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<p>Hi <br>
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<p>I did search on Linux motherboards and a couple of hits I got
were</p>
<p><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/262268-30-motherboard-linux">http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/262268-30-motherboard-linux</a></p>
<p><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://phoronix.com/scan.php?page=category&item=Motherboards">https://phoronix.com/scan.php?page=category&item=Motherboards</a></p>
<p><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-hardware-18/best-motherboard-for-linux-488599/">https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-hardware-18/best-motherboard-for-linux-488599/</a><br>
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<p>Tom's hardware suggests getting a mobo, CPU, etc. that are newish
but not just released. The thinking is a just released item may
not have all the drivers ready for Linux. <br>
</p>
<p>Phronix has user reports of mobo others have found to work with
Linux.</p>
<p>Linux questions seems to indicate that best idea is to search
"mobo Linux problems" to see what pops but that most mobos work<br>
</p>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 09/04/2017 11:27 PM, Narahari 'n'
Savitha wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Thank you folks for the suggestion on the
craigslist approach.
<div>Where can I check compatibility with Linux for motherboards
?</div>
</div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Sep 4, 2017 at 11:04 PM, Jim
Kinney <span dir="ltr"><<a
href="mailto:jim.kinney@gmail.com" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">jim.kinney@gmail.com</a>></span>
wrote:<br>
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<div>I would NOT buy a new cpu from craigslist. It comes
with no warranty and CPUs have infant mortality like hard
drives. Unless you're replicating/replacing an
existing/explicit system, buy cpu, ram, mobo from a dealer
than can provide a warranty. Static damage is subtle and
craigslist doesn't do dealer reputation tracking.
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<div class="gmail_quote">On September 4, 2017 9:07:13
PM EDT, Narahari 'n' Savitha <<a
href="mailto:savithari@gmail.com" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">savithari@gmail.com</a>>
wrote:
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<div dir="ltr">As always, Thank You DJ.
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<div>I am not that concerned about the power
aspect of this whole thing.</div>
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<div>I found this CPU <span
style="font-family:"Times New
Roman",Times,serif;font-size:medium"> </span><a
href="https://atlanta.craigslist.org/nat/sop/d/intel-core-ighz-cpu/6284494809.html"
class="m_7862562555015304853gmail-result-title
m_7862562555015304853gmail-hdrlnk"
style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:medium;line-height:inherit;font-family:"Times
New
Roman",Times,serif;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration:none"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">Intel
Core i7 2600 (3.8Ghz) CPU</a> for sale on
craigslist.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>This CPU has a Pass score of 8217. I
presume purchasing the CPU on craigslist is
safe in terms of reliability. </div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>I have to purchase cooler, paste for the
motherboard.</div>
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<div>Where can I check compat issues of
Motherboard with Linux ?</div>
</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Sep 4, 2017 at
7:33 PM, DJ-Pfulio <span dir="ltr"><<a
href="mailto:DJPfulio@jdpfu.com"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">DJPfulio@jdpfu.com</a>></span>
wrote:<br>
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style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px
#ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Look at other
builds on other sites. Look at their parts
list. Do you<br>
have all those things?<br>
Case, PSU, compatible video card, HDDs,
cables, power cords, .... CPU<br>
thermal paste? Oh - and a CPU cooler? Some
CPUs come with a cooler,<br>
others do not. Usually old CPU coolers
cannot be used, but old ATX<br>
cases and ATX PSUs work fine, unless you
have a $500 GPU that needs 2<br>
extra power connections to work.<br>
<br>
I have never needed more than 10G of RAM. My
main VM server has 16G, but<br>
8G is always used for disk buffers. I think
having more is a waste,<br>
unless it is cheap. DDR3 is fairly cheap.
DDR4, not so much. My media<br>
center server (not a player) has 8G.<br>
<br>
OC is 100% optional. You only need a MB
that supports it if you want to<br>
do it.<br>
<br>
Did you leave CPU performance overhead for
the extra non-transcoding<br>
things you want? You might be able to
assign specific CPUs to specific<br>
VMs, if that works on these AMD CPUs.<br>
<br>
Did you consider the CPU watts in your
calculations? AMD has a history<br>
of using 30-50% more power. Is that
acceptable? The newer Ryzen CPUs<br>
were 125, 95, and 65W (I think). I was
specifically picking a 65W<br>
version that included a CPU cooler.<br>
<br>
I would search for Linux compatibility for
that motherboard and whatever<br>
GPU you've got. Support for some older AMD
Radeon GPUs has been dropped.<br>
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On 09/04/2017 06:02 PM, Narahari 'n'
Savitha wrote:<br>
> Need to pick your brains on finding
the best CPU/MB/MEM combo. Please help.<br>
><br>
> Let me start off saying I am taking
a cheap route.<br>
><br>
> Went to get Passmark of 5500 and
above from<br>
> <a
href="https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu_list.php"
rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.cpubenchmark.net/c<wbr>pu_list.php</a><br>
><br>
> Cheapest reasonable cpu at
Microcenter with these ratings. Prices
below<br>
> are at Microcenter.<br>
><br>
> Intel Core i3-7100 @ 3.90GHz 5895
$96<br>
> AMD FX-8320E Eight-Core 7509
$80<br>
> AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core 8942 $100<br>
><br>
> If I pick the cheapest one at $80,
I work from there to motherboard on<br>
> pcpartpicker.<br>
><br>
> Here I see many, but what criterion
for motherboard, Star ratings ?<br>
> Dont know if video is built in? I
dont need video builtin since I have<br>
> vid card<br>
> 4 mem slots is good. Atleast 32G
supported is a good thing to consider<br>
> right<br>
><br>
> I picked Gigabyte<br>
> (<a
href="https://pcpartpicker.com/product/T69KHx/gigabyte-motherboard-ga78lmtusb3"
rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://pcpartpicker.com/prod<wbr>uct/T69KHx/gigabyte-motherboar<wbr>d-ga78lmtusb3</a>)<br>
> for $55, comments say not
overclockable but CPU in microcenter is
Black<br>
> Edition aka Overclockable, so need
OC board right ? (cant find that info<br>
> on the summary page though for
mother boards.)<br>
><br>
> From here I worked towards DDR3
2400 memory. This is Corsair 16G $120.<br>
><br>
> Is this pretty much it ?<br>
><br>
> My cost is coming to $260.<br>
><br>
> Is the approach I am taking correct
?<br>
><br>
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