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

[Narahari 'n' Savitha]

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-
> motherboard-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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