[ale] art/science of choosing cpu, motherboard, mem for a pc, some guidance

[Narahari 'n' Savitha]

Thank you folks for the suggestion on the craigslist approach.
Where can I check compatibility with Linux for motherboards ?

On Mon, Sep 4, 2017 at 11:04 PM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.
>
>
> On September 4, 2017 9:07:13 PM EDT, Narahari 'n' Savitha <
> savithari at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> As always, Thank You DJ.
>>
>> I am not that concerned about the power aspect of this whole thing.
>>
>> I found this CPU  Intel Core i7 2600 (3.8Ghz) CPU
>> <https://atlanta.craigslist.org/nat/sop/d/intel-core-ighz-cpu/6284494809.html> for
>> sale on craigslist.
>>
>> This CPU has a Pass score of 8217.  I presume purchasing the CPU on
>> craigslist is safe in terms of reliability.
>>
>> I have to purchase cooler, paste for the motherboard.
>>
>> Where can I check compat issues of Motherboard with Linux ?
>>
>> On Mon, Sep 4, 2017 at 7:33 PM, DJ-Pfulio <DJPfulio at jdpfu.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Look at other builds on other sites.  Look at their parts list.  Do you
>>> have all those things?
>>> Case, PSU, compatible video card, HDDs, cables, power cords, .... CPU
>>> thermal paste?  Oh - and a CPU cooler?  Some CPUs come with a cooler,
>>> others do not.  Usually old CPU coolers cannot be used, but old ATX
>>> cases and ATX PSUs work fine, unless you have a $500 GPU that needs 2
>>> extra power connections to work.
>>>
>>> I have never needed more than 10G of RAM. My main VM server has 16G, but
>>> 8G is always used for disk buffers. I think having more is a waste,
>>> unless it is cheap.  DDR3 is fairly cheap.  DDR4, not so much.  My media
>>> center server (not a player) has 8G.
>>>
>>> OC is 100% optional.  You only need a MB that supports it if you want to
>>> do it.
>>>
>>> Did you leave CPU performance overhead for the extra non-transcoding
>>> things you want?  You might be able to assign specific CPUs to specific
>>> VMs, if that works on these AMD CPUs.
>>>
>>> Did you consider the CPU watts in your calculations?  AMD has a history
>>> of using 30-50% more power.  Is that acceptable?  The newer Ryzen CPUs
>>> were 125, 95, and 65W (I think).  I was specifically picking a 65W
>>> version that included a CPU cooler.
>>>
>>> I would search for Linux compatibility for that motherboard and whatever
>>> GPU you've got.  Support for some older AMD Radeon GPUs has been dropped.
>>>
>>> On 09/04/2017 06:02 PM, Narahari 'n' Savitha wrote:
>>> > Need to pick your brains on finding the best CPU/MB/MEM combo.  Please
>>> help.
>>> >
>>> > Let me start off saying I am taking a cheap route.
>>> >
>>> > Went to get Passmark of 5500 and above from
>>> > https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu_list.php
>>> >
>>> > Cheapest reasonable cpu at Microcenter with these ratings.  Prices
>>> below
>>> > are at Microcenter.
>>> >
>>> > Intel Core i3-7100 @ 3.90GHz 5895 $96
>>> > AMD FX-8320E Eight-Core     7509 $80
>>> > AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core  8942 $100
>>> >
>>> > If I pick the cheapest one at $80, I work from there to motherboard on
>>> > pcpartpicker.
>>> >
>>> > Here I see many, but what criterion for motherboard, Star ratings ?
>>> > Dont know if video is built in?  I dont need video builtin since I have
>>> > vid card
>>> > 4 mem slots is good.  Atleast 32G supported is a good thing to consider
>>> > right
>>> >
>>> > I picked Gigabyte
>>> > (https://pcpartpicker.com/product/T69KHx/gigabyte-motherboar
>>> d-ga78lmtusb3)
>>> > for $55, comments say not overclockable but CPU in microcenter is Black
>>> > Edition aka Overclockable, so need OC board right ? (cant find that
>>> info
>>> > on the summary page though for mother boards.)
>>> >
>>> > From here I worked towards DDR3 2400 memory.  This is Corsair 16G $120.
>>> >
>>> > Is this pretty much it ?
>>> >
>>> > My cost is coming to $260.
>>> >
>>> > Is the approach I am taking correct ?
>>> >
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