mw0uzo
12-17-2010, 08:41 AM
My old 2.4Ghz P4 is starting to annoy me. I've increased its life with 2Gb RAM and Linux by several years, but now with all this Javaschit webcrap and Flash that doesn't use the graphical hardware, web browing with loads of tabs has become slow. Blocking flash helped for a while, but the bloat has just become too much.
So its time for a new computer, if I can afford it. Its time for a plan for a new computer!
Bang for buck is above all else. Nice graphics card is omitted as upgrade for future.
The Phenom II 6 core processors look very tempting, 8Gb RAM, gigabyte AM3 ATX mobo with onboard Radeon 4000 series graphics, 3Tb HD (1Gb F3, 2Gb F4). OS would be Linux. Might go for even more RAM.
Anyone done any recent value-performance builds and been impressed by any well built/fast components?
Also, I'm on the look out for value but good quality power supplies. Branded are not always the best, I have seen some branded power supplies which people rate yet look vastly overrated for what components are in there. e.g. power supplies claiming 20A+ 12V rails while inside are TO220 style rectifier diodes.
So its time for a new computer, if I can afford it. Its time for a plan for a new computer!
Bang for buck is above all else. Nice graphics card is omitted as upgrade for future.
The Phenom II 6 core processors look very tempting, 8Gb RAM, gigabyte AM3 ATX mobo with onboard Radeon 4000 series graphics, 3Tb HD (1Gb F3, 2Gb F4). OS would be Linux. Might go for even more RAM.
Anyone done any recent value-performance builds and been impressed by any well built/fast components?
Also, I'm on the look out for value but good quality power supplies. Branded are not always the best, I have seen some branded power supplies which people rate yet look vastly overrated for what components are in there. e.g. power supplies claiming 20A+ 12V rails while inside are TO220 style rectifier diodes.