[tde-users] Re: New Build Updates & Questions (Avengers Assemble Update - Solved & Concluded)

So basically I want to rebuild your whole system :( Based on current day technology (e.g. bottle necks) my opinion is you start building by picking out the fastest boot/root drive, then build from there: The usual suspects for new system building: https://pcpartpicker.com/ https://www.cpubenchmark.net/ https://www.harddrivebenchmark.net/ If you have to change out the motherboard, you want an NVMe root / boot drive. Go with: Drives: https://www.harddrivebenchmark.net/high_end_drives.html $230 Samsung SSD 980 PRO 1TB Average Drive Rating: 32629 https://www.harddrivebenchmark.net/hdd.php?hdd=Samsung%20SSD%20980%20PRO%20… Literally build the rest of the system around that. There is literally no better drive than this at the moment. CPU: https://www.cpubenchmark.net/high_end_cpus.html $1,000 Intel Core i9-10980XE @ 3.00GHz Average CPU Mark: 34274 Single Thread Rating: 2643 https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Core+i9-10980XE+%40+3.00GHz&… That’s a POS! Okay, not really, but here are better bangs for the buck: $1,350 AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X Average CPU Mark: 55373 Single Thread Rating: 2703 https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=AMD+Ryzen+Threadripper+3960X&i… $550 AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Average CPU Mark: 39700 Single Thread Rating: 3537 https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=AMD+Ryzen+9+5900X&id=3870 If your stuff is mostly single threaded (one CPU core) then the 5900X is possibly your best buy. You’ll have to dig to find the absolute best single thread rating. RAM: General options: Max it out for your motherboard now, or throw away what you buy now and max it out later. RAM isn’t a bottle neck, so I personally max the system out for the cheapest money now, then never look at it again. - Many, many opinions on this, my rule of thumb for hibernate is: RAM + 4G = swap. - In a high RAM system swap is almost never used, so, counter intuitively, stick swap on your slowest drive. Easiest way is to do a completely clean OS install, that way the install makes all those decisions and is about guaranteed to ‘just work.’ E.g. remove all drives but the install drive (and /home drive if your OS gives you a ‘preserve home’ option during the install, and a slow drive for swap as desired), do the install, and then add back all the other drives. What Nik said. Uefi (and such) seem to work better on the first drive/partition. Maybe related, “the key advice is GRUB should be installed to the Disk, not to a partition.” https://forum.mxlinux.org/viewtopic.php?f=40&t=60377 HTH, probably more than you wanted ;)! Best, Michael