AlphaObeisance
Well-Known Member
I hate to admit it. But THIS POST single handedly prompted me to do that thing we all do when we realize the investments we've made are being bottle-necked by cheap replacements after something expensive fails..... yeahhhhhhhhh. Mind you, this post really has nothing to do with my post here; aside of the fact that it was after reading dos2unix's post that I realized my MB was hamstringing my hardware rather drastically.
My B550-F board replacement was out of necessity because I couldn't find an X570 board to replace the one that'd failed; in order to accommodate all the horsepower of my Ryzen 9 5950x, 128GiB RAM, NVMe m.2 and RTX 4090 24GB GPU due to bifurcation issues. The board is entirely incapable of utilizing my hardware as it's intended.
Essentially, I tried to throw a Ferrari into a John Deer lawn mower......
I sat on this over night mind you.... and in my defense, I did try to sell my wife on a $250 ebay purchase of an X570; but she wouldn't have me buying a used motherboard (Normally I'd agree; but I knew the expense of the alternative).
I'd officially found myself gridlocked between a rock and a hard place. My current hardware specs were the absolute top of their time; but due to an exhausting 7 year service of the x570 leading in failure to post, the only way up was out.
All of this realization comes at a wild time. I'd just got done doing some pretty significant upgrades to my homelab this month and had no intention of sinking any deeper than I already had; but what can I say, my wife is incredibly supportive of my ventures and is quite persistently insistent baha (seriously, she's scary sometimes
)
So for the first time since 2019 I'm building my new flagship workstation as I have to upgrade from AM4 to AM5. My current specs still reside in my forum signature as of the date of this post. The upgrades will come as follows. Mind you the power upgrades were my insurance policy as I'm already pushing the limits of my power setup. So I decided to recruit my cousin (electrician) to finally help me run a new breaker and install a new NEMA L5-30R 30 amp 125V outlet dedicated exclusively to powering the cabinet; something I should have honestly done a long time ago; it likely would have saved my old X570 tbh.
I'll obviously be keeping the RTX 4090 24GB GPU in service as it won't break a sweat for some years to come yet; as well as my PSU. While I'm sacrificing half my RAM, I'll be setting pretty for this build, and have the capacity to expand to 256GiB in the event our RAM overlords ever unclinch their fists. I wasn't about to drop $2,300 on 128GiB RAM.... and I still overpaid.
#1: Invest in your passions. Some people rebuild cars, some build model airplanes, but I only have one hobby and that's Linux. Might as well make the best of it.
#2: Better to buy once and cry once than buy cheap (if you can help it) and end up having to spend more in the long run.
It's at this moment, 7 years after my first flagship build and having encountered this hardware ceiling for first time that I've inevitably got to accept that I have a problem
.
In my defense, my family's hardware upgrades work in hand me down fashion; so this does benefit my wife and children all the way down the chain as I can effectively divide my RAM between my wife and eldests machine and double their current capacities . This excuse still works doesn't it? LOL.
I'll leave you with this. I'd not be able to manage these kind of builds if not for the community I've found here at Linux.org. I won't name names but there are a hand full of you that have somehow managed to share your wealth of knowledge over these past few years while simultaneously somehow gracefully managing my sometimes rough and ragged personality.
I've been using Linux for going on 6 years now, but until I found a home here at Linux.org I was always so insecure about my knowledge and abilities. It really means a lot to me to have found some of the cool folks I've found here and try to follow somewhat regularly. It's the kind of support that has been 100% absent in every other avenue in my life. So to have a place where I can not only be understood, but I can be respected for the dedication and effort I've put into this craft is a validation I'm not sure I'd ever find elsewhere.
I may not yet carry the torch, but I feel at the very least; that I carry a twig with a flickering flame thanks to you.
ML&R
AO
My B550-F board replacement was out of necessity because I couldn't find an X570 board to replace the one that'd failed; in order to accommodate all the horsepower of my Ryzen 9 5950x, 128GiB RAM, NVMe m.2 and RTX 4090 24GB GPU due to bifurcation issues. The board is entirely incapable of utilizing my hardware as it's intended.
