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On 12/29/2016 08:06 PM, Dale wrote: |
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> thelma@×××××××××××.com wrote: |
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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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> I built a rig a while back and have 16GBs of memory. I also have |
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> portage's work directory on tmpfs. There are times when I wish I had |
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> more memory. I'm planning to upgrade to 24GBs and eventually, 32GBs. |
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> I'm not sure what your board can hold but may want to think about future |
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> upgrades. I run KDE here, there are times where I use a lot of memory. |
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> I'm using ~8GBs as I type. |
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> I've been using a Gigabyte board for a long while. I'm happy with it. |
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> I actually still have a 2nd board that I upgraded from. It was a first |
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> step to upgrade memory and such. I think I had to change the IOMMU |
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> setting in the BIOS. I think that was the name of it. It's something |
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> like that. I think I had to add something to the kernel boot line too |
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> on that. Let me know if you need it, I'll go dig. |
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> One other thing, I have a UPS that shows what amount of power my system |
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> is using. It shows ~150 watts. It will jump to ~190 when compiling |
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> heavily. You may want to make sure that P/S is well made. I've never |
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> used a P/S that came with a case. Generally, they are cheaply made. |
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> May want to make sure of that before you use it. Nothing worse than a |
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> crappy P/S. |
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> Dale |
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> :-) :-) |
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Thank you for the input Dale. |
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Yes, Power Supply is a good point. I think I'll change the case and |
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select different PS. Any hints as to which brand is good? |
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I think they are all made in China :-/ |
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Thelma |
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