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First linux build worth it?

13chaz13
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I have barely used linux and would love to get to grips with it


 


I'm a student so I don't have much money but all I plan on doing is messing around with linux to learn the basics and apart from that I will just be using it for internet browsing and maybe gaming if possible (not too bothered)


 


I have seen the GA-J1800N-D2H motherboard for £36 online ( http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4881#ov ) and wanted to know if it is worth buying for a build like this?


 


For the rest of the build I have seen 4gb ram for £19 and a case for £18-25 depending on what I decide I like


 


I have a couple of hard drives and an old dell power supply that I can use to begin (I would like to get an ssd eventually and a slightly better psu)


 


Is this worth building for a beginner? (both in building and linux) and if anyone has suggestions I would really appreciate it, cheers.


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I have barely used linux and would love to get to grips with it

 

I'm a student so I don't have much money but all I plan on doing is messing around with linux to learn the basics and apart from that I will just be using it for internet browsing and maybe gaming if possible (not too bothered)

 

I have seen the GA-J1800N-D2H motherboard for £36 online ( http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4881#ov ) and wanted to know if it is worth buying for a build like this?

 

For the rest of the build I have seen 4gb ram for £19 and a case for £18-25 depending on what I decide I like

 

I have a couple of hard drives and an old dell power supply that I can use to begin (I would like to get an ssd eventually and a slightly better psu)

 

Is this worth building for a beginner? (both in building and linux) and if anyone has suggestions I would really appreciate it, cheers.

 

Do you have another computer already? You could just dual boot with a linux distro like ubuntu. 

Fine you want the PSU tier list? Have the PSU tier list: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/1116640-psu-tier-list-40-rev-103/

 

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