Essentially, I tried to throw a Ferrari into a John Deer lawn mower......
I sat on this over night mind you.... and in my defense, I did try to sell my wife on a $250 ebay purchase of an X570; but she wouldn't have me buying a used motherboard (Normally I'd agree; but I knew the expense of the alternative).
I'd officially found myself gridlocked between a rock and a hard place. My current hardware specs were the absolute top of their time; but due to an exhausting 7 year service of the x570 leading in failure to post, the only way up was out.
All of this realization comes at a wild time. I'd just got done doing some pretty significant upgrades to my homelab this month and had no intention of sinking any deeper than I already had; but what can I say, my wife is incredibly supportive of my ventures and is quite persistently insistent baha (seriously, she's scary sometimes
)So for the first time since 2019 I'm building my new flagship workstation as I have to upgrade from AM4 to AM5. My current specs still reside in my forum signature as of the date of this post. The upgrades will come as follows. Mind you the power upgrades were my insurance policy as I'm already pushing the limits of my power setup. So I decided to recruit my cousin (electrician) to finally help me run a new breaker and install a new NEMA L5-30R 30 amp 125V outlet dedicated exclusively to powering the cabinet; something I should have honestly done a long time ago; it likely would have saved my old X570 tbh.
I'll obviously be keeping the RTX 4090 24GB GPU in service as it won't break a sweat for some years to come yet; as well as my PSU. While I'm sacrificing half my RAM, I'll be setting pretty for this build, and have the capacity to expand to 256GiB in the event our RAM overlords ever unclinch their fists. I wasn't about to drop $2,300 on 128GiB RAM.... and I still overpaid.
Core Components
- Processor (CPU): AMD Ryzen 9 9950X (16-Core, 32-Thread)
- Motherboard: ASUS ROG Crosshair X870E Dark Hero ATX
- Memory (RAM): G.SKILL Trident Z5 Neo RGB Series 64GB (2x32GB) DDR5 6000MT/s CL30
Cooling & Thermal Management
- CPU Cooler: ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III Pro 360mm AIO
- Contact Frame: AM5 Contact Sealing Frame
Power & Infrastructure
- UPS: Eaton Tripp Lite Series 3000VA Rack Mount (SMART3000RM2U) — Pure Sine Wave, 3000W
- PDU: Tripp Lite Metered PDU, 30A, 12 Outlets (PDUMH30)
#1: Invest in your passions. Some people rebuild cars, some build model airplanes, but I only have one hobby and that's Linux. Might as well make the best of it.
#2: Better to buy once and cry once than buy cheap (if you can help it) and end up having to spend more in the long run.
It's at this moment, 7 years after my first flagship build and having encountered this hardware ceiling for first time that I've inevitably got to accept that I have a problem
.In my defense, my family's hardware upgrades work in hand me down fashion; so this does benefit my wife and children all the way down the chain as I can effectively divide my RAM between my wife and eldests machine and double their current capacities . This excuse still works doesn't it? LOL.
I'll leave you with this. I'd not be able to manage these kind of builds if not for the community I've found here at Linux.org. I won't name names but there are a hand full of you that have somehow managed to share your wealth of knowledge over these past few years while simultaneously somehow gracefully managing my sometimes rough and ragged personality.
I've been using Linux for going on 6 years now, but until I found a home here at Linux.org I was always so insecure about my knowledge and abilities. It really means a lot to me to have found some of the cool folks I've found here and try to follow somewhat regularly. It's the kind of support that has been 100% absent in every other avenue in my life. So to have a place where I can not only be understood, but I can be respected for the dedication and effort I've put into this craft is a validation I'm not sure I'd ever find elsewhere.
I may not yet carry the torch, but I feel at the very least; that I carry a twig with a flickering flame thanks to you.
ML&R
AO
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That would be quite unfortunate, though, it might help me grow back my hair lol!
