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Add specs to testnet participation guide (#4078)

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@ -29,6 +29,16 @@ traversal issues. A cloud-hosted machine works best. **Ensure that IP ports
Prebuilt binaries are available for Linux x86_64 (Ubuntu 18.04 recommended).
MacOS or WSL users may build from source.
For a performance testnet with many transactions we have some preliminary recomended setups:
| | Low end | Medium end | High end | Notes |
| --- | ---------|------------|----------| -- |
| CPU | AMD Threadripper 1900x | AMD Threadripper 2920x | AMD Threadripper 2950x | Consider a 10Gb-capable motherboard with as many PCIe lanes and m.2 slots as possible. |
| RAM | 16GB | 32GB | 64GB | |
| OS Drive | Samsung 860 Evo 2TB | Samsung 860 Evo 4TB | Samsung 860 Evo 4TB | Or equivalent SSD |
| Accounts Drive(s) | None | Samsung 970 Pro 1TB | 2x Samsung 970 Pro 1TB | |
| GPU | 4x Nvidia 1070 or 2x Nvidia 1080 Ti or 2x Nvidia 2070 | 2x Nvidia 2080 Ti | 4x Nvidia 2080 Ti | Any number of cuda-capable GPUs are supported on Linux platforms. |
#### Confirm The Testnet Is Reachable
Before attaching a validator node, sanity check that the cluster is accessible
to your machine by running some simple commands. If any of the commands fail,