Keep in mind it runs at 700 MHZ, that isn't going to be better than your gaming PC. It's great as a multimedia system, but trying to get faster speeds on it v.s your gaming PC. Speed: Raspberry Pi < Gaming PC.
Edit: Even phones nowaday's don't even run at 700 MHZ with 512 MB of RAM. That was 3-4 years ago. But trying to run Linux on that and on top of that trying to achieve speeds greater than a gaming PC, even for just browsing the web and watching YouTube videos isn;t going to happen.
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You must not have used too many Linuxes. Puppy Linux, etc. Is pretty much universally faster than anything running Windows. I have installed that on 10 year old pcs and gotten a snappy responsive interface, on par with a $2000 modern pc (Note, a $5000 video cards does not really improve web browsing speed on either OS).
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You see that's fine, Raspberry Pi's where made to mess around with and for small multimedia centers. But it was NOT made to outperform a Gaming PC in terms of multimedia performance and web browsing.
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I own a Raspberry Pi B+ and I must say that you cannot compare it with a Gaming PC (not even with an old gaming pc). Because this is a single-board pc used to teach programming and computer science, in general. Of course you can use it as a multimedia center, retro console, you can make a home security system or any other project. But you must understand that RPI is not made for performance, as @Angrygamer said RPI's where made to mess around with, to learn.
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I have been eyeing these new mini-computers for a while now; You know the Raspberry PI, or some of the less hack-able varieties like the cubox. Does anyone on this board have experience with any of these. I would love a second, portable, bare-bones computer. And I love the idea of a computer under $100 that will run a mini version of linux at the same speed or better than my pc gaming rig.
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