Dell Inspiron 531
From Eugene Eric Kim
I bought this in 2007. I'm going to convert it into a media center PC in May 2013. Current specs:
- Primary OS is Ubuntu Jaunty Jackalope
- Runs Windows Vista virtualized using VirtualBox
- Media file server served via NFS and VirtualBox Shared Folders
Memory
PC2-4200/5300/6400 DDR2 SDRAM DIMMs. This site recommends maximizing the memory in each bank. Also see this site.
Hard Disk
The default max capacity is two 500GB drives. Upgrading BIOS to 1.0.13 (suggested by this piece) boosted the capacity. I now have two 1TB drives in there.
Video
EVGA GEFORCE 8400GS 1GB. Replaced a Nvidia GEFORCE 9400GT, which now resides in my Hackintosh. Used this post as a guide to help determine which video card to get.
History
- April 3, 2013
- Migrated to my Hackintosh as my primary machine. Swapped out my video card and my DVD-RW for a Blu-Ray drive.
- June 22, 2009
- Upgraded BIOS to 1.0.13.