Author needed a development machine supporting 64k page size and chose an Ampere Altra system.
New AsrockRack ALTRAD8UD-1L2T motherboard was purchased for the build.
Used Ampere Q80-30 CPU (80 cores, 3.0 GHz) was acquired instead of the original Q64-22 plan.
Eight used 16 GB SK Hynix ECC RDIMM sticks (3200 MT/s) were installed successfully.
Endorfy 700 Air case was selected to fit the EATX motherboard and included five fans.
MSI MPG A850G power supply with EPS12V connectors was used along with an ATX adapter.
Total cost for motherboard, CPU, cooler, memory, case, PSU, and NVMe was around €1 800.
Next steps include installing Fedora 42, creating multiple Linux VMs, testing a GPU, and using both 4k and 64k page kernels.
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