Re: [Hampshire] Recommendations sought for system upgrade

On 23/08/2013 18:15, James Courtier-Dutton wrote: On Aug 23, 2013 4:39 PM, "Peter Alefounder" > wrote: > Gordon Scott mailto:gor...@gscott.co.uk>> said: > > They say that does have a VGA D-Type. Gigabyte seem unsure .. in one > > place it says yes, in another

Re: [Hampshire] Recommendations sought for system upgrade

On Aug 23, 2013 4:39 PM, "Peter Alefounder" wrote: > > > Thanks to all for the ideas. I will investigate Novatech, Linux > Questions and Ebuyer. > > Gordon Scott said: > > They say that does have a VGA D-Type. Gigabyte seem unsure .. in one > > place it says yes, in another it says no. Odd. > > O

Re: [Hampshire] Recommendations sought for system upgrade

  Thanks to all for the ideas. I will investigate Novatech, Linux Questions and Ebuyer.   Gordon Scott said: > They say that does have a VGA D-Type. Gigabyte seem unsure .. in one > place it says yes, in another it says no. Odd.   Odd indeed. I'm not sure what type of VGA I have, I will look into

Re: [Hampshire] Recommendations sought for system upgrade

Hi. This is my first message here so I would like to say hello to everyone On 2013-08-22 12:38, Pete wrote: > On 22/08/13 13:00, hampshire-request@??? wrote: > > Re: [Hampshire] Recommendations sought for system upgrade > > On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 05:34:04PM +0100, Peter A

Re: [Hampshire] Recommendations sought for system upgrade

On Thursday 22 August 2013 11:20:31 David Anderson wrote: > +1 for Novatech. I have bought several systems from them over the > years, and the last two have been barebones at a very good price. One > running Linux and the other Windows7. > > They have a forum and also a live chat where you might be

Re: [Hampshire] Recommendations sought for system upgrade

On 22/08/13 13:00, hampshire-requ...@mailman.lug.org.uk wrote: > Re: [Hampshire] Recommendations sought for system upgrade On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 05:34:04PM +0100, Peter Alefounder wrote: > ? snip! ? > Is there a web site that lists boards that are good for Linux? Or, > can so

Re: [Hampshire] Recommendations sought for system upgrade

On Wed, 21 Aug 2013 22:08:57 +0100 Lisi wrote: > On Wednesday 21 August 2013 21:51:55 Gordon Scott wrote: > > > which they are selling for 320 pounds. They said this would be > > > cheaper than buying the parts separately as they do a discount for > > > complete machines. > > > > Novatech have so

Re: [Hampshire] Recommendations sought for system upgrade

Ebuyer or overclockers uk currently rocking a Intel I5 3.5ghz ivy bridge setup with 8 gig DDR-3 runs everything I throw at it including numerous Linux distros got a Artic Freezer cooler on it the motherboard only cost me £35 entry MSI job. Have had it running over a year stable as a rock. Sent

Re: [Hampshire] Recommendations sought for system upgrade

On Wednesday 21 August 2013 21:51:55 Gordon Scott wrote: > > which they are selling for 320 pounds. They said this would be > > cheaper than buying the parts separately as they do a discount for > > complete machines. > > Novatech have something that sounds not dissimilar in their barebones > secti

Re: [Hampshire] Recommendations sought for system upgrade

On 21/08/13 17:34, Peter Alefounder wrote: I was considering getting this from Portswood Computers: case with 500W PSU Gigabyte GA-F2A55M-HD2 motherboard AMD Dual Core A4-5300 (3.4GHz) with integrated HD7480G graphics 1 x 4GB DDR3 memory 1333MHz 500GB SATA hard drive SATA DVD+-RW which t

Re: [Hampshire] Recommendations sought for system upgrade

On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 05:34:04PM +0100, Peter Alefounder wrote: >   snip!   > Is there a web site that lists boards that are good for Linux? Or, > can someone make a recommendation? So far, searching with Google has > done nothing but make me think that getting/building a computer that > runs

Re: [Hampshire] Recommendations sought for system upgrade

  I was considering getting this from Portswood Computers:   case with 500W PSU Gigabyte GA-F2A55M-HD2 motherboard AMD Dual Core A4-5300 (3.4GHz) with integrated HD7480G graphics 1 x 4GB DDR3 memory 1333MHz 500GB SATA hard drive SATA DVD+-RW   which they are selling for 320 pounds. They said thi

Re: [Hampshire] Recommendations sought for system upgrade

Old equipment isn't the problem if that was the case why is my Pentium 3 freenas box still in service and kicking ass? :) Sent from my iPhone On 16 Aug 2013, at 12:19, "Peter Alefounder" wrote: > > Pete said: >> Just a thought but you mentioned Southampton in your earlier post. Have >> you

Re: [Hampshire] Recommendations sought for system upgrade

  Pete said: > Just a thought but you mentioned Southampton in your earlier post. Have > you looked in Jamie's Computers   and Ally Biggs said > I work at Jamie's Computers we sell Core 2 Duo mobo bundles from about ?35 > with either 2 of 4 gig of ram all fully tested   Thanks for the mention o

