Hard Disk: Get a nice big USB one and be done with it. $100.
Graphics card: I like NVidia's, but it really doesn't matter, since you're not going for a gaming card. Don't get the cheapest one out there or you'll probably wind up regretting it in small ways, but you probably don't have to go much better than $40.
RAM: RAM is cheap, although it gets cheaper as your computer gets newer. Older RAM is still more expensive. Kingston RAM is good, reliable, and reasonably-priced.
In terms of USB Hard Disk, is that going to interfere with moving all my music to the disk and playing from it?
#1: As long as your machine is using USB 2.0, that shouldn't be a problem in theory.
#1.5: I, however, have not tested this theory. My external drive is purely backup.
#2: But you could always move all your *non-music* off the internal drive instead.
#3: Internal drives are usually cheaper than externals. And almost every computer has a spare SATA port on the MB. And almost every place where you can buy "a hard drive" will also install it for you for free, which is always kinda nice.
Yeah, not going for a gaming card makes my life a whole lot cheaper. I just had no idea what to look for.
If you're not doing gaming - like, not any gaming, at all, ever - why are you not just living with onboard video?
re the USB 2.0 Also not sure if Debian will have it's own little quirks. Actually, I can test that with an external drive at home *slaps head*
What I should do is take a backup of my windows partition, so I can blow it away and reinstall it.
Then I could use different drives for Debian and Doze.
I know I have spare ports, was initially looking at an internal drives. Either they'll install it or I'll make dinner for a geek friend to do it for me :)
In theory I may do some gaming under doze, but that's very theoretical. In practice because I've grown up with the belief it's better to have them separate, not least because the onboard card is using some of the ram. But also because separate components good if something goes down.
I actually *do* use USB external drives under Debian and Ubuntu. And no, no issues. Just plug, wait for the "USB detected" notice, and mount. If you're running a desktop version, it will self-mount.
Graphics card: I like NVidia's, but it really doesn't matter, since you're not going for a gaming card. Don't get the cheapest one out there or you'll probably wind up regretting it in small ways, but you probably don't have to go much better than $40.
RAM: RAM is cheap, although it gets cheaper as your computer gets newer. Older RAM is still more expensive. Kingston RAM is good, reliable, and reasonably-priced.
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Hardware really isn't my forte, hence putting it up for the many computer people on mg friends list :)
In terms of USB Hard Disk, is that going to interfere with moving all my music to the disk and playing from it?
Yeah, not going for a gaming card makes my life a whole lot cheaper. I just had no idea what to look for.
Ah Kingston is the name I was trying to remember - I would have seen it when i started looking up stuff, but figured since I was asking anyway....
Ta for assistance.
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#1: As long as your machine is using USB 2.0, that shouldn't be a problem in theory.
#1.5: I, however, have not tested this theory. My external drive is purely backup.
#2: But you could always move all your *non-music* off the internal drive instead.
#3: Internal drives are usually cheaper than externals. And almost every computer has a spare SATA port on the MB. And almost every place where you can buy "a hard drive" will also install it for you for free, which is always kinda nice.
Yeah, not going for a gaming card makes my life a whole lot cheaper. I just had no idea what to look for.
If you're not doing gaming - like, not any gaming, at all, ever - why are you not just living with onboard video?
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Also not sure if Debian will have it's own little quirks.
Actually, I can test that with an external drive at home *slaps head*
What I should do is take a backup of my windows partition, so I can blow it away and reinstall it.
Then I could use different drives for Debian and Doze.
I know I have spare ports, was initially looking at an internal drives. Either they'll install it or I'll make dinner for a geek friend to do it for me :)
In theory I may do some gaming under doze, but that's very theoretical. In practice because I've grown up with the belief it's better to have them separate, not least because the onboard card is using some of the ram. But also because separate components good if something goes down.
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It won't self mount the way my machine is setup, discovered that recently with another drive, but can permanently mount it no trouble.
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