Thanks. Seems best to stick with my current RAM and video card. I'll also look into vaapi/vdpau and update to 14.04.
Will still get a 256gb/512gb SSD when a good deal comes along. That way I can keep more applications/media on it before moving it to a HDD for longer-term storage.
Looking to enhance my reliable little n40l. I have had it for almost 5 years now and it has served me well as a HTPC/Server, but I am looking to give it some love if possible. Granted its pretty restricted by the CPU, but given the low power consumption I try to live with it and work around it...
Ok, so the strangest(but very fortunate) thing is happening to my display. First, its a dell ultrasharp 2407(or 2408?...was ~5years ago i purchased it so i forget) and I love it to death but I accidentally broke it one day.
By broke it I mean I knocked an xbox 360 over and the corner hit the...