Recent content by ebpollock

Not trying to revive an old thread but. Hp x9400 mother boards can be had for 40$ these days. I got mine working with a four pin cup fan by cutting the inside key leg off of the new fan plug. Fired right up after I found the power switch header by trial and error. Still looking for two opteron...

Lubuntu has worked well for me in the past.

I might suggest a chromebook (intel cpu) with Crouton or (and i use this way more often than Crouton) get an SS and a USB 3.0 enclosure, put the chromebook in developer mode, enable legacy boot and just boot from the ssd. Its not quite as portable as you have a hard drive plugged in but its...

I have Xubuntu with a graphical desktop environment running on an old 2007 server with 32Mb of video ram. I was impressed.

I've been thinking about this too. My 2 cents. Ubuntu will be very versatile, and can be set up with a raid array of your choice. ZFS really isn't that transportable where as an ext4 or BTRFS system (raid array) can be mounted anywhere. One thing you didn't mention was if you wanted to run...

I have an AppleTV, ChromeCast, and a FireStick. AppleTV gets used most often. I has adds. Next is the FireStick mostly for the Prime Music, only buy if you have an Amazon Prime account. The ChromeCast gets used the least but if casting a tab from your computer you can use AdBlock. Each has a...

I have Ubuntu installed as well. I'm running into more issues than a regular ubuntu install as Chrome OS does not use the entire linux kernel so some pieces are missing, like Wacom tablet drivers. here is a link to the HP stream. I have the HP 14 chrome book and like it...

I would recommend Ubuntu running as virtual machine. Ubuntu is hassle free and well supported. I recommend installing it as a virtual machine for three reasons. First two switch from one OS to the other is as simple as opening a windowed application. Second is file access. All your files can...

I like my chromebook. It has been a good purchase. That said, you really need to understand the limitations if you're going to use this for work or school. Java does not run on a chromebook. MS office can only be used through the web interface which is fine for typing a paper but does not...

most defiantly not. I know of no mainstream notebooks that upgradable CPUs.

It looks like a good build. I'm torn between A-series and FX series. If you want to hit the ground gaming it seems like the way to go with an upgrade down the road. I was able to pick up an OEM HD 7570 new in bag for 35$ shipped (with DP to DVI adapter). It scores 25% higher in the benchmark...

If you have an old HDD you can always give Steam OS a try. I had an old 160 Gb laptop drive lying around so i installed Steam OS on it. I'm not sure SLI is working under linux.

My suggestion if you want to make sure you install to the new drive and not erase everything on the old one is to unplug the old windows drive. Install Ubuntu to the only remaining (new) drive. Shutdown plug Windows drive back in. Use bios to boot Ubuntu drive, then reinstall the grub boot...

Pay attention to the UUID, its a long alpha numeric string, I have found it is easier to work with it when defining mount points especially if the disks may move from system to system and the drive name, sda1 for example may change when plugged into another port. Short answer is it manages...

rockie_ 's build looks good. As for waiting, for the GTX 960, The 970 is within your budget now. Waiting will only mean you spend less money and get less performance if you go with the 960, but AMD is going to need to adjust some prices to remain competitive.