Re: [gentoo-user] New Gentoo box

[thelma@sys-concept.com]

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)?

Here is my pricing in CAD

- INWIN BL631 Low Power Micro ATX Case w/300W power supply 	$84.99
- Gigabit GA-78LMT-USB3 w/DDR3, 7.1 Audio, Gigabit Lan		$79.99
- Samsung 850 EVO Series Solid State Drive 1-TB			$499.99
- LG GH240 SuperMulti 24x DVD Writer, SATA			$24.99
- Kingston HyperX FURY Black 16GB DDR3-1600MHz CL 10 Dual Channel
  4 x 8 GB  Total 32 GB RAM					$225.98
- AMD FX-6300 Processor 3.5GHz w/ 14MB Cache			$144.99
- Asus GeForce GT610 CMS 2GB PCI-E w/ DVI HDMI			$69.99
- assembly							$40.00
- Warranty ???							$177.99
=========================================================================
TOTAL								$1348.91
ADS for CPU v2 (WHAT IS THAT?)					   $4.40
GST								  $67.67
=========
GRANT TOTAL: 							$1420.98

PS. Expensive like for a small box.

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

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

--
Thelma

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.
>> 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.
>