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 092911384B4 for ; Fri, 6 Nov 2015 06:06:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id DCD0121C00B; Fri, 6 Nov 2015 06:06:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from gw2.antarean.org (gw2.antarean.org [141.105.125.208]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8E94221C003 for ; Fri, 6 Nov 2015 06:06:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gw2.antarean.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 46DD21216FB for ; Fri, 6 Nov 2015 06:04:54 +0000 () X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at antarean.org Received: from gw2.antarean.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (gw2.antarean.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id FmUq30yCfHuj for ; Fri, 6 Nov 2015 06:04:52 +0000 (%Z) Received: from data.antarean.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gw2.antarean.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 73DA3120ABC for ; Fri, 6 Nov 2015 06:04:52 +0000 () Received: from andromeda.localnet (unknown [10.20.13.200]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by data.antarean.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id CEB9A4C for ; Fri, 6 Nov 2015 07:04:00 +0100 (CET) From: "J. Roeleveld" To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] New Gentoo box Date: Fri, 06 Nov 2015 07:06:25 +0100 Message-ID: <29533042.x3D0Mf0YZZ@andromeda> User-Agent: KMail/4.14.8 (Linux/4.0.9-gentoo; KDE/4.14.8; x86_64; ; ) In-Reply-To: <563C0DC2.50801@sys-concept.com> References: <563BEA07.4070201@sys-concept.com> <20151106015618.GA1125@ca.inter.net> <563C0DC2.50801@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-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Archives-Salt: 8c00b8f5-0c9c-4c1b-9ac7-74639e98db8c X-Archives-Hash: d9f70bba3230d6eaddaa1df1888b1bc3 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. -- Joost