Making my own hand-assembled PC beyond a decade.
My last Main Battle Tower PC was using dual Pentium III (OMG!). I was using notebook PC long time for my business and days off. I used mainly Windows for both my job and hobby. For instance, I called VirtualAllocExNuma() function on my job. So, I'm just noob for Linux. I just experienced built FreeBSD kernel and made home router on IBM PT-110 about 2 decades ago. I decided to make a new desktop Linux main station PC parts by parts by myself beyond a decade to enjoy Linux and check gnuradio w/RTL-SDR capability.
I checked current main PC parts stream and what is popular in 21st century from the several point. The following is my new self-build PC parts list.
| Parts | Manufacturer | Part No. | Remarks | Ref. price (jpy) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PC Case | Fractal Design | Core 500 FD-CA-CORE-500-BK | Large Mini PC Case W250xH213xD380mm | ¥8,748 |
| M/B | ASRock | Z370M-ITX/ac | LGA1151 Mini ITX | ¥18,594 |
| CPU | Intel | Core i7 8700K BOX | LGA1151 Coffee Lake-S 3.7GHz 6-Core TDP 95W BX80684I78700K | ¥42,435 |
| CPU Cooler | SCYTHE | 虎徹 Mark II SCKTT-2000 | LGA1151 compatible | ¥3,591 |
| CPU Grease | JunPus | JP-DX1 | 16W/m・K 0.05℃・cm²/W | ¥1,251 |
| Memory | Panram | W4U2666PS-16G | DDR4-2666 (PC4-21300) 16GB x 2 = 32GB | ¥48,915 |
| Ceiling FAN | San Ace | SF12-S4PWM | 120mm x 120mm x 25mm | ¥3,042 |
| Floor FAN | San Ace | SF12-S4PWM | 120mm x 120mm x 25mm | ¥3,042 |
| PSU | Seasonic | SSR-850FX | 850W | ¥22,554 |
| M.2 Optane | Intel | MEMPEK1W032GAXT | Linux seems to be applicable with package mdadm. | ¥8,937 |
| SSD | --- | --- | Later | ¥0 |
| HDD1 | (WD) | --- | Use my vacant WD Green 3.5inch 2TB 7200rpm 3Gbps | ¥0 |
| HDD2 | --- | --- | Later | ¥0 |
| Optical Drive | (Pioneer) | --- | Use my USB 3.0 external drive when it's needed. | ¥0 |
| GPU | (nVidia) | (GPU in CPU)+(HDMI out) | I'd like to install nVidia GeForce GTX-1080 later. | ¥0 |
| Removable Case | Owltech | OWL-IE5CB Black | Useful for change OS or transfer data HDD to HDD. | ¥2,772 |
| OS | --- | --- | Debian or Ubuntu (32bit for the time being) | ¥0 |
| Total (including TAX) | ¥163,881 |
At first, I estimated that total cost will be more expensive than that of PC-Shop assembled PC. But I surprised the total cost was much cheaper. Especially, hi-grade memory, fastest CPU, and powerful PSU are quite different.
Hyper threading vulnerability? I don't mind at this time!
Speculative execution vulnerability in the pipeline ? I don't mind at this time!
What I have to mind is Optane cache will work with GPT partitioning HDD. I use 2TB HDD until clear the problem for the time being.
Raspberry Pi 3 model B and Intel Core i7-8700K 
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