Hello,
I've been using Fedora inside Virtual Box on a Windows 7 host for a few
years now so I can learn Fedora / Linux before taking the plunge and
unplug from Windows more permanently. I think I'm ready to take the
plunge and build a new desktop with Fedora 24 being my primary os and at
most run Windows (should I need it for some reason) inside a VBox vm. I
suspect running Fedora inside a vm is really different than running it
right off the hardware like changing a hdd controller with a mouse click
is much faster & easier than swapping a cable and/or setting or adding
an adapter so I'm trying to do my homework before spending $.
My question is: what hardware would someone recommend for building a
non-gaming high-end desktop? About the only non-negotiable element are
my 2 30" dell u3011 monitors both running at 2560x1600. Since I'm a
day-trader I need really good color & resolution for my trading charts
but things like a high frame rate for gaming are not necessary. I have
no amd / intel cpu preference - just 8 cores preferably and probably 4
ram slots on a mb since I don't want less than 32gb ram. Recently I saw
someone indicate nvidia graphics are not linux friendly and since that's
what I've always used on my builds an alternative is needed. I've had
really good results with Gigabyte mb's but am willing to try another
brand. I'd also like to use an ssd hdd so does Fedora support sata3 or
even sata 3.2 well? Am I correct in thinking ddr3 or ddr4 or ram specs
of any kind (latency) are pretty much irrelevant and Fedora would
support all such hardware? Does Fedora have issues with hardware raid
which I usually use? Does Fedora care about 3 or 4 channel ram
configuration? Not being a gamer I don't use SLI but since we're on the
subject about compatible hw...does Fedora / linux / open-source have any
capable sli graphics cards which work well and easily?
If someone has built an entire system like this recently would you be
willing to share your component build list? Or if you have a graphics
card which installed easily and would support my resolutions would you
mind sharing it? If someone was frustrated with a particular component
would you mind sharing what to steer clear of?
I would prefer to avoid the click & pray approach to component selection
so I'm asking what has worked well for others...or what was problematic.
Thanks for any advice & feedback.
Drew
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