Sparked by Laurie's thread, but different so I don't want to hijack it.
My desktop PC (Intel G630 w/ 8GB RAM) is a bit slow these days. It is used
for those wonderfully high memory applications we call web browsers, and
for running VMs, and runs 24/7. Ubuntu 14.04 as the O/S.
I'd like to upgrade the motherboard and processor (and the RAM if
necessary) whilst retaining the rest of the box. What would be a good
motherboard and CPU combo for the above on a budget of say £150-£200? (I'd
want the motherboard to support at least 16GB RAM, 4x SATA and have USB3
but other than that I'm not too fussy. I currently have onboard graphics
and continuing that way makes sense for my usage, but happy to look at
alternatives.)
Energy usage is something I would like to keep an eye on when the system is
idle, but I don't want it to be held back when I actually want it to do
something.
Mark
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