Hello. I'm also inquiring about hardware for a new system. Based on previous posts (with some replacements for parts I didn't readily found in the closest shop), here is my tentative list (with alternative choices):
CPU Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 CPU AMD Athlon64 5000 RAM 1024MB DDR2-6400 800Mhz Fan Zalman CNPS9500 MB (Intel CPU) Asus P5N32-E SLI + S775 DualX16 FSB1333 FW GbLan MB (Intel CPU) Intel Mbo DP965LT-Skt LGA775/1066/DDR2-800/SATA/IDE/1394 MB (AMD CPU) Asus M2N32-SLI Deluxe-AM2/SATA/Wifi/DDR2-800/G HDD WD 320GB SATA HDD WD 160GB SATA HDD Seagate 160GB 8MB SATA-II HDD Seagate 320GB 16MB SATA-II Case Silverstone TJ01-SI (No power supply) Case Antec Atlas (TruePower Trio 550W) Power Fortron Blue Storm 500W 23dB Power Silverstone ST50EF-Plus (recommended) Graphics Asus Extreme N7600GT Silencer 256MB Screen Samsung 205BW Screen Samsung SyncMaster 226BW (recommended) Screen ViewSonic VG2230wm Headset Plantronics 340 Microphone Plantronics Audio 15 Keyboard Cherry Cymotion Expert G86 Black USB Mouse Logitech MX40 Laser Is there some reason to avoid some of the above HW (e.g. no linux support, bad components,...)? What would be the preferred choice (for CPU, MB, HDD, case, screen, power supply, fans)? Is it safe to assume that currently, an AMD CPU performance is equivalent to an Intel CPU at about the same price? Best regards. Gilles -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]