On Jan 15, 2008 8:05 AM, Chris Mathey <slug@mathey.org> wrote:
> William Coulter wrote:
> > After some last minute changes this is want I bought tonight. Some if
> > the rebates were going to end, so I had to pull the trigger. Again,
> > thanks for all your help. Hardware has really changed. I learned a
> > lot, and now I am less confused. It cost more than what I was going to
> > spend, but that is life.
> >
> > William
> >
> You have put together quite a solid machine. You should be good for 5
> years with most of that hardware. Maybe a upgrade here or there
> eventually.
>
> So, what are you going to do with all this horsepower? :)
>
That is a good question.
1. I will be doing some virtualization with XP and some other linux
distros. I have been neglecting my skills and I want to learn in a safe
way. I can play with different distros and make things not work and then
try and make them work. I want to play some of my games that I have because
I can't use them now. Most of them do not work with wine and if I had a
working XP, then I can run it from there. I wanted as much RAM as I could
afford and still be able to expand later.
2. I read a lot about the new quad cores for AMD and they are having
problems with them. This motherboard gives me the option to upgrade later
if I need that much power. I checked with the manufacture and other review
sites. They all gave this motherboard a good chance to go up. We will
see. Next year or I hope that I can get a second video card and more RAM.
We will see.
In all, I hope this PC will last me another 5 years or more.
William
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