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Sure, i dont want to spam with urls here, so ill be brief. Many people seem to have had problems with turbo boost not coping well linux based operating systems. Stuff like - immeasurable performance after it being enabled; thermal problems & overheating and kernal panics. Having that said, what im looking for info if any of that got fixed in recent LTS distros or if anyone ever had similar problems like that. If that appears to be common, then ill just find another way to do what im doing. So im just asking for general experience, not specifics necessarily.

Hello there, Im looking for your guys' opinions on the topic, for any of you willing to share them. I've decided to build a mini-pc form factor home server, running linux - xubuntu 20.04 or a minimal centos 8.1.1911, which ill be using for a few purposes: - main - OpenVPN srv - home NAS proxy - home gallery web-app with a small db - smtp srv The goal here is to remove some of the load, even it being minimal, from my main home server, which i now need for other purposes. Given that basic description, i can't really decide a few things, given the form factor and budget restrictions: 1) what ssd to use? - most mini-pc boxes come bare-bones, w/ no ram or disk installed and its cheaper to buy and install those myself. Given that, the disk problem is what to use in the 2.5` form factor for a low load r/w system like that, but also for 24/7 availability. Just to be specific - that will be the boot drive and there will be no form of raid going on there, so stuff like wd reds are out of this scope. After doing some research, i stopped on the Seagate Barracuda Compute /green/ 2.5` SSDs as an option - any alternatives you would recommend, or just feedback based on your experience in a similar situation? 2) my purposes do not need a high end machine to run, especially given the fact that there is no way there will ever be more than 3-4 users active on it, with a max capacity of 20 intended. Because of this, ive stopped at choosing between the following 2 configurations /generalized/: - Intel Celeron J4105 w/ max capacity 8gb ddr4 sodimm(1 slot) ram @2400mhz - comment: personally i like this better, even though it has less memory. - Intel Celeron J3160 w/ max capacity 16gb ddr3 sodimm(2 slots) ram @1600mhz - comment: this is incrementally slower than the one above, but there is obviously more memory capacity for the services ill be running, meaning more sessions and some os overhead ++ dimms are cheaper. Any thoughts and suggestions on why and if the older architecture would ever be better in a scenario like this? 3) im having some concerns in regards to intel's turbo boost under linux, since both cpu options support it. I have honestly never had to even think about that, since previously i have been always using much more powerful hardware. I've researched quite a bit, but just in case you guys have any experience with it and you are willing to share, id be happy to get your personal feedback on the matter. Cheers

Definitely a bios quirk. Should be fixed in one of the next revisions. A side note about a thing i noticed is that the default fan curve for all fan headers on the mb for the installed 3700X is a bit too aggressive and unnecessary to be that way. A bit of tweaking fixed it and temps are perfectly fine. And another side note: with the current bios revision the vcore voltage default was quite high - 1.5 to be exact. I recommend anyone to check that after installing the cpu and set that to 1.3 as 1.5 is a bit too much and can fry the cpu.

Hi guys, I need some advice regarding my system which i upgraded the other day. The pc: - had a Ryzen 1700 and upgraded to a 3700X with a 140mm noctua cooler push/pul - mobo is gb aorus b450m - ram is 16gb adata @ 3200mhz - gpu is a palit 2070 - for storage 2x samsung evo 250gb m.2; 1x samsung sata 1tb ssd; 2x 1tb seagate 3.5' sata @ 7200rpm - psu is a 500 wat from cooler master (to be upgraded soon) The problem: After i upgraded the cpu the system started performing differently on boot. The gpu started ramping up fans to what sounds like 100% when the pc is booting up, before the drivers load in. I realize that this is not a problem in 99.99% of the cases and its normal behavior but, id still like to get some opinions. Before the upgrade the gpu didnt do that, so i tried to put in the old cpu. As expected - no ramping with the old one. So just with the new cpu, the system ramps up gpu fans on boot. And during and after boot, there's no problems whatsoever. No mb error codes, on hardware problems in the os. I even checked for bent pins on the cpu and made sure there's no problem with it and the socket. Gpu is not oc'd and drivers are up to date. What im thinking is that its a bios thing, and maybe, just maybe there was an actual problem when the old cpu was installed, since the gpu wasnt doing that. Bios version is F42a from the gb aorus b450m site : https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/B450-AORUS-M-rev-10/support#support-dl-bios Regarding the cpu, the system is stable with it and im not overclocking yet, at least not until i upgrade the psu and mb. What do you think about this? Could it be a because of the psu being insufficient, even though by my calculations i should even have headroom using the 500wat psu. Have a nice day!

Thanks, yea you're right. I was talking about this exactly. The cooler should in theory fit(dont have it yet). To try and be clearer: by my measurements there would be ~>30mm between the highest point of the tower cooler relative to the MB and the glass panel on the side. On the top of the cooler there would be lots of space, and on the bottom >10mm because of the graphics card. I was looking at some 92mm fan based tower coolers too(smaller ones), and for some of em i can see stats like up-to 320W cooling capacity, but im not quite sure if i should be trusting that. Never had to worry about cooling so much before, either went with the biggest one i could find or stock, depending on what was i going to use the machine for. So like no experience in that area ?

Hi guys, Im looking for some advice regarding a small form factor build in micro atx. The system has a ryzen 2700 cpu with stock cooler on a Gigabyte Aorus B450 M MB. The case is a cheap-o one but its quite well vented actually, 200mm width. The cpu will be oc'ed, with a target of about 4ghz, but for that to happen i need to put on a better cooler obviously. There is roughly about 25mm of space taken up between the top of the cpu, cables and the back panel. The problem: if i put in for example a cooler master 212 in push-pull, thats about 165mm tall, then that leaves 30mm of clearance for airflow between the cooler and the glass panel. Also dimms are on the taller side : Dimensions (L x H x W): 133.2 x 42.65 x 7.5mm, so no chance of putting in a bigger(wider) cooler. How much of a thermal problem do you think that would be and if at all? Also i can put in a liquid cooler and replace the exhaust in the back or put it in as intake or put it on top or w/e, but i for now im thinking of avoiding that. Live long and prosper