On Wed, Dec 27, 2017 at 7:02 PM [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 12/27/2017 04:50 PM, Marco Silva wrote: > > > Pretty much any server hardware will work fine, personally I'm running a > Tyan S7050 motherboard with a couple of E5-2667 V2 CPU's and 64gb of > samsung ddr 3 ecc ram a couple of ssd's in (fake) raid 0 and 2 AMD gpu's. > Unless you're pretty paranoid I wouldn't go with really old and slow > hardware. If you have a decent amount of ddr4 I would look for an AMD Ryzen. > > > > > https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=AMD-PSP-Disable-Option > > > ME/PSP can't be disabled peroid - that article is inaccurate and the > "disable" option simply shuts off part of the OS visibility of PSP (the > PCI device) > ME cleaner only nerfs ME, the companies like dell, system76 and the > purism scammers are lying to make more money - ask anyone with serious > firmware engineering skills it CANT be disabled bottom line. > > The Opteron 6386 is faster than your E5-2667 and it lacks the ME/PSP > virus - it can also play new games at high settings in a VM via IOMMU-GFX. > > https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Xeon+E5-2667+%40+2.90GHz > https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=AMD+Opteron+6386+SE > > If you weren't "pretty paranoid" aka security conscious you wouldn't be > using qubes would you? > > The CIA created the term "paranoid" so that people could say "oh don't > be a paranoid weirdo" - which was silly as there were so very many > soviet spies back then so people should have been more paranoid. > > On 12/27/2017 04:29 PM, Wael M. Nasreddine wrote: > > > On Fri, Dec 22, 2017 at 8:48 AM [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> I would buy the RAM and CPU off of ebay, there is no reason to pay > >> $80/ea for that ram or $172 for a 6380 ($100 on ebay) you could get a > >> 6386SE for that price. (needs 140W cooler FYI) No reason to get the > >> "protection plan" for anything either its a waste of money. > >> > >> The cheapest I found the 6380 on ebay is 129.95 > > https://www.ebay.com/itm/372177489204 I found cheaper but with higher > > shipping fee. I wasn't ablet to find a good/cheap 1600 DDR3 sticks. I did > > find a cheaper board https://www.ebay.com/itm/132447255551 I'll buy the > > board for now and continue looking for the rest. Your help would be > > appreciated, are you anywhere on irc? > Don't buy a used board dude get a new one. > All RAM is the pretty much the same FYI there are only so many OEM's the > only difference is branding no more "good ram" or "bad cheap ram" these > days, and when it comes to server RAM ECC will let you know of any > issues before they cause trouble. Thx for the tip, yea might not worth the $70 to buy used, I'll keep an eye out for RAM/CPU on eBay. BTW on the manual of the board, it says that I can go with <4 or >4 RAM sticks but from what you said so far, it sounded like I need to fill all the slots, is that necessary? I'm intending to get 8Gb a stick to fill 64Gb. I don't think I need more than that. > I am not on IRC but as always you can email me personally for libre > hardware buying advice. > Awesome, thx for the tip. > Hey I am curious are you from the middle east? > > Yes, I'm originally from Lebanon, but I left a decade and half ago. I live now in the US. On 12/27/2017 02:49 PM, Wael M. Nasreddine wrote: > > > I have a 1U server and it's pretty loud, unusable as a Desktop machine, > are > > the 4U also loud? Any suggetions on a specific case? > > > 4U always is recommended as you can use larger fans, with decent fans > and running fancontrol or the OpenBMC firmware on the KCMA-D8 and > KGPE-D16 they are almost silent and one can watch a film without complaint. > Thx for the tip, I'll opt for OpenBMC in that case. > Coreboot doesn't do fan control so the fans are set at 100% thus one > needs to either one of those. > > On 12/27/2017 09:05 PM, Wael M. Nasreddine wrote: > > > I currently have an ASRock Z170 Pro4 > > <https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157635>and an > > i7-6700k < > https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117559> > > and I found it crashing from time to time for no particular reason, I > might > > give the AMD Ryzen > > < > https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113447&cm_re=Threadripper-_-19-113-447-_-Product > > > > a chance but I'm not sure if it'll work better. I also have my eye out > for > > the 2018 XPS 15 laptop which will come with 6 cores CPU; I'm honestly bit > > lost on what to choose for the best compatibility with Qubes. I prefer a > > laptop (if it's strong enough but also has to be light) and I can go > with a > > Desktop if it would be the most compatible. > A KGPE-D16/KCMA-D8 for a server/workstation, or a Lenovo G505S for a > laptop would be the most compatible as they have a version of coreboot > with open source hardware init any problems can easily be fixed. You can > play games in a VM on all three via an attached graphics card (or an > EGPU for the laptop). > > Honestly man I feel hurt that you want to get a ryzen or some new intel > laptop instead of a libre firmware supporting board :< why even ask for > advice if you don't wanna listen to the expert? > > With a KGPE-D16 one can have 32 cores and 192GB RAM total for not much > money at all plus the OpenBMC libre secure remote management firmware - > it would be a lot better. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. 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