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[โ€“] Valmond@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

The 5600X is a beast IMO, I had a 2600X IIRC that my kid now has, very good CPU, I understand why you'd like to compile with it ๐Ÿ˜.

I also remember mobos were kind of bad, like 2 RAM lanes and few connectics compared to how it usually was "before".

[โ€“] ulterno@programming.dev 1 points 4 hours ago

I made sure to get one with 4 slots (still haven't managed to use them all though) and good component cooling.
Thinking back, getting the G version would have done better, but I didn't intend on swapping with a 5800X back then.

Now it's just about getting the right parts to accompany the CPU and RAM I have lying around. And the HDDs of course. The Toshiba one ended up having an undesirable delay, meaning I would have to go with the Seagate ones priced 50% higher.

And then a router not having a backdoor.
Hopefully I can find one with OpenWRT without having to choose ASUS.