XPost: alt.os.linux.mint, alkt.os.linux.mageia
From: branimir.maksimovic@icloud.com
On 2023-10-26, Big Al wrote:
> 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.
Bare metal didn't saw Windows since 2008. On my machines...
I had to use it in VM. Because of last job, before I got retired...
Project manager, allowed me to port it to Linux, but that was major
work, and I didn't have enough time :P
Regarding games, I have ~450 and playing exclusively on Linux.
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