<p dir="ltr">Something to consider is you can get a decent SSD for another 60 or so and that machine will run like a champ. The only weirdness you may have is for multiple displays. </p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Aug 2, 2015 9:48 AM, "Steve Litt" <<a href="mailto:slitt@troubleshooters.com">slitt@troubleshooters.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Bring over a System Rescue CD and a Lubuntu 15.04 live CD to make sure<br>
it works (no HD, after all). You can look at /proc/* and lshw to verify<br>
that what he says is in there is in there. You can look<br>
at /proc/cpuinfo to verify that it has hardware virtualization. If it<br>
works with System Rescue CD, and it is substantially as described<br>
including the CPU having hardware virtualization, do the following:<br>
<br>
* Do NOT grind him on price. He might change his mind.<br>
<br>
* Whip out $60 cash, get a receipt.<br>
<br>
* Drive 4 blocks away, where he can't see or hear you.<br>
<br>
* Get out of the car, do a victory dance.<br>
<br>
* Order a fifty buck SATA hard disk from Newegg when you get home.<br>
<a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822236339" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822236339</a>.<br>
Because you're moving, have it go to someone you trust to keep it<br>
safe. DO NOT have it go to the address you're moving out of or the<br>
address you're moving to. It will be gone.<br>
<br>
* Install the hard drive, install Linux, have fun.<br>
<br>
* For extra credit, you might want to install 16GB RAM on there and<br>
turn it into a monster VM machine. Take it from me, VMs, not metal,<br>
are where you want to do your experimentation.<br>
<br>
SteveT<br>
<br>
<br>
On Sun, 2 Aug 2015 09:09:04 -0700<br>
Stephen Partington <<a href="mailto:cryptworks@gmail.com">cryptworks@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
<br>
> Yep<br>
> On Aug 2, 2015 8:07 AM, "Michael Havens" <<a href="mailto:bmike1@gmail.com">bmike1@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> > the price is good even without the hard drive?<br>
> ><br>
> > On 8/2/15, Michael Havens <<a href="mailto:bmike1@gmail.com">bmike1@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> > > even without the hard drive?<br>
> > ><br>
> > > On 8/2/15, Stephen Partington <<a href="mailto:cryptworks@gmail.com">cryptworks@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> > >> For 60 it's fine. It will run Linux very well once you wrangle<br>
> > >> the AMD drivers. That will be a touch special.<br>
> > >> On Aug 2, 2015 4:27 AM, "Michael Havens" <<a href="mailto:bmike1@gmail.com">bmike1@gmail.com</a>><br>
> > >> wrote:<br>
> > >><br>
> > >>> I'm in Florida now and I have a University professor offering<br>
> > >>> me a computer for 60 dollars. He built it himself around 2010<br>
> > >>> and he gives the specs (below). I wish I didn't have to ask but<br>
> > >>> does it sound like a good deal?<br>
> > >>> --<br>
> > >>> :-)~MIKE~(-:<br>
> > >>><br>
> > >>> --- Case: Antec 300<br>
> > >>> <a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129042" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129042</a><br>
> > >>><br>
> > >>> --- Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-MA785G-UD3H<br>
> > >>> <a href="http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3138#ov" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3138#ov</a><br>
> > >>><br>
> > >>> --- CPU: AMD Athlon II X4 620 95W AM3 2MB Cache 2.6 GHz<br>
> > >>><br>
> > <a href="http://www.amazon.com/AMD-Athlon-620-2600MHz-Retail/dp/B002MAPTFW" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.com/AMD-Athlon-620-2600MHz-Retail/dp/B002MAPTFW</a><br>
> > >>><br>
> > >>> --- RAM: Mushkin Blackline 996587B (2x2GB) total 4GB<br>
> > >>> <a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820146731" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820146731</a><br>
> > >>><br>
> > >>> --- Video: Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 1GB GDDR3 PCI-E,<br>
> > >>> HDMI,DVI-I,VGA.<br>
> > >>> <a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102837" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102837</a><br>
> > >>><br>
> > >>> --- Power supply: Antec SP-500, 500 watt PSU<br>
> > >>> <a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817103937" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817103937</a><br>
> > >>><br>
> > >>> --- Optical: LG DVD - R/W drive<br>
> > >>> ---------------------------------------------------<br>
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