Building a Linux Computer?

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Tue May 22 21:57:49 MST 2018



I wonder about the NVMe vs SSD.  I have and SSD in my desktop and it 
boots much faster than my Laptop that has NVMe.  They are not totally 
the same, however I think they are close enough.  I think some of the 
performance is based on who made the NVMe or SSD.



On 2018-05-22 13:57, Brian Cluff wrote:
> For me, I would get a system that can use a NVMe.  They are about the
> same price as an SSD, but make and SSD look extremely slow.
> 
> If you don't need it to be portable, then go with a desktop system.
> They are much cheaper for the amount of power you get, are tougher so
> they will last you longer, upgrade-able so they will last you longer. 
> They also offer much better cooling so when you are running the CPU at
> it's maximum speed that it will actually be able to keep cool enough
> to stay running at it's maximum speed without having to throttle
> itself down to less than half the speed in order to not burn up, and
> the same thing can be said of the GPU.
> 
> My 6 year old desktop is faster than the fastest laptop you can get
> new now and it cost me about half what a high end laptop would cost. 
> Getting a system with an NVMe is one of the biggest driving forces for
> making me want to get a new system these days... they are just so
> crazy fast that they really make your system feel like a rocket
> compared to the same machine with even a SATA attached SSD.
> 
> Brian
> 
> On 05/22/2018 03:27 AM, techlists at phpcoderusa.com wrote:
>> 
>> If I were to build a work system today, I would take the following 
>> road.
>> 
>> I would go with a laptop with an SSD, at least an i5, an upgraded 
>> video card like nvidia instead of the video built in the CPU, and I 
>> would go with something that had decent resolution.
>> 
>> A laptop like this one : 
>> http://www.dell.com/en-us/work/shop/dell-laptops-and-notebooks/vostro-15-5000/spd/vostro-15-5568-laptop/cav155w10p18s038
>> 
>> I'd add an external backup drive, an external keyboard, an external 
>> mouse, and I'd add 2 external flat screen monitors of around 21 inches 
>> each.
>> 
>> Two of the reasons I moved back to Windows after running Linux Mint 
>> for 4 or 5 years was I was not able to take advantage of the screen 
>> share utilities such as Go-To-Meetings and I wanted my printer to be 
>> plug and play so I can use all it's features.
>> 
>> At one point I was running a laptop with one external flat screen.  
>> Makes a lot of sense, since you are doing everything on one box that 
>> is also mobile.
>> 
>> And I think moving as much as you can to the cloud is a good thing.
>> 
>> Now this configuration is what fits my needs.  What are your needs?  
>> Are you editing images or videos?  Are you a developer? Or are you 
>> researching Linux, or is your research about external things?
>> 
>> For a simple configuration I'd go with a cheap used laptop with an i3 
>> and bottom of the line resolution, add and SSD, add Mint, add an 
>> external backup drive.
>> 
>> I have 3 or 4 of these SSDs and they are on sale : 
>> https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16820147676
>> 
>> I have two cheap used laptop running these.  Great performance and as 
>> I recall they have a 5 year warrantee.  I use one as a Linux web 
>> server for testing.  The other I might use for an experiment. I'd like 
>> to load Mint on it and see how far I can push the cloud. I'd like to 
>> do everything external, using mostly free stuff.  I do some video 
>> editing so I may need a little more power.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On 2018-05-21 19:30, mike enriquez wrote:
>>> I am planing to build a Linux computer.  I have Ubuntu 16.0 on an old
>>> Dell XPS. I will be using it as my research computer.   So "I will be
>>> going where where others do not dare to go."  I want a VPN on it
>>> because I have not been able to install a VPN on the computer I now
>>> have. I want a 64bit OS.
>>> 
>>> I know that most people say to use and old computer to run Linux.  I
>>> need ideas on Hardware to avoid and use.  What would you do if you 
>>> had
>>> to build your own Linux computer from scratch?
>>> 
>>> Thanks for your input.
>>> 
>>> Mike Enriquez
>>> 
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