[ale] Building computers

[David Jackson]

>>>Dell is NOTORIOUS for power supply incompatibility. Looks like a duck.
Walks like a duck. But it's really a banjo wearing a hat and sandels.<<<

LMAO!!!!  You funny!



On Mon, Aug 10, 2020 at 7:17 PM Jim Kinney via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:

> Dell is NOTORIOUS for power supply incompatibility. Looks like a duck.
> Walks like a duck. But it's really a banjo wearing a hat and sandels.
>
> They will use the same connectors but a different pin-out, including
> having a mobo pin expecting 5V but a non-Dell power supply standard
> connection provides 12V on that pin so good-by mobo! (That was quite a
> while back and a very bad day)
>
> Yeah. Get a Dell power supply. It's only a 25% premium over the generics.
>
> On August 10, 2020 5:56:38 PM EDT, Leam Hall via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:
>>
>> On 8/10/20 5:03 PM, David Jackson wrote:
>>
>> As far as PSU compatibility, size is the most frequent problem (ie, it's
>>> got to fit inside the case).
>>>
>>
>> In this case it was that the vendor claimed compatibility with the Dell
>> H305P-02 but it had a completely different motherboard connector.
>>
>> I guess my thought here is that if you want to build a desktop box, Linux
>>> compatibility is no longer a large problem.
>>>
>>
>> Less about compatibility, more about picking quality components from a
>> wide variety of options. A good CPU for multi-core stuff, and a good
>> motherboard it can sit on. Why DIMM Y and not X? A discussion on power
>> consumption and quiet operations.
>>
>> YouTube is okay to learn the process, but doesn't do data well. If I
>> look at a spec sheet that says "For 8+ core desktop, use CPU A,
>> Motherboard B, at least Q RAM, and one of the F brand video cards." That
>> would take me an hour on YouTube, or sub 5 seconds on a wiki.
>>
>> While there are unique system requirements, there seems to be a general
>> set of: desktop, desktop with video, desktop gaming, file server, backup
>> server (w/raid array), and firewall/proxy server. You could start that
>> sort of wiki page and save a lot of the emails.  :)
>>
>> Leam
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