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Gawd
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I'm planning to build a spare rig from old parts:
- Intel Pentium E5200 2.5GHz cpu
- Biostar G31M+ LGA775 motherboard
- 2x 1GB DDR2-800 ram
- WD 80GB SATA hdd
WinXP will definitely run fast on it. But I'm thinking of Ubuntu too. I've heard Linux has lower system requirements than M$ Windows. How true is this? Will Ubuntu run faster than XP on this rig?
Alternate is to go through the hassle to build a hackintosh. I believe this is the toughest but I do heard nice story about how smooth OS X runs on old hardware.
The main usage of this rig is basic internet surfing, or probably just scanning my thumbdrive for viruses/worms in case my main gaming rig (runs on Win10) fails to detect it.
Any opinion is appreciated. Thanks in advance.
EDIT: Built complete.
EDIT2: Bought a used Aigo Blade II casing for less than $20. Previous owner has lost all the PCI slot covers.
EDIT3: Addon GeForce GT 440 + swap 2x1GB ram with 2x2GB ram.
- Intel Pentium E5200 2.5GHz cpu
- Biostar G31M+ LGA775 motherboard
- 2x 1GB DDR2-800 ram
- WD 80GB SATA hdd
WinXP will definitely run fast on it. But I'm thinking of Ubuntu too. I've heard Linux has lower system requirements than M$ Windows. How true is this? Will Ubuntu run faster than XP on this rig?
Alternate is to go through the hassle to build a hackintosh. I believe this is the toughest but I do heard nice story about how smooth OS X runs on old hardware.
The main usage of this rig is basic internet surfing, or probably just scanning my thumbdrive for viruses/worms in case my main gaming rig (runs on Win10) fails to detect it.
Any opinion is appreciated. Thanks in advance.
EDIT: Built complete.
EDIT2: Bought a used Aigo Blade II casing for less than $20. Previous owner has lost all the PCI slot covers.
EDIT3: Addon GeForce GT 440 + swap 2x1GB ram with 2x2GB ram.
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