On Mon, Feb 26, 2018 at 6:53 AM, Utility Panel
<[email protected]> wrote:
...
> So, I've decided to build with the KGPE-D16. Thus far, I've got the 
> motherboard and two 6386SE CPUs with air coolers. I buy the other components 
> when the pricing is favorable.
>
> Later, when I've got the machine built, I'll figure out how to flash the 
> BIOS. I know it isn't difficult, and I think I've got some good instructions 
> bookmarked. I just haven't done that before, so it will be a learning 
> experience.
>
> Like you, I am a tad concerned about how old the KGPE-D16 is, but it and the 
> 6386SE are both a bit spiffier than the kit in my Z800s, and I was planning 
> on riding them into obsolescence. So, my "new" build should have a bit more 
> life in it than the Z800s, it will support Qubes 4.0, and I will gain the 
> privacy and security benefits from using coreboot.

Apparently there are some problems with the 63xx series Opterons and
coreboot: https://www.coreboot.org/Board:asus/kgpe-d16#CPUs_recommended_by_users

I was also thinking about using a PCIe drive - but it looks like that
would not work on KGPE-D16 (or maybe require another adapter +
complications).

Z.


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