Re: Putting together a computer from old components
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On 11/29/21 6:26 AM, Spiros Bousbouras wrote: > The Intel management engine and the analogous from AMD creep me out so I > want to put a computer together using old processors from before these > facilities came into the picture. Operating system will be Linux. I > already have AMD Sempron and Athlon processors and now I need the rest. > www.pcupgrade.co.uk sells old motherboards. I have a few questions > related to my endeavour : > > Is there any notion of compatibility between computer cases and > motherboards ? If yes , how do I ensure that I get a case such that an old > motherboard (one with an AM2 socket) fits ? > > Are there any issues related to my efforts I should be aware of ? I mean > issues specific to putting a computer together from old parts. > > The only experience I have in putting a computer together is adding > components to a barebones computer but I've never done it from scratch. > > -- > vlaho.ninja/prog There still are beautiful people on this planet, people for whom the fury of either profit or consumption is not a god. There are also these open skeleton )exoskeletal?( arrangements but I hope that buying is not what tickles your fancy (because whereas they cost less to make they sell for more than a real case). https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/G/15/apparel/rcxgs/tile._CB483369412_.gif Simply put, all mobos have at least one ruggedized mounting hole by which they can be suspended from the ceiling if you like. The rest as they say, will become history. Keep at it, we have lost many a good men to progress, proverbial words like 'hacking' to juvenile snotty IT-pranks whereas hacking used to mean exactly what you're trying to do (with due respect to absolute original activity with nachette in hand). Me, I'm dreaming of a white Christmas, not on account of snow but on account of cryogenics, as in submerged (already talking to an appliance hacker for a bar-fridge takedown). -- If DIY were a religion, hmmm ...I just made it one.