thanks for all the feedback and comments! Much appreciated. Going to
check out those refurb systems and barebones kits.
Greg Rundlett
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Put me down as agreeing with the off-lease/refurb systems. Really inexpensive
but still fast enough to do what you (he) wants.
-Mark
Original message
From: "Greg Rundlett (freephile)"
Date: 06/02/2015 10:01 AM (GMT-05:00)
To: blu , GNHLUG
Subject: PC Build
My 13-yr-ol
On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 12:06 PM, Shawn O'Shea wrote:
> I haven't built a system in awhile, but I'm dealing with buying new
> systems and dealing with compatibility with existing systems at $dayjob
> regularly. I second the suggestions about a barebones system (zotac zbox,
> shuttle mini-pc and th
I haven't built a system in awhile, but I'm dealing with buying new systems
and dealing with compatibility with existing systems at $dayjob regularly.
I second the suggestions about a barebones system (zotac zbox, shuttle
mini-pc and their ilk) or a second-hand
(although those can have their quirk
It's been a long time since I built a PC, but I've found Tech Report's
System Build guides to be very helpful in the past. They talk a lot
about why they're recommending what they are, and generally have a good
spread of target price points.
http://techreport.com/review/28198/system-guide-current
Have him buy an off-lease i5 2nd-gen off-lease box (Lenovo, Dell), with no
hard disk (~#105-150), and blows away
many low-end mobos.
Add a Samsung 850 256GB SSD (I buy from Amazon Warehouse used (perfect
condition) for between 90-105).
Then add a better graphics card and you are all set.
This sys
"Greg Rundlett (freephile)" writes:
> I hardly know anything about hardware and mostly buy from newegg or
> tigerdirect. It's been years since I built my first linux box from
> scratch. Any comments, advice from regular or recent builders?
I know just enough about hardware to realize I know not
