On Friday, December 30, 2016 10:21:28 AM Mick wrote: > On Friday 30 Dec 2016 08:18:48 J. Roeleveld wrote: > > On Friday, December 30, 2016 12:24:36 AM CET Dale wrote: > > > J. Roeleveld wrote: > > > > As for the specs: > > > > > > > > - 8 core CPU: nice > > > > > > Makes me drool a bit here. I want a 8 core CPU. The only downside, > > > gkrellm won't have enough screen to show each core separately. That's a > > > problem there. lol It already takes up the whole right side on one > > > desktop. I guess I could make the thing shorter to fit them all in. > > > > I know what you mean. What I miss is an option to have gkrellm on 1 side > > of > > the screen and when I maximize a window, that doesn't hide gkrellm. > > I limited some of the sensors to be able to fit all 12 virtual cores. > > (Or if there is, where do I set it) > > This can be managed via the DE settings (but it depends on the DE options of > course). You can also set it in GKrellM configuration, General, 'Set on > top of other windows of the same type'.
I don't want it on top, I want it to prevent maximizing from taking the area used by gkrellm. > > > > - mSATA SSD: Make sure it fits your mainboard. NVMe is faster, but > > > > also > > > > more expensive. > > > > The Samsung EVO series are good for normal work-loads. The performance > > > > does > > > > tend to drop when the write-cache starts to fill up. With multiple VMs > > > > using disk and swap, that can happen quicker then you think. Check > > > > your > > > > requirements. > > > > > > > > - memory: Personally, I would increase this to 32GB with the fastest > > > > spec > > > > that matches the CPU and mainboard. It helps a lot, especially with > > > > Virtualbox. What isn't used by applications/VMs will be available for > > > > disk-cache. > > +1 for more and faster memory. If the choice comes down to either more, or > faster memory, go for faster. With normal desktop use I have not yet > noticed 16G being exhausted. I dedicate 8G for tmpfs which is used for > emerge activities. I suggest you go for the fastest spec memory your MoBo > will run. You'll likely have to overclock it to make your memory clock > higher speeds. As a rule I prefer Asus MoBos, if only because online > reviews when I built the last PC showed fewer complains that Gigabyte. Take into account that with Asus boards, the sensors don't always work correctly with Linux. Not sure about Gigabyte. > > > Same here. Putting portage's work directory on tmpfs does make it > > > measurably faster. Bad thing is, if Firefox and LibreO needs to update > > > at the same time, I have to go back to spinning rust or do them by > > > themselves. It runs out of memory pretty fast. > > I have not noticed this here with 8G our of my 16G RipjawsX RAM dedicated to > portage, but unlike Dale I do not run a full Plasma DE and try to update > Chromium, FF, & LO all in parallel at the same time! ;-) I do the same on my laptop, with 16GB. That also works. But this laptop dates back to when I considered 16GB sufficient. > With regards to PSUs most reputable manufacturers bring out entry level > models which use cheap(er) capacitors with inferior rating, middle of the > road which use upgraded caps and top of the range which are as good as it > gets. > > On the last box I built I chose a Corsair CX430M PSU and have been very > pleased with it (so far). Running a UPS also helps your PSU last longer, > especially if you live in an area where brown outs happen regularly. I used to live in such an area. Not currently. But a UPS would still be a good idea. -- Joost
