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> And the latest one, an Apple MacBook Pro, is nice and fast but has some limits — does not support 64k page size. Which I need for my work.

I wonder where this requirement comes from ...

I realize the Ampere Altra Q features the Armv8.2-a ISA. Does anybody know if there are chips with Armv8.6-a (or above) or even SVE that one can buy? I did some research but couldn't find any.

I've always wondered why there isn't a bigger market / offering for dedicated servers with Ampere at their heart (apart from Hetzner)

If anyone knows of any, let me know!

A few years ago I was working at a place that needed to do builds targeting the Jetson platform, and was somewhat allergic to tossing it into the cloud due to cost. We ran the numbers and the Altra paid for itself pretty quickly. Great thing, it ripped through our C++ builds + Docker image creation - I think we ended up with a 64 core version (don't remember through who, but we needed a server form factor). Ended up still moving our release builds to the cloud, due to some dicey internet situations but for local builds this thing was A+. I hope they're still using it.

I think the best thing happened to that system is having an Arctic Cooling device on board. These things are as reliable as it gets.

None of the Arctic Cooling fans I had ever failed or lost performance over the years. Even their first generation desktop fan (Breeze) which runs multiple 8-12 hour shifts with me for the last decade shows any age.

I never bought used computer parts. Are these parts generally reliable for ~2 years when bought used?

OK, I tend to ignore HN but got link to this post from several people so will go and comment.

Offtopic, I'm so confused why this is top1 on my HN? Just a pretty normal build?

1341 PLN / 371 USD isn't "cheap" for 25% more cores. That's almost double the price.

Q64-22 on eBay (US) for $150-200 USD / 542-723 PLN.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/365380821650

https://www.ebay.com/itm/365572689742