Hello, Dale. On Sun, Jun 02, 2024 at 08:27:57 -0500, Dale wrote:
[ .... ] > Got the manual. It says 128GB. That sounds more like what I was > expecting anyway. I kinda thought 256GB was a bit much. That's why I > picked two 32GB sticks. 128GB is four times what I have now so it > should be enough for a while. I'm pretty sure it's 128 GB, too. Memory banks come in sizes of 4^n, and there are two sticks in each bank. 64 GB is indeed 4^18. Two banks will make 128 GB. > I thought of something on the m.2 thing. I plan to put my OS on it. I > usually use tmpfs and compile in memory anyway but do have some set to > use spinning rust. Once I get 128GB installed, I should be able to do > that with all packages anyway .... Indeed, 64 GB is easily ample for this, at the moment. Trouble is, there's no saying how mad the rust project etc. will get over the lifetime of the new PC. 7 years ago, 16 GB seemed more than enough. It doesn't any more. > .... but still, I had a question. Should I put the portage work > directory on a spinning rust drive to save wear and tear on the SSD or > have they got to the point now that doesn't matter anymore? A benchmark: My machine is 7 years old, and it contains no spinning rust, only two M2 Samsung SSDs in a RAID-1 configuration. I looked at the wear statistics some months ago, and the number of read and write cycles on the SSDs was only around 3% of the guaranteed number. Your usage is obviously going to be different from mine (mainly SW development and updating Gentoo), but it may not be worth while worrying about SSD wear and tear. > I know all the SSD devices have improved a lot since the first ones > came out. I haven't had a single problem with my two Samsung SSD 960 EVO 500GB drives in these 7 years. [ .... ] > Dale > :-) :-) > P. S. I reported the memory error to Newegg, where it claims 256GB. :-) -- Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).
