On Mon, 25 Jul 2016 11:49:41 -0400 Giles Orr via talk <talk@gtalug.org> wrote: > > My suggestions: > - build it yourself. If you're comfortable mucking around inside a > PC, you already have the skills. From my first build I think the only > thing that got somewhat alarming was having to get and apply thermal > paste to the main processor, and getting the clips on the processor in > place. It's a very good way to get to know the PC, and you'll do a > better build than any paid tech because it's _yours_. > - if you really need the dial-up modem, install it (although I suspect > Linux support is poor - check it thoroughly). Otherwise, don't bother > with it. > - you didn't mention a video card. If the motherboard has one onboard > and you're planning to use that, the power supply sounds like overkill > (even given the later addition of SCSI stuff ... which I'd suggest > avoiding if you can, it's another justifiably dying breed like the > modem). Buy a smaller capacity (500W?) and better power supply ... > although I admit I'm going on years-old memories, EVGA wasn't one of > the best suppliers "back in the day". Something for you to research a > bit more perhaps. > - BluRay support on Linux is ... limited. You can probably use it for > backup, but you won't be able to play back commercial movies. You > might use it under Windows. > - go with 16G of memory if you can afford it: it's not critical, but > you'll probably enjoy it - and it will help a lot with running VMs. > But it's also the easiest thing to upgrade later.
Giles, I have a BluRay burner here. It did not play my Game of Thrones BluRay disk. It does an excellent job of backups. The BluRay disks are cheap. When I replaced my motherboard, the new AMD processor had the thermal paste on it. I just installed the thing as per the instructions. -- Howard Gibson hgib...@eol.ca howard.gib...@teledyneoptech.com jhowardgib...@gmail.com http://home.eol.ca/~hgibson --- Talk Mailing List talk@gtalug.org https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk