<p>I got pretty much everything in my system on sale or rebate. Current RAM was $45 after rebate @ Fry's. CPU was about $200. Mobo was under $100. HDD was a drive retired out of a RAID array but still in great shape, and free. (That said, I worry not, for I back up.)</p>
<p>The BD-RE burner was a gift, so I didn't pay for it. The discs, OTOH...</p>
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Sent from my phone... a G2 running CM7 nightlies!</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Jul 14, 2011 4:47 PM, "David Tomaschik" <<a href="mailto:david@systemoverlord.com">david@systemoverlord.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution">> On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 12:07 PM, Michael B. Trausch <<a href="mailto:mike@trausch.us">mike@trausch.us</a>> wrote:<br>
>> On Wed, 2011-07-13 at 22:44 -0400, David Tomaschik wrote:<br>>>> On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 8:47 PM, Michael B. Trausch <<a href="mailto:mike@trausch.us">mike@trausch.us</a>> wrote:<br>>>> > On Wed, 2011-07-13 at 17:02 -0400, david w. millians wrote:<br>
>>> >> But I'm weird, and don't really have to have that much umph anymore in<br>>>> >> a laptop. It's not like I'm going to edit video on it, or compile the<br>>>> >> OS from scratch. :)<br>
>>> ><br>>>> > I primarily do development of various types, so beefy (to a sane<br>>>> > upper-limit) is good. My desktop, OTOH, can compile the entire linux<br>>>> > kernel version 3.0.0 (make allmodconfig) in just over 13 minutes.<br>
>>> > That's what I do the majority of my heavy lifting with. I cannot<br>>>> > _stand_ to wait for compilation to take place.<br>>>> ><br>>>> > --- Mike<br>>>><br>
>>> What kind of hardware are you running on your desktop?<br>>><br>>> I have an AMD Phenom(tm) II X6 1055T Processor, a 2.8 GHz (safely<br>>> overclockable to 3.33 GHz) 6-core CPU, 8 GB of DDR3 RAM running on a<br>
>> 870A-G54 mainboard. I have a single 750 GB HDD, two monitors, a BD-R(E)<br>>> burner, and a DVD burner in this system as well.<br>> <br>> <snip><br>> <br>>>> I'm in a place where I'm torn between the multiple-computer world, my<br>
>>> technology desires, and my budget (and desire to reduce my<br>>>> eco-footprint).<br>>><br>>> I use my desktop for pretty much everything: development, testing, and<br>>> experimentation in virtual machines. I regularly draw load on this<br>
>> system. :)<br>>><br>>>> I like to keep the "primary" copy of all my important work on my<br>>>> desktop, and my laptop just checks data in and out, if you will. This<br>>>> means running my desktop 24/7, which is not exactly the most budget-<br>
>>> or eco-friendly.<br>>><br>>> I think that what I would like to do eventually is have a few servers,<br>>> for example at Linode, that work together cooperatively to provide all<br>>> of the services that we require that do not need to be on the LAN. This<br>
>> would include some things like my non-FOSS DVCS trees and the like;<br>>> basically data and services that need to be available from wherever I<br>>> am, no matter what system I am on. That way I am less tied to the<br>
>> desktop.<br>>><br>>> That said, I don't know if that means I'll use my desktop any less. It<br>>> is one of the few things that I am slightly irrational about: I am<br>>> _way_ more comfortable working on this system than any other. In part<br>
>> because I have two monitors, in part because it's 100% snappy 100% of<br>>> the time. (Make that 98% of the time: "make -j12" in the kernel tree<br>>> does tend to make it slightly jerky for a few minutes...)<br>
>><br>>> Also, the network connection is much better, being that it is gigabit<br>>> wired. I use this system both for work and for personal use, so it<br>>> does, well, everything.<br>>><br>
>>> Additionally, I'd also like to have an environment where I can host a<br>>>> number of VMs for testing/experimentation.<br>>><br>>> If you can replicate my system, I'll tell you this: It's _amazing_ for<br>
>> that. Of course, to run it to full potential, you'll want a 64-bit<br>>> operating system on it.<br>>><br>>>> Too many things going on at once...<br>>><br>>> Story of many of our lives, I suspect.<br>
>><br>>> --- Mike<br>> <br>> Maybe I'm just in the wrong place financially... no way I could afford<br>> that hardware. My current desktop is a C2D @ 2.0 GHz with 6GB of RAM,<br>> dual 1TB drives in RAID-1 and a GeForce 8400GT. It slows to a grind<br>
> under even 2 VMs running on it, and that's with a minimal Debian<br>> install in the VMs.<br>> <br>> I currently have 1 Linode that I use to host my website, git<br>> repositories, and a few other things, but that's a mere Linode-512.<br>
> At times, it's already stretched on RAM.<br>> <br>> <br>> -- <br>> David Tomaschik, RHCE, LPIC-1<br>> System Administrator/Open Source Advocate<br>> OpenPGP: 0x5DEA789B<br>> <a href="http://systemoverlord.com">http://systemoverlord.com</a><br>
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