Re: [gentoo-user] New Gentoo box

[Mick]

On Friday 06 Nov 2015 16:32:25 thelma@×××××××××××.com wrote:
> On 11/06/2015 02:04 AM, Mick wrote:
> > On Thursday 05 Nov 2015 23:45:11 thelma@×××××××××××.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 have 
a steady hand you're better off soldering new capacitors in them and they will 
outlast anything you buy in a shop.  Break the glued joint and buy equivalent 
capacitors that you can physically fit in the constrained space envelop of the 
PSU.  I usually buy Panasonic branded caps and they have done me proud so far.


> 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 believe 
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 
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
> >
> > 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.
>
> 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.
>
> 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 
because you can program it to email you and because performance will degrade.  
You can have a 3rd drive installed as a spare and it will automatically switch 
over.  Alternatively, the moment you find out one of your disks failed you 
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)?
> >
> > If you don't need it I'd save your money and spend it on a better CPU,
> > MoBo, and/or RAM.
> >
> >> - Kingston HyperX FURY Black 16GB DDR3-1600MHz CL 10 Dual Channel (4x
> >> 8GB) Total 32GB RAM
> >
> > 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.
>
> Good suggestion.
>
> >> - AMD FX-6300 Processor 3.5GHz w/ 14MB Cache
> >
> > A reliable workhorse and easy to O/C, but rather dated and overtaken both
> > 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.
>
> Are Intel's CPU better now-a-days?

Yes, I would think so.  Both in terms of single core performance, multi-core 
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
>
> 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 
4200MHz) and it outperforms the FX-6300 in terms of single core throughput.  
It also does not need a graphics card (unless you're a gamer) hence you save 
GPU money there.


> > You will need a better cooler for either, if you are going to O/C them.
>
> No, I have no need for over-clocking
>
> >> - Asus GeForce GT610 CMS 2GB PCI-E w/ DVI HDMI
>
> 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?

-- 
Regards,
Mick