[FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]Hi All[/FONT]
[FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]I am planning to assemble a new linux machine for my bioinformatics work, which requires high memory and disk space. I do not know much about hardware and therfore seeking advice before I start buying parts. I am interested in building a machine with following configurations:[/FONT]
[FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]Baika[/FONT]
[FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]I am planning to assemble a new linux machine for my bioinformatics work, which requires high memory and disk space. I do not know much about hardware and therfore seeking advice before I start buying parts. I am interested in building a machine with following configurations:[/FONT]
- [FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]256 GB SSD (Two 128 GB to create RAID0) for OS[/FONT]
- [FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]2 TB SATA III hard drive for data storage (may create RAID) [/FONT]
- [FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]16 GB RAM (with option to upgrade upto 32 GB in future)[/FONT]
- [FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]8-core processor[/FONT]
- [FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]SSD: Samsung Electronics MZ-7PD128BW 840 Pro Series 2.5-Inch 128GB SATA 6Gbps[/FONT]
- [FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]Hard Drive: Western Digital WD1002FAEX 1 TB SATA III 7200 RPM 64 MB Cache 3.5"[/FONT]
- [FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]RAM: Kingston HyperX Blu 16GB Kit (2x8 GB Modules) 1600MHz 240-pin DDR3 Non-ECC CL10 Desktop Memory KHX1600C10D3B1K2/16G[/FONT]
- [FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]Processor: AMD FD8350FRHKBOX FX-8350 FX-Series 8-Core Black Edition[/FONT]
- [FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]Motherboard: Gigabyte Intel Z77 LGA1155 CrossFireX/SLI Dual Lan Dual UEFI BIOS with Bluetooth 4.0/Wi-Fi Expansion Card GA-Z77X-UD5H-WB WiFi[/FONT]
- [FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]Case: Antec Sonata III 500W Quiet Super Mid Tower Case (Piano Black)[/FONT]
- [FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]Wifi adapter: Panda Mini Wifi (b/g/n) 150Mbps Wireless-N 2.4GHz USB Adapter - Windows XP/ Vista/ 7/ 8, Mac OS X, Mint 13/14, Ubuntu 11.10/12.04/12.10, Fedora 15/16/17/18, openSUSE 11.4/12.1 and Puppy 5.3.3 Compatible[/FONT]
- [FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]DVD drive: LG Electronics 24X SATA Super-Multi DVD Internal Rewriter with M-Disc Support (Black) GH24NS95B[/FONT]
[FONT=Liberation Serif, serif]Baika[/FONT]