Hello all,
It’s this time of the year again, i am gearing up for a new 13900K build and haven’t build anything since my 8700K 5 years ago.
The build will be mainly used as dev machine for fairly large C++ projects : code editing/indexing., debugging and nightly build and testing.
As far as OS goes, it will be a dual boot between windows 11 (+ some VM running linux/ubuntu) and baremetal linux/ubuntu.
The nightly builds/testing are fairly intensive both in term of multi-threaded requirements (for the compilation part) and single threaded performance (for the linking part).
I mainly need helps in choosing an adequate cooling solution and motherboard with good linux/virtualization support
1 - As far as cooling goes, i am currently thinking of getting a fractal torrent compact + Noctua NH-D15 chromax.black. Is that adequate for a 13900K? The main goal is something silent at low utilization, but also able to sustain all core turbo for a couple of hours without throttling ( for the nightly builds)
2 - regarding motherboards, besides making sure that both the wifi modules and the ethernet are from intel, is there something i need to watch out for in term of linux compatibility ? Any brand/line of motherboards known for good virtualization support ? ( i am also open to z690 boards)
@soulbadguy I would forget about running Linux on any Intel system past 11 gen; Linux doesn’t have any way of handling Intel hybrid cores, meaning workloads that would run better on Intel’s e cores could run off of P cores instead of E cores, or workloads that should run on P cores will run on E cores instead. Linux has no managing software to prevent workloads from running on the wrong cores. Work is being done, but it is at a very early stage, and it will take a lot of time to perfect. While I haven’t tried to set up a system with passthrough, I have found the Asrock Taichi to have the best BIOS setting for virtualization. I also believe IMMOU breakouts (meaning perfect for passthrough) on the Taichi are excellent, at least on the AMD versions of the board. I don’t have any experience with the Intel versions of the Taichi. I would advise asking someone with any motherboard you are considering to post the IMMOU groups for that motherboard. I am thinking of recommissioning my old computer into a Procmox virtualization passthrough server; just waiting for money not to be tight so I can purchase the parts I need to rebuild my old system. I haven’t had an Intel system in the last eight years, so I can’t give any advice about Intel.