Improved performance!»

Because my old Shuttle PSU decided to stop working, I had to think seriously if I wanted a replacement PSU (and probably mainboard also) or a new case and a bit more new components. I decided to order completely new components and have been using them for almost a week now.

The new parts (worth mentioning) are:

  • AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition
  • 2× 4GB 1600MHz DDR3 Non-EED CL9 DIMM

These have worked really well this far and I can feel quite a lot difference to the old components. Now Photoshop CS2 is starting in a whopping 4,5 seconds inside VBox with 4,5 GB RAM assigned. Sweet!

Even if the new case (Antec NSK-4000B II) is a bit uglier and bigger than my old one (Shuttle SN27P2), I am reasonably satisfied.

For what comes for the old PC, I am thinking of buying the replacement PSU regardless the 130+€ price tag (and hoping the mainboard isn’t broken – wish me well) and building a gaming PC out of it. I still have the 19″ ViewSonic unused, so in addition to the PSU, the only mandatory new buy would be a harddrive, assuming the mainboard isn’t broken.

December 28, 2009 — Comments Off
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Xubuntu Lucid alpha 1»

Hey everybody, just a quick note that Xubuntu Lucid alpha 1 is here! See the official cdimage.ubuntu.com -page to download the ISO’s or the Torrents. The Torrents are not particularly healthy seeded yet, so any help with them is welcome.

Remember that the Lucid release (10.04) is a Long Term Support release, so we are trying to get the most stable release out – test it as much as you like! Nasty bugs can be filed at Launchpad as usual. Also feel free to pop in at #xubuntu-devel on Freenode to discuss some bugs or annoyances. Also remember to join the official development release channel, #ubuntu+1, also on Freenode.

Have fun testing! Let’s make Xubuntu Lucid better than ever!

December 12, 2009 — 2 comments »
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