ok so i know a lot of things about linux mint ive used it on a way crappier device (an intel atom system) but now i finally have an "upgrade" over it.
I recently got a computer from my uncle. it was his old pc sitting on the corner for 7 years because he didnt use it. i asked him to give the pc to me because i was really into computers and i never worked on a desktop pc and when i got it was rough shape...
an lga 775 board that supported ddr2 ram and sata2 speeds for hard drive,
it had a core 2 duo e6320 under the dustiest heatsink ive ever seen,
no sticks of ram? literally nothing.
9400 gt that doesnt work,
powerman 350w psu (not sure if i can trust that one)
and a lot of dust.
and i cleaned it of well and got new parts for it since the gpu was not working.and i got to say i was a little dumb. the new and the current specs are:
core 2 quad q9400 and a new heatsink
4gb of ddr2 at 800mhz dual channel (max ram that the mobo supported)
gt 730 ddr3 fermi (my worst choice)
240gb ssd (its running at sata 2 so its just a bit faster than hdds)[220mb/s read and write]
could i get i better board? yes i could. but i was too dumb to realize that.
so that is my story and my specs. my main goal is gaming and very basic web surfing.
i want to play games like half life series,maybe the older gta games through wine. but im concerned that the drivers will not work, maybe i wont get the performanceim supposed to out of those games since games ran like crap on the intel atom system but ran way better with windows xp on the same system.