*> It's under $2k for a daily drivable config.* Which config are you talking abo...

kev009 · on July 23, 2018

Check the link in my original post and the child comment. You can buy DDR4-R and NVMe cheaply from places like Superbiiz.

Here is the special DD2.1 box https://secure.raptorcs.com/content/TLSDS1/intro.html for $1600.

pdonis · on July 23, 2018

With a "starter CPU" that doesn't support virtualization, so realistically you're paying another $375 for a CPU upgrade. Still quite a bit closer to a useful price point, though. Thanks for the link!

kev009 · on July 23, 2018

You state this as if I didn't so I'm confused by that :S. Regardless it is possible to do a full build for under $2k, especially if you have any resuable parts like case/psu/nvme.

pdonis · on July 23, 2018

> You state this as if I didn't

You mentioned the base CPU not having HW speculative execution mitigations (which I also would consider worth a CPU upgrade to get), but not having virtualization is a much bigger limitation, in my view, and you didn't mention that, so I did.