Re: [Staffslug] Slower hardware performance [and off-topic yearing for the good old days] [was Re: Zip Drive]
On 03/01/07, Kris Douglas <webbox.uk(a)gmail.com> wrote:
That is all true, you can get one of those old machines that have 6
ram
slots and then buy some slightly newer, faster and bigger ram and the
machine is perfect for linux...the CPU may only be a p3 866 but it will run
everything the normal web browser and E-Mailer will want to use...those old
machines had lots of ram slots because the ram was only available in small
quantities..like 64mb a stick...but i have some 512 sticks that will fit in
those slots and work fine...so its not always the CPU that it needs...its
the ram that it guzzles...
Ah, you do have to make sure the RAM is compatible with the mobo
though :-) You can't just stick in any old RAM of course. In fact,
older RAM is far more expensive - not to mention slower performance
wise - than new, modern RAM. Crazy situation but true. Sometimes
it's actually as cheap to scrap an old mobo and buy a new one together
with a new CPU and much cheaper RAM. I've been there, sadly :-(
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