What CPU are you running for Q 4.0?

[deusestverita...@gmail.com]

Running a i7-8750H on Qubes 4.0 and it has failed.

Problems mentioned here:
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/qubes-users/hJZLAP0kFG4
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/qubes-users/hmYxqUV7R5U

People have mentioned running i7-8700K with Qubes 4.0 and it also failed.

So.. what is the most powerful Processor that you have used with Qubes 4.0?

THANK YOU
BEST
ERIN D.

[Foppe de Haan]

If you're looking for a desktop replacement, http://www.microcenter.com/product/481879/rog_gl702zc-wb74_173_gaming_laptop_computer_-_black#tab-specs should serve you (battery life is not great for obvious reasons). (I have a ryzen CPU -- 1600x -- with older Radeon graphics card (which has kernel support), works splendidly.)
Your issues with q4 probably don't stem from the CL cpu though, but from problematic Pascal support.

[Tai...@gmx.com]

I would suggest a pre-PSP AMD 16 core 6386SE on a KGPE-D16 board running
coreboot-libre or libreboot - 100% open source firmware with no blobs,
the D16 and D8 also have cool stuff like OpenBMC, IOMMU-GFX etc. An 8
core 6328 is also a good fast choice.
The D16 supports max 2x16 cores, so 32 cores and 192GB RAM total.
I play the latest games in a VM at max settings on mine and they support
crossfire for maximum graphics power.

For a laptop there is also the G505S pre-PSP with the only blobs for
video, EC and power management - there is a free EC replacement in progress.

This would be the best, most secure and most free option for qubes 4.0 -
the above are all the last and best owner controlled x86_64 options; the
future of freedom performance computing is OpenPOWER eg: the TALOS 2 but
xen doesn't support POWER so you would have to use it for your non-qubes
virtualization needs.

[Tai...@gmx.com]

Generally NVIDIA hates linux so it would be a good idea to purchase an
AMD card instead in the future to avoid problems...

NVIDIA artificially hobbles IOMMU-GFX on their geforce products by
adding bugs to their drivers and they have ruined the nouveau project in
a variety of ways.