I've got this old Asus RX480 board (ROG STRIX-RX480-8G-GAMING) that I've been using for mining ethereum in a headless Linux environment (Ubuntu server) until recently. It's been running with a modded BIOS (ever so slightly overclocked RAM @2050MHz compared to the stock setting at @2000MHz)...
I recently completed a build based around an AM2 6000+. Not any problems really, but I do think the system doesn't perform quite as well as it should given the hardware so I thought I'd ask around for suggestions regarding what bottlenecks to look for hard- and software-wise.
The system is...
A couple of weeks ago I made the (obviously bad) call of buying an ATI 2400PRO (AGP) for my ageing system. This was to be considered the last upgrade (from a 9200SE) before the inevitable change of system, which I was hoping to postpone another year or two by taking this step. This far it has...