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Specs update for DELL XPS 9100 / OS
Greetings; First of all lets be clear that; I understand this sort of thread has been discussed many times here on PC. I understand that there are members who will direct me to the PC's Search engine. I also understand that should this thread fail, it will face a huge number of "oh this thread again," gifs and images. I… -
Re: Specs update for DELL XPS 9100 / OS
you can always buy parts to add, its a matter of what kind of board dell put in and how expansive it is and what it can support. Do you have anything specific you want to upgrade? Parts seem good only thing that might help is jumping to 8gb of memory you would probably have to swap out all memory and make a total swap.… -
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I am planning to update the Ram mem to about 16-24gb, update the gpu and buy another storage possibly SSD to speed up the system. Hopefully it isnt vender locked in. (That was my main concern.) This is the motherboard As for the VMs; VBox is good because you can run different VMs but the disadvantage of it is you cant run… -
Re: Specs update for DELL XPS 9100 / OS
You can dedicate the old PC to a Storage Area Netowork and or Network Attached storage for networking between your systems and different OSes, for Web development, Testing different OSes and applications on it using VMs(Ya I think I got it now that no one here ever heard of VMware so I'll stop bringing that into this… -
Re: Specs update for DELL XPS 9100 / OS
Actually look at that link. Its an organization that specifically certifies recycled who recycle where they are. Not going to third world countries. We use one of the certified ones here for our old machinery at work. -
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Donate to the local goodwill, we have a goodwill "reboot" store that deals specifically with computer equipment, its a great avenue for lower income families to buy computers. Build a spare parts computer and give to a family member as an upgrade. Use as HTPC/media center/file server/etc. Sell spare parts on ebay so… -
Re: Specs update for DELL XPS 9100 / OS
What sort of upgrades are you looking to do? Easiest thing to do is upgrading the ram, which may give improvements in very ram heavy application (ie: zbrush or mudbox) Upgrading the GPU is super easy as well Upgrading the HDD to something like a SSD will boost load times, and file loading/saving and general system… -
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It's a PC, nothing is vendor locked. -
Re: Specs update for DELL XPS 9100 / OS
Oh hell no don't recycle electronics! Reuse yes, but don't recycle them. I don't like e-cycling any more than you do oXYnary, most of it just goes to some 3rd world country that's happy to have some kind of money flowing in. They don't handle it correctly, they just do what is "uncool" to do in the US, they landfill it.… -
Re: Specs update for DELL XPS 9100 / OS
Donate the spare parts to charity (poor people need computers too) or squirrel them away and build media servers/arcade cabinets, or whatever out of them. I don't trust e-waste recyclers, 9 times out of 10 they just ship it to a third world country and dump it in a pit. Or buy some power tools, anything will fit in an old…
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