Where to sell a Core i3 3220?

[sunspotdragon]

Hey All,

I recently built my first custom PC. While the intention was for gaming, I am a novice IT Admin.(I have 4 months of exp under my belt) I found myself wanting to get better with Linux as I have limited to no knowledge on how to fully operate Linux. I got my self Oracle VM and I am installing a Ubuntu 12.04 VM on my PC. Problem is I find it is moving a little sluggish and I'm thinking my i3 cant cut it. Can anyone recommend a CPU will not break the bank as well as a place to sell the current i3 3220 that I own....it less than 2 months old.

Thank you in advance for your time


My Specs:

MoBo: AsRock Z75 Pro 3
CPU: Core i3 3220
RAM: 8GB of DDR3 @ 1866
GPU: Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition

 

[logainofhades]

Your cheapest upgrade would be in i5 ivy bridge quad core. All depends on how much you are willing to spend. You could try Ebay or Craigslist for the CPU.

 

[rusabus]

Your i3 3220 is more than adequate to run one VM. I'd say you should easily be able to run 3-4 VMs simultaneously as long as you aren't doing intensive tasks on each one at the same time. You'll run out of RAM before your CPU starts presenting bottlenecks.

I personally am no fan of the Oracle VirtualBox. For a free hypervisor, I think VMware Player is much better. On Windows 8, Hyper-V is really good too. If you're running Windows 7, Microsoft Virtual PC is okay, but not as good as VMware Player.

A few questions:
1. What are you using for storage for your VM?
2. Have you enabled the hardware-assisted virtualization features for your CPU? They probably aren't enabled by default. They are usually configured in the BIOS.
3. How much RAM have you given your VM?

--Russel

 

[sunspotdragon]

Thanks for the replies,

I gave my VM 2GB of RAM as well as a 50GB .vhd file for storage. I honestly don't know if the virtualization features are on....that did not occur to me. I'll be checking to see if it is on and then trying the VM once more.

 

[sunspotdragon]

Virtualization was enabled, but I gave VMware a try and it runs much smoother than Oracle. I think ill still keep the i3 until I can afford something nicer.

Thanks for all the help.

 

[sunspotdragon]

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