XPost: alt.os.linux.mint, alkt.os.linux.mageia   
   From: Bears@invalid.com   
      
   On 10/26/23 05:12 PM, this is what pinnerite wrote:   
   > My main desktop is showing its age. Some parts are new but the   
   > processor, main board and graphics cards are over 16 years old. I need   
   > to upgrade but I have several 2TB hard drives that have seen little use   
   > that I do not want to just throw away.   
   >   
   > Historically I have preferred AMD processors and their graphics cards.   
   >   
   > Given those perameters, what combination of bits would you (anyone)   
   > suggest that would give me decent performance when say, scrolling   
   > browser pages or running a virtual machine on the main (Linux) host?   
   >   
   > Thanks in advance,   
   >   
   >   
   Not much demand here.  I didn't hear "games" so you've got a simple task.   
      
   Not sure what case you get but some can hold a few drives.   You can put the   
   2TB's in there for bulk data.   
   Of course you're putting in an SSD for boot.    I have a 500G and my Linux is   
   100G, Windows 100G (optional), and of   
   course Windows eats up a few with those stupid extra partitions, and the   
   remainder is space for the virtual machine   
   drives.   VMs run much faster if the data is on the SSD, it is some wear but I   
   don't run them much.   
      
   A power supply to support the 4TB spinners.   One could be simple archival for   
   backup images, several copies.   
      
   Linux doesn't take that much room.  I have 31G and I've got a pretty full   
   system.  No games, so that might add a few.   
      
   All the other i/o stuff is as needed.   
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