Thanks Brian. The hard drive is actually only 5yo with 2 years of use. What is a NVMe? What do you think about what I';m thinking about doing with the NUC? On Sat, Jul 18, 2020 at 3:29 AM Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss wrote: > > You'll need RAM too... didn't see that in the list. > > I would also make sure that you get a motherboard that has a place for > at least 1 NVMe. Then I would recommend that you get at least one > NVMe. It doesn't have to be huge, but if you can put at least your OS > on the NVMe, it will make your whole machine feel 50 times faster than > if you keep using a 10 year old hard drive.... Trust me, it will be > worth every cent to get it. > > I would also recommend getting an AMD machine right now. You can get a > whole lot more for your money right now with AMD. > > BTW What's the price range you are looking at spending? > > Brian Cluff > > On 7/17/20 11:11 PM, Michael via PLUG-discuss wrote: > > I think I figured out what I want to do..... I'm going to buy a > > chassis, motherboard, CPU, and power supply and then frankenstein the > > hard drive, the wireless card, and the video card from the old machine > > (got to do this as cheaply as I can). What else could I frankenstein? > > > > On Fri, Jul 17, 2020 at 10:25 PM Michael wrote: > >> Wellp, I am going to do something I never have done before..... I'm > >> going to get a new computer. Well I think I'll have one put > >> together.... I'll put it together. Where would go to get a chassis and > >> motherboard then I'll put all of the other guts in. Is such an animal > >> in existence?I thought of another NUC but they aren't like what they > >> were. Should I wait until black Friday and get a windows machine in the sales? > >> > >> -- > >> :-)~MIKE~(-: > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -- :-)~MIKE~(-: --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss