To Tux or not to Tux

[Wayne D]

The EXISTING scenario:  Win 7 machine with stability issues that are most likely due to a combination of gremlins that this user attracts like dust to a mop over a period of 6 to 9 months of use.  Data corruption is a possibility, Virii and other nasties  are most likely lurking as well.  I suspect MUCH of it has been a result of internet activity.

It's a 4 core machine and the user is not happy with the speed AND has complained of heat issues.  This machine is VERY important.  He makes his living using apps on this machine. Downtime must be kept to a absolute minimum.  Apps are 50% Web based and 50% local WINDOWS ONLY software.



MY solution:  Build a a new HYBRID machine that hardware for hardware is a updated clone of my own primary machine.  Based on LinuxMINT 17.3 Cinnamon and run win10 inside a VM for those apps that require it and run chrome or Firefox for the web based stuff from the Linux side..   Backups via clonezilla and copies of the vm file.

Alternate is to run pure win10 with ACRONIS for backup.


The new machine will consist of:
ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 AM3+ AMD 990FX + SB950 8 x SATA 6GB/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard with UEFI BIOS (MILITARY GRADE MB)

16Gb (4x4) G.SKILL Sniper Series 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866 (PC3 14900)

AMD FX-8370 Black Edition 8 Core CPU Processor AM3+ 4300Mhz 125W 16MB

Samsung 850 EVO 250GB 2.5-Inch SATA III Internal SSD  BOOT DRIVE

WD Black 7200 Rpm 1TB DATA drive

Thermaltake Commander MS-I Snow Edition VN40006W2N No PS Mid Tower Case

LG Electronics 14x Internal BDXL Blu-Ray Burner Rewriter WH14NS40

Antec Earthwatts 650W ATX12V/EPS12V 650 Energy Star Certified Power Supply EA-650 Platinum

VisionTek Radeon 7750 SFF 1GB DDR3 3M (2x HDMI, miniDP) Graphics Card - 900574

3 - Noctua NF-F12 PWM Cooling Fans

Thermaltake NiC C5 cpu cooler with 2 push-pull 120mm fans 99 cfm


THE QUESTION TO ALL OF YOU:   DOES THIS SEEM A VIABLE SOLUTION to YOU?


Thanks for your replies.