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tmq

Member

Registered: 2012-05-30

Posts: 36

Budget Tower

I'm considering a tower upgrade when I can afford it. In order to obtain long-term usability, I'm hoping to get a tower w/ram upside, a fairly good processor, an intel chip (my impression is linux "likes" intel), and a dedicated graphics card. Of course I'm budget conscious.     I'd love to hear some recommendations.

shengchieh

#! Junkie

Registered: 2009-01-07

Posts: 470

Re: Budget Tower

Personally, if you can upgrade, I go new.  Get one of those cheap mini-computer.

http://shengchieh.50webs.com/tuxslinks.html
-> Retailers
-> Cheap mini-size linux computers

What do you have right now?  And what do you want?

Sheng-Chieh

p.s. Let me update my website tonight (9/14).

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tmq

Member

Registered: 2012-05-30

Posts: 36

Re: Budget Tower

Personally, if you can upgrade, I go new.  Get one of those cheap mini-computer.

http://shengchieh.50webs.com/tuxslinks.html
-> Retailers
-> Cheap mini-size linux computers

What do you have right now?  And what do you want?

Sheng-Chieh

p.s. Let me update my website tonight (9/14).

Well, I'm hesitant to get a budget tower because I'm afraid I won't be able to expand the system (ram, graphics, multiple HDs).  I want the upgrade to last numerous years.

tradetaxfree

#! CrunchBanger

Registered: 2011-03-05

Posts: 111

Re: Budget Tower

This should give you some ideas.

To keep costs to an absolute minimum instead of an Intel CPU get an AMD APU & high speed RAM (2133mhz+ as it makes a big difference to the FPS in games on an AMD APU) & skip the video card.

pvsage

Internal Affairs

From: North Carolina

Registered: 2009-10-18

Posts: 9,047

Re: Budget Tower

^ Remember that AMD is not loved by smxi...at least, not anymore.  If you go this route, you might want to find out which APU you're getting and bounce it off the graphics gurus here to make sure it will perform adequately out-of-the-box.

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tradetaxfree

#! CrunchBanger

Registered: 2011-03-05

Posts: 111

Re: Budget Tower

AMD Trinity Linux Performance