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The "Should I buy a Quartz64 right now?" flow chart - CounterPillow - 12-10-2021
Hello PINEfriends,
I made a small flow chart to help people decide whether they should buy a Quartz64 Model A right now. I'll try to keep it updated as progress continues. I hope some will find it useful!
Note: This mainly applies to the Model A.
Updated 2022-10-21. Previous version
Updated 2022-04-19. Previous version
![[Image: quartz%20flowchart%203.svg]](https://overviewer.org/~pillow/up/32b9167b25/quartz%20flowchart%203.svg)
RE: The "Should I buy a Quartz64 right now?" flow chart - ryo - 12-24-2021
To me it's a yes and no at the same time.
If you have a serial USB, you can use it for the initial setup, and then continue via SSH.
After that, if you want to use it as a Monero node (with external SSD), buy it.
If you want to use it as a web server, better wait until a frozen release distro like Debian comes available, because Manjaro is really not something you want to use on a production server.
If you want to use it as a desktop PC, better wait until it becomes more daily driver ready.
RE: The "Should I buy a Quartz64 right now?" flow chart - Randomuser - 07-13-2022
Does the "Do you need usb 3" question apply to usb 2 as well? Or is usb2 working without breaking sata?
RE: The "Should I buy a Quartz64 right now?" flow chart - CounterPillow - 07-13-2022
(07-13-2022, 05:25 AM)Randomuser Wrote: Does the "Do you need usb 3" question apply to usb 2 as well? Or is usb2 working without breaking sata?
USB 2 works without breaking SATA, it's strictly just USB 3. Future revisions of the board will remove the SATA port and have USB 3 only.