi-cor= e=20 performance and power consumption. > What is the difference: > AMD FX-6300 Vishera is 6-Core CPU > AMD A10-7850K Kaveri Quad-Core 3.7 GHz >=20 > according to: > http://cpuboss.com/cpus/AMD-FX-6300-vs-AMD-A10-7850K > AMD FX-6300 is the winner (I'm not an expert on it). Well, they can both be O/C'ed easily, (I have a Kaveri here running at=20 4200MHz) and it outperforms the FX-6300 in terms of single core throughput.= =20 It also does not need a graphics card (unless you're a gamer) hence you sav= e=20 GPU money there. > > You will need a better cooler for either, if you are going to O/C them. >=20 > No, I have no need for over-clocking >=20 > >> - Asus GeForce GT610 CMS 2GB PCI-E w/ DVI HDMI >=20 > Most of the new video cards have only DVI or HDMI connections. > On my current setup I have two boxes using an old 9-pin (??) video > connection/cable connected via KVM switch, so quick hitting "2x Scroll > Lock" allows me for quick switching between them. If I replace the box > with DVI/HDMI connection I'll be looking for a new KVM hybrid switch (if > one exist) or a different solution. I only want one > mouse/monitor/keyboard to access them. There are VGA to DVI converters if this is what you need? =2D-=20 Regards, Mick --nextPart3781367.6T5KLWiDUN Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQEcBAABCAAGBQJWPO5wAAoJELAdA+zwE4Ye7o4H/i7CDTQb0/xhR07ZOA9gBeEk r7urW2hLhN3eB0BIlq5wU2YvblofS6a5om7Nu7zd6cAPbfL3RfeNHRqaQnQaFWUO qbNmsTy4CxENLdAjjqHzEHftITZBD0VSE8cxqSdkIj4HojjPSpjgzg4e7lV0HPKl FuoI66Anq4vPGkSi1j6ieCqmbR+C184IpEXZSZ158jobRbZLltJuS0wU0qBTmvsS IbdkO9hMgGJo0bSI4crW20phNQcMAyL4TannrY5AQcpfnWW7fHJUWt8xbIdHvZy3 dZ27svGqD2ocK0uKWvb41u5qiPHRNZfSeTqC2tpValtrL/PK37D5ooisQsMjjiE= =9C5D -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart3781367.6T5KLWiDUN--