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thelma@×××××××××××.com writes: |
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> I'm putting a new system, it will be running mainly, VirtualBox, |
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> Asterisk, Hylafax etc. (nothing graphic intensive). |
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> - IN WIN BL631 Low Profile Micro ATX Case w/ 300W Power Supply, |
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> - AMD FX-8350 Processor 4.0GHz w/ 16MB Cache |
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> - Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 w/ DDR3, 7.1 Audio, Gigabit Lan |
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> - Kingston HyperX Fury 16GB DDR3-1866MHz CL10 Dual Channel Kit |
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> - Samsung 850 EVO Series mSATA Solid State Drive, 1TB |
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> - Asus GeForce GT 720 Silent CSM, 2GB, PCI-E w/ D-Sub VGA, DVI, HDMI |
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> Will I have any problems installing Gentoo on this configuration, eg. |
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> with Video Card etc.? |
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> Do I need more RAM? |
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If you want a rock solid machine with lots of cores and RAM and very |
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capable of powering VMs, the HP Z800 is worthwhile to check out. |
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You can get them for good prices here from resellers/ebay, and they are |
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IMO currently the best you can get for your money if you want something |
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like that. Technology has moved on a bit, but you'd spend about twice |
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the money if you buy something new that offers comparable overall |
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performance. The Z820s are still rather pricey. |
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"Top speed" may be higher with the AMD, but I think it will have a hard |
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time beating the overall performance of 2 Xeons with 6x2 cores each and |
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48GB RAM (or whatever configuration you get) when you load it with VMs |
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and start compiling stuff. |
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IF that's an issue for you: I've measured the power consumption of a |
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Z800 with two X5675, 48GB RAM and a GTX770: 130W at idle, which I think |
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is amazing. It can reach about 600W when compiling, with the graphics |
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card working hard and 6 spinning 3.5" disks. |
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There are no issues with temperatures or anything, and they are pretty |
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quiet. |
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The power supplies they have are impressive. I've seen the lights go |
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out for like half a second or so, and I expected the machines to go |
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down, but they kept running as if nothing happened. |
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You can run Gentoo, Debian and Fedora on them. If you run Xen on it, |
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limit cstates to 1 or you may see random freezes. |
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I wouldn't change mine for anything less than a Z820. I used to build |
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my machines from parts, and I quit doing that because it isn't |
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worthwhile when you can just get a Z800 which offers more for half the |
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money. |
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Other than that, as others have already said, you're probably better off |
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with at least 32GB and a better PSU. I also don't store data or a |
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system on a single disk with no redundancy, except for backups. |
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(A Z800 has four 3.5" bays, and you can get adapters for 2.5" disks that |
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plug in. You could use 2x72GB 2.5" 15k SAS disks which you can get very |
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cheaply for the system, put everything else on your SSD and use a 3.5" |
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SATA disk for backups.) |
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