Re: [gentoo-user] New Gentoo box

["J. Roeleveld" <joost@antarean.org>]

Please do not top-post.

On Thursday, November 05, 2015 07:17:38 PM thelma@sys-concept.com wrote:
> When it comes to price I think the 1TB SDD is expensive in my case +
> $177.99CAD warranty (though I don't know if I need warranty, or why they
> are charging me for it)?

It might be extended warranty. IOW, more then the usual factory warranty.
I would ask them about that.


> =========
> GRANT TOTAL: 							$1420.98
> 
> PS. Expensive like for a small box.

I can't comment on prices, been a while since I looked into a new desktop.
If that were Euros, I'd find it a lot for what you get.

> Maybe I don't need 32GB or RAM but even 16GB RAM would save me only $112.99

My laptop has 16GB Ram and it works quite nicely. Doesn't use swap often.
Also allows me to run VMs comfortably.

> You might be right, maybe I'll add one HDD for backup (good suggestion).
> The killer is my 1TB SSD $499.99CAD

Get 1 SSD for the OS, software and your home directory. (240GB is usually 
enough)
And 1 big HDD for your data.

Keep your documents and other data out of the home directory if doing this.
Reason I suggest your home directory on SSD is because programs tend to store 
a lot in your home directory which can benefit from a faster disk.

> On 11/05/2015 06:56 PM, Philip Webb wrote:
> > 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.

> >> - Gigabit GA-78LMT-USB3 w/DDR3, 7.1 Audio, Gigabit Lan

> >> - AMD FX-6300 Processor 3.5GHz w/ 14MB Cache

Make sure the mainboard and CPU support hardware virtualisation.
How many cores does it have? When running VMs, extra cores really help.

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Joost