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System Name | Budget Box |
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Processor | Xeon E5-2667v2 |
Motherboard | ASUS P9X79 Pro |
Cooling | Some cheap tower cooler, I dunno |
Memory | 32GB 1866-DDR3 ECC |
Video Card(s) | XFX RX 5600XT |
Storage | WD NVME 1GB |
Display(s) | ASUS Pro Art 27" |
Case | Antec P7 Neo |
So I’m making a shift to Linux Mint, and I have an old Z420 workstation headed my way to be my DD. I’ll be putting in an SSD either way, but I am considering an NVMe drive running on a PCIe card since prices are so good now. My question would be, is it possible to install and boot to Linux in this way, or will I not make it past POST? This Z420 runs Ivy Bridge-E, based off the x79 chipset. If not, I may just RAID a pair of SATA drives.