Zoostorm 7873-1065

great price. Ideal for running Linux.

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Perfect system to run Linux or Hackintosh, powerful CPU, good amount of RAM and spacious hard drive. Great starting point from which to upgrade too. Motherboard is a Gigabyte GA-H61M-S2PV Rev 2.0 with Intel HD 3000 Graphics. It is well supported by...

Power supply is only 300W, so if you want a new GFX card you probably need a better one (many recommend 500W or more). Case is a little cheap and you may want to add a fan or two. Built in hard drive is a little sluggish (but spacious) so you may want...

Very simple box, a basic but fast machine. Excellent value. Ubuntu 12.04 LTS installs easily, works fine and hibernates/suspends etc without problems. Try it! You could easily spend the hardware cost again on Windows and a few apps.

I agree with Julie - the front USB ports are tight. Fan noise is noticeable, so not a living room machine but fine for the office. At least it is well cooled. Irritatingly, the memory configuration is 8GB + 4GB in the only 2 slots, whereas it could...

Easy access internals, makes adding/changing drives a breeze.

A little on the noisy side and USB ports quite tight.

worth the price