On Tue, May 31, 2022 at 8:46 AM Steve Litt <slitt@???> wrote:
>
> o1bigtenor via Dng said on Mon, 30 May 2022 17:03:56 -0500
>
> >Greetings
> >
> >I am investing in a new system.
> >(Ryzen 7 5800X + Ryzen 570 gpu)
>
> You're going to be very, very pleased with your finished product. 16
> high speed threads can tame the toughest online video chat or
> javascript-encumbered website.

I am finding that web browsers are quite greedy when its comes to
system resources - - - especially the cpu but so far it seems like the
most I'm seeing is maybe 2 cores in use rarely more.
Between most software not using more than a few cores and cost
was what decided me on this particular proc.
None of the more core procs run at 3.8 GHz base (I think there is
a bump up available too on the chosen model) so until a lot of
programs make use of multi-core I thought it not worth going for
more cores.

> I have a couple suggestions:
>

> 1) 105 watts is a hot, hot processor. Make sure you have a CPU cooler
>    more than capable of cooling it, and make sure that cooler is built
>    to work for years, because if it stops working, it could damage your
>    CPU. Because the CPU is throwing off so much heat, you'll need extra
>    fannage to cool your entire box. If you can fit 200mm fans, those
>    are excellent CFM/noise ratio.

CPU cooler is to be a 150 mm Noctua cpu cooler

>

> 2) You've got a spectacular processor, so make sure it's got RAM to
>    match. I'd recommend 64GB RAM. You never know what VMs you'll need
>    to spin up in the future, or the bloaticity of future software.

I only put in 64 GB (have 64 GB in the old box already) but did it as 2 x 32 so
that I could add more if warranted.
>
> In December 2021 I built a box with AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core 12-thread
> processor, 64GB RAM, a 2TB NVMe for /, and a 14TB 7200 spinning rust
> for mountpoints (I use my computer as a file cabinet, among other
> things). I can't tell you how pleased I am with this setup. Yours is
> going to be even more powerful than mine.
>
Going to use mirrored 1TB M2 drives for system info and another set of
mirrored 1TB SSDs for /home. Moving the previous raid array over after
up and running.
Hopefully not too much fighting to get the graphics working the way I want.
I've never used the open source Radeon drivers so that could be 'interesting'.

Any suggestions on how to move over all the stored stuff like from
rednotebook, browsers, and the like?

TIA