Author built a personal Ampere Altra system to support 64k page size for development.
Core components include an AsrockRack ALTRA8BUD motherboard, an 80-core Q80-30 CPU, Arctic Freezer 4U-M cooler, and eight 16 GB SK Hynix RDIMMs.
Standard PC parts used: Endorfy 700 Air case with five fans, MSI MPG A850G power supply, Lexar 2 TB NVMe, and a Radeon Pro WX2100.
Total cost was about 7 732 PLN (~1 800 EUR), slightly over budget due to CPU upgrade and memory sourcing.
Planned uses include installing Fedora 42, running multiple Linux VMs, testing a Radeon RX 6700XT, desktop usage, and experiments with 4 KB and 64 KB page kernels.
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