Eh, I currently have 12GBs RAM on a 3+ y.o. I7 system. Next weekend I am likely upgrading to an AMD A10 7850 3.7 quad on the A88X platform with 16GB DDR3 2400 with dedicated video, everything OC-d to max. It’s on order and coming in next week.
Yes, the current system uses a 3 year old Intel an I7 quad overclocked to 3.9Ghz with an ASUS Sabertooth board running 12GB 1600 RAM also overclock to maximum board speeds. The problem with this system is the lack of SATA3 and some aging features. The board already lost its onboard sound and the Sabertooth is the last board for that version of I7 -it replaced a fried Gigabyte I7 board. So I’m stuck in an outdated I7 platform and don’t want to drop $600+ on an I5(K) CPU, board and RAM. So it’s EOL to me at 3+ years.
I also want to upgrade before the new AMD and Intel platforms come out which will not natively support Linux, only MS OSs (IMO hardware drivers + BIOS settings). There’s a run on the latest AMD platform currently. Prices are going up and supply is scarce. I had to buy the MSI mobo on Walmart.com. Amazon was out. Went with the MSI 8 SATA3 ATX ‘gaming’ board and trusting its Milspec hardware to make it past the No-Linux-hardware-support dustup.
http://www.amazon.com/MSI-Computer-Motherboards-A88X-G45-GAMING/dp/B00IC5XZ98
Eight-SATA3-Ports. Supports my 3.5” drive bay hosting 2x SATA3 SSD hot swap drives for SSD-based transferring at SATA3 speed vs. USB3 -which usually share PCI-e lanes. SH estimate is SATA3 is about 4x faster than USB3 due to lane sharing amongst USB3 ports.
Eh, I currently have 12GBs RAM on a 3+ y.o. I7 system. Next weekend I am likely upgrading to an AMD A10 7850 3.7 quad on the A88X platform with 16GB DDR3 2400 with dedicated video, everything OC-d to max. It’s on order and coming in next week.
Only $104 for a very fast processor with high benchmark of 5567. I am stuck with a CPU @2900 benchmark. 8GB ram on one computer and 16gb on the other with the same CPU.
I also want to upgrade before the new AMD and Intel platforms come out which will not natively support Linux, only MS OSs (IMO hardware drivers + BIOS settings). There’s a run on the latest AMD platform currently. Prices are going up and supply is scarce. I had to buy the MSI mobo on Walmart.com. Amazon was out. Went with the MSI 8 SATA3 ATX ‘gaming’ board and trusting its Milspec hardware to make it past the No-Linux-hardware-support dustup.
I never heard of this before. If someone wants to put together a Linux desktop two years from now what does one do for a motherboard. I have been building my own for years. I put an SSD in one last Christmas and they really speed things up
This one would work with Linux?? And the AMD A10 7850 CPU you bought http://www.amazon.com/Gigabyte-A68H-SATA-Motherboards-GA-F2A68HM-H/dp/B00T7XTT6C/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1454618037&sr=1-1&keywords=fm2+motherboard