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My 2022 high-end Linux PC
- madduci 5y agoIt's really crazy how much expensive are the RAM modules, compared to a almost high-end GPU and high-end CPU.
- tgflynn 5y ago64 GB is a lot of memory to put in a PC. Ten years ago that amount of memory would have cost you about $64000. EDIT: Er, sorry it looks like I misread the chart, I think the price 10 years ago was much lower than that. It's still a lot of memory though, compared to what a typical PC ships with.
- cmeacham98 5y agoAs someone who owned a computer in 2012, I can confirm RAM was not $1000/GB or even $100/GB or even $10/GB (that could maybe be reasonable for very high end RAM).
- dTal 5y agoI'm pretty sure I was building workstations 10 years ago with 16gb of RAM, and I sure wasn't spending 16 grand on the modules - maybe 1/100 as much. As for amount, I don't think two doublings in 10 years is unreasonable.
- xxpor 5y agoIt's because it's DDR5. Not worth it at that price, IMO. DDR4 has gotten incredibly cheap.
- flubflub 5y agoWhy all the empty space in the case?
- holografix 5y agoAirflow
- secure 5y agoAll the empty space isn’t necessarily my choice, the case just doesn’t come in a smaller version. That said, it was really easy to build the machine when there’s enough space to maneuver :)
- Tepix 5y agoI came here to post this. These days with one or two M.2 slots on the mainboard and optical drives going out of fashion, cases could/should be vastly smaller. If you're happy with an iGPU, the Lenovo Thinkcentre Tiny M75q with their 1 litre cases are very appealing. You can't really buy such small cases for DIY builds, unfortunately.
- B5C8ECB24DB47D1 5y agoUnless you start hitting on the CPU and their laptop-style turbine gets fairly annoying.
- 1MachineElf 5y agoI'm surprised someone building a high-end Linux-specific PC would go with an Nvidia GPU when it's AMD who has the performant open source GPU driver.
- cgoto89798 5y agoIf he's still running the Dell 8K display, it requires two DP 1.4 cables and "display tiling" GPU driver support and he found that only nVidia's Linux drivers do the proper tiling for this: https://michael.stapelberg.ch/posts/2017-12-11-dell-up3218k/ https://michael.stapelberg.ch/posts/2017-12-11-dell-up3218k/
- secure 5y agoYep, that’s still the reason :)
- dagw 5y agoMost benchmarks still put Nvidia ahead of AMD, especially when it comes to compute and ML. And, based on personal experience, Nvidia drivers are at least as stable as AMDs, despite being closed.
- disabled 5y agoNvidia has better AI/ML features.
- fexelein 5y agoI’m sad that a high end pc in 2022 is made from 2018 parts (gpu)
- secure 5y agoIt’d be wasteful for my use-case to put in a newer GPU. I do have a newer GPU, but it’s in my gaming PC. Using the previous-gen gaming PC in my desktop PC makes sense for me.