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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Hi,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I am hoping to purchase a desktop computer to run starlingx for internal R&D purposes. I am listing the specs of 5 desktop computers I looked at, below. I need to clarify whether starlingx can be run on these before I
purchase. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Can starlingx be run on all the below desktop computers? What are the factors I must consider other than number of cores, RAM, and storage, when I purchase hardware ? Any guidance is greatly appreciated…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Option 1:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">CPU: INTEL Core I7 12700 3.6GHz <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Motherboard: ASUS PRIME 670 Plus (Intel® H670 chipset)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">RAM: Corsair DDR4 3200 MHz– 16 GBx4 (Total 64 GB RAM)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Storage: SSD: KINGSTON SS Drive 1 TB NV2 M2 NVMe 4.0 , HDD: SEAGATE SARA 1TB<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Option 2:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X (8 cores)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Motherboard: MSI B550M Pro-VDH<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 64GB (16x4) DDR4 3200 MHz C16 Memory<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Storage: SSD: Adata XPG 1TB M.2 NVMe , HDD: 1TB Seagate Hard Drive<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Option 3:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">CPU: Intel Core I7 12700K 25MB Cache (12 Cores)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Motherboard: Asus Prime B660M A D4 (</span>Intel® B660<span lang="EN-US"> chipset)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 64GB (16x4) DDR4 3200 MHz C16 Memory<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Storage: SSD: Adata XPG 1TB M.2 NVMe , HDD: 1TB Seagate Hard Drive<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Option 4:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">CPU: Intel Core I7-11700 (8 cores)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Motherboard: AsusTUF B560M-plus D4 (Intel® B560z0<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">RAM: KINGSTON DDR4 KVR2666 16GBx4 (Total 64 GB)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Storage: SSD: Samsung 1TB SSD980 M.2 NVMe , HDD: 1TB Toshiba 7200 rpm<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Option 5: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">MSI DP130 I7<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">CPU: Intel Core I7-11700 (8 cores)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Motherboard: MSI with Intel510 Chipset<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">RAM: 2x32 GB DDR4 SDRAM<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Storage: 1TB M.2 SSD combo (NVMe PCIe Gen3x4)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Graphics: MSI Nvidia Ge-Force GT730 2GB<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Shavin<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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