On Wed, Mar 28, 2018 at 2:18 PM, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk <talk@gtalug.org> wrote:

| From: "Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk" <talk@gtalug.org>

| At long last I have created a final build recipe for my new desktop PC
| to run debian Linux. Replacing an ancient Dell PC running WIndows XP:

The i3-8100 is faster, cheaper, newer and has better graphics hardware
than the i5-6500. Why not use it? Or an even faster "8th gen"
processor?

Perhaps the motherboards are more expensive. I haven't looked. But they
are likely to have a few more modern features.

Not the OP but - - - - one issue I'm seeing - - - my main system (its over 6 years old)

has 8 slots for ram. Almost none of the newer mobos have that many.

(Just one point for where newer isn't always 'better' (whatever that means! - - grin).)

Dee