HARDWARE BUYING GUIDE for FREE SOFTWARE HACKERS OVERVIEW We are cost conscious. We are assembling a system using ATX chassis At SoftwareFreedom project we target 'in-memory' computing paradigm.
COMPONENTS CPU AMD64 Ryzen 3 series (3rd Gen+). AMD64 Ryzen 5 series (3rd Gen+). MEMORY HyperX FURY 2666MHz DDR4 8 x 2 (single kit) HyperX FURY 2666MHz DDR4 16 x 2 (single kit) Crucial 2666MHz DDR4 8 x 2 (single kit) Crucial 2666MHz DDR4 16 x 2 (single kit) MOTHERBOARD Gigabyte AM4 socket (eg. B550) ASUS Prime AM4 socket (eg. B450+) HARD DISK BOOT DISK (first disk) should be 'CMR' only. capacity upto 1TB. SECOND DISK (data disk, projects) preferred 'CMR', but can be 'SMR' as well. capacity upto 2TB. CHASSIS use ATX standard chassis (Circle, Cooler) 650 Watt SMPS NETWORK Connect with Ethernet cable to your broadband router. OTHER COMPONENTS LCD display Full size keyboard USB mouse WHAT NOT TO BUY Intel CPU SSD, M.2 etc WiFi Bluetooth GPU cards other fancy stuff etc PRICE Start with the lowest price point, always. If you have two similar components, buy one with a lower price. What looks attractive may not be 'value for money'. Please note this is a recommendation based on what we have evaluated, bought and assembled. All comments, queries are welcome. warm regards Saifi.
