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+Episode: 2122
+Title: HPR2122: Alpha32's new machine
+Source: https://hub.hackerpublicradio.org/ccdn.php?filename=/eps/hpr2122/hpr2122.mp3
+Transcribed: 2025-10-18 14:35:31
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+This is HPR episode 2,122 entitled Alpha 32's new machine and is part of the series Hardware Upbrains.
+It is hosted by Alpha 32 and is about 8 minutes long.
+The summary is, I will turn you computer.
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+Hello friends, this is Alpha 32 coming to you again from St. Louis.
+Today I wanted to talk to you about my new computer.
+I just recently built a new machine and thought I ought to tell you all about it.
+My old machine was a Dell Optiplex.
+It had a Pentium 4 in it.
+Two gigs, maybe four gigs of RAM.
+And I really needed an upgrade.
+It was a good machine to serve me well for years, but it was time.
+She was getting a little long in the tooth, not really able to handle some of the stuff I was throwing at her.
+And I wanted to play some games, so there you go.
+I went with an AMD chipset on the recommendation of a friend.
+I really was planning on using Intel because I generally hear that they have good support.
+And that's been my experience.
+Good Linux support, I mean.
+I wasn't sure if AMD did and I didn't want to risk it.
+So I was planning on going Intel.
+But if buddy of mine who has a real Linux guru to my eyes uses an Intel or using it uses AMD in his main machine, which is pretty beefy.
+And he loves it.
+It works well for him.
+He doesn't have to do much tweaking unless he wants to, which is always fun.
+A tweaking can be a bit of a blast, huh?
+So I went with a AMD motherboard, or not an AMD motherboard, a Gigabyte motherboard.
+One of their gaming models.
+It was the cheapest and had what I wanted on it.
+To call it ultra durable, I don't know what the deal is.
+Anyways, it's the, it has the AM3 plus socket.
+So I got a AMD CPU as well.
+There's this hex core black edition unlocked, whatever.
+Six cores, three and a half gigahertz, I think.
+So pretty fast.
+I like it so far.
+I've got 16 gigs of RAM in there right now.
+I went with the cheapest RAM for the, you know, for what I wanted.
+The folks at Microsoft Center were having a sale.
+So I got 16 gigs of RAM for 50 bucks.
+Pretty good.
+That's this ballistics.
+What the sticks are called.
+The salesman said that folks generally like it and don't have a lot of problems with those sticks.
+I did.
+When I installed it, my RAM was DOA.
+I might have shocked it or something, I don't know.
+I got some some bad static electricity in there.
+I don't know.
+Whatever.
+Anyways, I returned it, got some good RAM.
+Make sure I was properly grounded next time.
+And installed it and it runs great.
+I've got a, a GeForce graphics card in there because,
+and I should have checked this out before I bought the motherboard,
+but there were no onboard graphics.
+I didn't know that.
+So anyways, that was another add on there that I had to do.
+I got just not the cheapest Nvidia graphics card,
+but just about, it was the next step up.
+I think it's a 730 or something.
+And it works really well.
+It's got HDMI and VGA and,
+I don't remember DVI, maybe, outputs on it.
+So it does pretty well.
+It lets me play my games at decent speeds,
+and it looks good.
+So also in there, I've got Monster Cooler.
+Yeah, they all honken CPU cooler,
+which I was pretty proud of.
+I don't know what the model is,
+but it's from Cooler Master, I believe.
+It's got a massive fan on top of it,
+like a 120 millimeter fan on top, at least.
+It just barely fits inside the case.
+I've got an SSD in there.
+I got an old PNY 120 gig.
+SSD that I took out of one of my other laptops,
+put it in there just for fun,
+because I like SSDs.
+So I've got that for the OS and some of the programs.
+Then I've got a one terabyte Western Digital spinning drive
+that I put in there as well for all my data and all that.
+Now the case is pretty cool too.
+I don't like all this flashy stuff,
+that you get on gaming cases,
+some of the weird shapes and whatnot.
+When you look at some of those alien wares,
+they just look more like spaceships than computers.
+So I went with a fairly cheap one that had good ventilation
+and all the ports that I wanted on the front.
+This one also came with three or four fans.
+It's got a window in the side,
+cable management, which is important.
+And what else?
+Oh, the fans have red LEDs in them,
+which is pretty cool.
+So when you've got it powered on,
+the whole thing lights up and it's kind of pretty.
+On the front I've got two USB 3.0 ports.
+I've got a power button and a reset button.
+I've got headphones and microphone inputs
+and put output, whatever.
+And that's it for the front panel.
+I also put an optical drive in it
+because, yeah, I still use optical media on occasion.
+My girlfriend says that I'm an old band because of it.
+Who uses CDs anymore, right?
+Anyway, so I've got that.
+Got it all assembled and it works like a charm.
+I put a Ubuntu Mate on there and it is a dream.
+Well, I first got a built.
+I had a Ubuntu just straight up Ubuntu
+with Unity Desktop,
+a 16.04 on it.
+And it wasn't great.
+I don't like all the bells and whistles,
+like all the fancy graphical stuff.
+So Unity didn't really work with the way that I work.
+So I ditched that pretty quick
+and went to a Ubuntu Mate,
+which is still pretty.
+And still got some of the graphical bells and whistles,
+but not nearly as much as Unity did.
+And it's got good compatibility with everything.
+It always works.
+I never have any issues with Ubuntu Mate.
+Mr. Winpress does a heck of a job with that thing.
+It is wonderful.
+I'm one who usually switches distros every...
+I'd say every couple months,
+but sometimes it's more like every couple of weeks
+or every couple of days.
+When it's free and easy to get and easy to use, why not?
+But I think I'm going to stay with this Ubuntu Mate for a while.
+I've had it on there for about three or four months,
+and I like it a lot.
+So that's probably going to be a keeper.
+At least until I switch back to Devian
+or something new and fancy comes out,
+and I just have to try it.
+But that is what I've got.
+I just got a new keyboard for it as well,
+one of those blue cherry switches.
+It makes a hell of a racket and annoys my girlfriend,
+but it feels good to type on.
+There's a lot of upgrades here and there.
+I've got that.
+I've got a laser mouse.
+One of those gaming mouse with getting mice
+with all the buttons on it.
+I don't know what all the buttons are for.
+I suppose I'll figure it out.
+If not, I'll just leave them alone.
+So I don't break anything.
+So there you go.
+That is my new machine.
+Built with some AMD components.
+And Ubuntu Mate.
+This is Alpha32. Sign it off.
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