On 12/29/2016 08:06 PM, Dale wrote: > the...@sys-concept.com wrote: >> I'm putting a new system, it will be running mainly, VirtualBox, >> Asterisk, Hylafax etc. (nothing graphic intensive). >> >> - IN WIN BL631 Low Profile Micro ATX Case w/ 300W Power Supply, >> - AMD FX-8350 Processor 4.0GHz w/ 16MB Cache >> - Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 w/ DDR3, 7.1 Audio, Gigabit Lan >> - Kingston HyperX Fury 16GB DDR3-1866MHz CL10 Dual Channel Kit >> - Samsung 850 EVO Series mSATA Solid State Drive, 1TB >> - Asus GeForce GT 720 Silent CSM, 2GB, PCI-E w/ D-Sub VGA, DVI, HDMI >> >> Will I have any problems installing Gentoo on this configuration, eg. >> with Video Card etc.? >> Do I need more RAM? >> > > > I built a rig a while back and have 16GBs of memory. I also have > portage's work directory on tmpfs. There are times when I wish I had > more memory. I'm planning to upgrade to 24GBs and eventually, 32GBs. > I'm not sure what your board can hold but may want to think about future > upgrades. I run KDE here, there are times where I use a lot of memory. > I'm using ~8GBs as I type. > > I've been using a Gigabyte board for a long while. I'm happy with it. > I actually still have a 2nd board that I upgraded from. It was a first > step to upgrade memory and such. I think I had to change the IOMMU > setting in the BIOS. I think that was the name of it. It's something > like that. I think I had to add something to the kernel boot line too > on that. Let me know if you need it, I'll go dig. > > One other thing, I have a UPS that shows what amount of power my system > is using. It shows ~150 watts. It will jump to ~190 when compiling > heavily. You may want to make sure that P/S is well made. I've never > used a P/S that came with a case. Generally, they are cheaply made. > May want to make sure of that before you use it. Nothing worse than a > crappy P/S. > > Dale > > :-) :-)
Thank you for the input Dale. Yes, Power Supply is a good point. I think I'll change the case and select different PS. Any hints as to which brand is good? I think they are all made in China :-/ Thelma
