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Post by Nick on Nov 2, 2011 1:57:57 GMT
So I stuck in a Phenom II X6 1090t cpu in my computer as well as transferred the whole thing into this cool alienware case I had laying around. The alienware case is from around 1999 and it is really neat. It's a little loud though, so I am going to be modding it (bigger side fan, sound dampening etc.)
I'm installing ubuntu 11.10 as we speak!
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Post by xcessive on Nov 2, 2011 2:12:11 GMT
The old Phenom x6 CPUs don't look great on a lot of benchmarks -- but I find even now they are amazing for every-day use just because they can handle so many threads. Everything stays super responsive for general every-day use. Of course if you are going to do something like super hard-core gaming they aren't the greatest thing, but they get the job done consistently.
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Post by Nick on Nov 2, 2011 3:05:15 GMT
It's just going to run linux. It'll be a backup gaming machine for Minecraft when I invite a friend over. I am getting an i5-2500k for my main gaming rig  |
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Post by Cam on Nov 15, 2011 17:39:48 GMT
Linux!  Ubuntu? |
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Ubuntu?