Re: [Hampshire] Recommendations sought for system upgrade

On 15/08/2013 17:14, Peter Alefounder wrote: ... am copying everything to SD cards (slowly, over a USB 1.1 connection). I already have back-ups of all the really important files anyway. You can get new PCI Ethernet cards for under a tenner, or probably scrounge one somewhere. I've been foll

Re: [Hampshire] Recommendations sought for system upgrade

Peter, The "budget box" is similar to http://www.ebuyer.com/407538-zoostorm-desktop-pc-7873-1076 and this listing is only 150 inc vat. it has more ram but less disk space, but you could add a second 1TB for around 50 more, then a few pounds for shipping. an external IDE enclosure is the w

Re: [Hampshire] Recommendations sought for system upgrade

  A Google search led me via www.debian.org/distrib/pre-installed to only Digital Networks UK Ltd as suppliers of computers with Debian.   However, I have now found a local supplier: Portswood Computers. They offer a "budget box" system consisting of: case with 500W PSU, Gigabyte GA-A55M-DS2 mothe

Re: [Hampshire] Recommendations sought for system upgrade

On 14 August 2013 12:19, Peter Alefounder wrote: > Daniel Llewellyn said: > > your mouse might be ps/2 as might your keyboard, > > Mouse is USB (but came with an adaptor plug for ps/2), keyboard is > PS/2. If I must have a new keyboard, so be it. Scanner is USB. > You may be OK with just the on

Re: [Hampshire] Recommendations sought for system upgrade

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[Hampshire] Recommendations sought for system upgrade

-- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2013 13:12:33 +0100 > From: Imran Chaudhry > To: Peter Alefounder , Hampshire LUG > Discussion List > Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Recommendations sought for system upgrade > Message-ID: > > Content-Ty

Re: [Hampshire] Recommendations sought for system upgrade

  Daniel, thanks for your comments. They are indeed helpful and confirm what I thought would be the case: my current system is just too old to be compatible with anything new.   Daniel Llewellyn said: > at least they're not leaking out of the top, and burning with the > heat and air,   not yet, a

Re: [Hampshire] Recommendations sought for system upgrade

On 12 August 2013 18:01, Peter Alefounder wrote: > > A few days ago, my monitor power supply failed (I got a new one from > Maplin, so no problem with that, now). Electrolytic capacitors in > the old one were bulging a bit on top. As my computer is the same > age (I assembled it in 2002) I thought

Re: [Hampshire] Recommendations sought for system upgrade

On 13 August 2013 15:04, Peter B. wrote: > Cheap case - zoostorm jobby with all parts included except OS > > http://www.ebuyer.com/store/Computer/cat/Desktop-PC > +1 for zoostorm. I have an Intel i7 based one as my desktop and has worked just fine. > U could probably reuse your power supply as w

Re: [Hampshire] Recommendations sought for system upgrade

Cheap case - zoostorm jobby with all parts included except OS http://www.ebuyer.com/store/Computer/cat/Desktop-PC Reuse HDDs / SSDs and RAM (Change RAM when mobo gets outdated to that point). Most drives can be plugged in to most mobos - with the help of either an adapter cable or a pair of sciss

Re: [Hampshire] Recommendations sought for system upgrade

On Tuesday 13 August 2013 13:12:33 Imran Chaudhry wrote: > b) buy a quality case and just upgrade the motherboard (and other > components) every 5 years or so. I've done this for the last 15 years > or so with an Antec Sonata ATX case. This can fall over as a strategy. I have an Antec Game Boy, w

Re: [Hampshire] Recommendations sought for system upgrade

Hi Peter, It all depends on your use-case and budget. If it was me, I would do one of two things: a) buy just a new Linux-friendly base unit from somewhere that will supply without Windows. Somewhere like Novatech can do this for <£200 I think. or (what I do) b) buy a quality case and just upgr

Re: [Hampshire] Recommendations sought for system upgrade

On Monday 12 Aug 2013 18:01:41 Peter Alefounder wrote: > So, I am thinking of upgrading my system. I would certainly want a > new main board, and I understand that means a new processor as well. It depends a bit on whether you have time or money to spend, and what sort of spec you are after. If y

Re: [Hampshire] Recommendations sought for system upgrade

On 12 August 2013 18:01, Peter Alefounder wrote: > > A few days ago, my monitor power supply failed (I got a new one from > Maplin, so no problem with that, now). Electrolytic capacitors in > the old one were bulging a bit on top. As my computer is the same > age (I assembled it in 2002) I though

[Hampshire] Recommendations sought for system upgrade

  A few days ago, my monitor power supply failed (I got a new one from Maplin, so no problem with that, now). Electrolytic capacitors in the old one were bulging a bit on top. As my computer is the same age (I assembled it in 2002) I thought I had better examine that as well. One capacitor on the m