Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!weretis.net!feeder4.news.weretis.net!news.musoftware.de!wum.musoftware.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: General Schvantzkoph Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.hardware Subject: Re: Newer old hardware Date: 31 Aug 2011 16:05:16 GMT Lines: 23 Message-ID: <9c74dsFoloU2@mid.individual.net> References: <9c4u28FoloU1@mid.individual.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net x8Azy7rmYUQlmDETjmLrHQ/L4XqptcIyXTvbtGKEvpgk3V5vXj Cancel-Lock: sha1:flFEoUo1N0y4rxuWgJfELvPoXdY= User-Agent: Pan/0.133 (House of Butterflies) Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.os.linux.hardware:627 On Wed, 31 Aug 2011 15:58:28 +0000, notbob wrote: > On 2011-08-30, General Schvantzkoph wrote: > >> A Core2 or more recent is fine. The current bottom of the line Sandy >> Bridge iCore3 would suit your purposes. Also you should get at least 8G >> of RAM. even 16G is really cheap these days. If you are buying used but >> recent hardware make sure that it uses DDR3 and not DDR2 memory, Core2s >> came both ways. DDR3 RAM is available in bigger DIMMs and it's cheaper >> than DDR2 RAM because it's newer. > > Yikes! What's the point of a faster processor if I gotta buy 8G or RAM? > Would that I could put even 4G in my P4 box. It would fly! > > I hope DDR3 is waaay cheaper than DDR2 or older. I've been pricing > ancient PC133 1G sticks and their running $40-80 for new!! > > nb 8G of DDR3 is about $41 on NewEgg, http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100007611 +600006069&QksAutoSuggestion=&ShowDeactivatedMark=False&Configurator=&IsNodeId=1&Subcategory=147&description=&Ntk=&CFG=&SpeTabStoreType=&AdvancedSearch=1&srchInDesc=