Last night I ordered an AMD FX-4300 CPU, ECS A960M-MV motherboard, and 2G of DDR3 1333 RAM. I will be replacing an ASUS K8N and Athlon 64 3000+. The old system has been good, but just wont keep up with anything modern. I will attempt to plug n play my hdd with mint17 xfce.
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2G? Are you sure you don't want 4?
Originally Posted By: asand1
Last night I ordered an AMD FX-4300 CPU, ECS A960M-MV motherboard, and 2G of DDR3 1333 RAM. I will be replacing an ASUS K8N and Athlon 64 3000+. The old system has been good, but just wont keep up with anything modern. I will attempt to plug n play my hdd with mint17 xfce.
What is the computer used for?
Last night I ordered an AMD FX-4300 CPU, ECS A960M-MV motherboard, and 2G of DDR3 1333 RAM. I will be replacing an ASUS K8N and Athlon 64 3000+. The old system has been good, but just wont keep up with anything modern. I will attempt to plug n play my hdd with mint17 xfce.
What is the computer used for?
Originally Posted By: simple_gifts
2G? Are you sure you don't want 4?
I had a very tight budget ($155) and to get running this combo deal was all I could afford. Ram upgrade will come when funds allow. I would love to have a better mobo and more RAM, but the fact is this should be light years ahead of what I'm running now.
Originally Posted By: Donald
What is the computer used for?
Internet surfing, light gaming, and occasional youtube video editing. I would like to play something better than COD 2 and Quake 4.
2G? Are you sure you don't want 4?
I had a very tight budget ($155) and to get running this combo deal was all I could afford. Ram upgrade will come when funds allow. I would love to have a better mobo and more RAM, but the fact is this should be light years ahead of what I'm running now.
Originally Posted By: Donald
What is the computer used for?
Internet surfing, light gaming, and occasional youtube video editing. I would like to play something better than COD 2 and Quake 4.
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Package came today and I got it all installed. Booted right up to the HDD. Linux ran like nothing ever happened. currently running at 3.8G woot. This is a pleasant surprise after doing two complete board swaps on Windows 95 and XP. Didn't have to install mobo drivers, GPU drivers or anything. Sorry, I'm just excited to have a modern computer for the first time in 10 years.
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Originally Posted By: asand1
Package came today and I got it all installed. Booted right up to the HDD. Linux ran like nothing ever happened. currently running at 3.8G woot. This is a pleasant surprise after doing two complete board swaps on Windows 95 and XP. Didn't have to install mobo drivers, GPU drivers or anything. Sorry, I'm just excited to have a modern computer for the first time in 10 years.
Package came today and I got it all installed. Booted right up to the HDD. Linux ran like nothing ever happened. currently running at 3.8G woot. This is a pleasant surprise after doing two complete board swaps on Windows 95 and XP. Didn't have to install mobo drivers, GPU drivers or anything. Sorry, I'm just excited to have a modern computer for the first time in 10 years.
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