Steven Mainor <st...@degga.net> writes: > Well I can say that I have a ryzen 7 2700X in my desktop and I am very happy > with it. I don't know what question specifically I can answer for you but I > have no complaints about it. > > I would look for a motherboard with components(sound, sensors, network > controllers) that are well supported in Linux.
Thanks. I am more inclined towards purchasing Ryzen 7. deloptes <delop...@gmail.com> writes: >> 3. I’ll also put these machine to serve local copy of all my data. > whatever you take use raid. I use SSD when it needs faster write access. I > use spinning disks for backup and data that is not read that often or does > not need fast access. there were few thread around regarding storage here > on the list AFAIK. After reading all the responses till now, I feel that it is better to put all the six GPUs in a single machine and save the cost of extra motherboard. And use that saving for 2-SSDs, 2-HDDs; both pairs in RAID. Dan Ritter <d...@randomstring.org> writes: > On a price/performance basis, it's clear that AMD beats Intel at > every price point. > > You should know that both Intel and AMD ship firmware blobs for > their CPUs which are redistributable but not open source. If I have no option then I’ll just go for it. Probably, we’ll have it someday. > AMD has more PCI lanes available than Intel, so motherboards can > support more slots. > > MSI, Gigabyte and ASUS, at least, sell extended-ATX motherboard > with sufficient room between x16 slots to fit 3 double-width > graphics cards. You may have trouble finding a suitable case. Thanks for the suggestions. I will try to assemble a case as well. Have a friendly workshop nearby. :-) > The AMD cards probably don't function without a firmware blob, > even with otherwise open-source drivers. Celejar <cele...@gmail.com> writes: > Depends what you mean by "function" :) IIRC, my system with an RX-570 > would boot to console without the firmware packages installed, but X > wouldn't start. I didn't experiment too much further to see how much > functionality the card provided without its firmware. "Andrew M.A. Cater" <amaca...@einval.com> writes: > There's a large thread going on about firmware elsewhere in Debian and > on LWN.net :( Radeon RX580 card will almost certainly require the > non-free firmware package - amdgpu from non-free. It may be that if > you don't have that firmware in place that the cards won't work > properly, though they should be recognised by the motherboard. amdgpu is what I used when I was experimenting on crypto. And if there are no options then probably I’ll have to live with it. -- Regards, Pankaj Jangid GnuPG Fingerprint: 0B62 7424 3B26 A911 052A DDE6 7C95 6E6F F858 7689
