AmigaOne x5000 Thread

Hey Guys,

AmigaOS 4 has an "Extended Memory" system, which you can read about it here: https://wiki.amigaos.net/wiki/Exec_Extended_Memory.

I know SketchBlock supports that system as of version 3.1.

Cheers,
Bill

@all
Thanks for the info

@Joeled

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Yes and no One of my older blog posts may give you some insight.

Here's the inside of my newly built X5000 in a Fractal Design Define R5 case. I'm just waiting on the arrival of the graphics card I ordered before I can complete this build.

@mbrantley

Looks nice! I have the same case for my X1000, and it is heavy, a little overkill for a X1000 with SSD and 1 CD-Rom. But suited for RadeonHD 7900 like full size cards, or 2 :)

@mbrantley

That looks really good. Great setup. I hope your graphics card arrives soon so you can really get started

@Joeled

1 - 2GB max (Workbench and programs)
ExtMem can use more but very few (system) programs make use of it

2 - 256 MB max ((Workbench)
the extra memory is only utilised with the RadeonHD/RadeonRX drivers from the enhancer package and, to my knowledge, only work with gl4es (but I might be wrong there)

Some more pictures as I finalized my X5000/40 build.

I was waiting for my graphics card to arrive before I could finish, and as you can see it's here. In the days ahead I will be working on the software installations and much joyful configuring.

I built this in a new Fractal Design Define R5 case I obtained to match the R4 cases of my black and my white X1000s. (Collect them all!) No boing ball to be had for this one, but Matthew at AmigaKit did send me a couple of extra AmigaOne case badges back when I was building out my second X1000.

I added a PCIe SATA controller card to allow for two more SATA devices than the meager two allowed by the motherboard. The optical drive and RAM sticks were donated by a dead HP computer, so a little extra memory will be available for an eventual Linux install in addition to AmigaOS, and perhaps eventually MorphOS if I can find a way to add a second graphics card. I also had a spare 2TB SATA SSD on hand as the main storage, as well as a couple of SATA hard drives also scavenged from that dead HP workstation.

Sound card is a ESI Juli@ scored from ebay, and the graphics card is an XFX RX580 8GB. I added two more Fractal Design 140mm case fans, so there's two in front pulling in and two at the back/top blowing out.

@mbrantley

Very nice! Enjoy your new system!

@mbrantley

You are now ready to take over the world!
Hope software installs go well.
TJ

@mbrantley

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Thanks for the little insight into your hardware. I really have to say that the X5000 is a great device. You also own an X1000 did I read that right?

If so, the speed difference won't be too big, for me it was slightly different from A1222 1.2Ghz to X5000 2.2Ghz, you can see that in all disciplines under AmigaOs4.1.

One more thing, I had reported problems with the file transfer, that I had problems moving large files. Now I had to realize that a Sata cable was not firmly plugged into the motherboard, which led to problems.

I wish you lots of fun with your new “Big Mama”