-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, Jun 06, 2007 at 09:54:01PM -0400 Douglas Allan Tutty said: > On Wed, Jun 06, 2007 at 11:15:06PM +0200, Gilles Sadowski wrote: > > > > 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
<snip> > I chose AMD since IMHO Intel and MS are kissing siblings. I have the > Asus M2N-SLI Deluxe; I didn't need the Wifi. I have used both Intel and AMD dual-core and find AMD better for my work; I'm basing this on one thing, the speed of processing video files. I had an ASUS A8N-SLI motherboard but the graphics cooler died and I could only get a GA-K8NF-9 as replacement. > Everyone has both favorite and horror stories about every hard drive > manufacturer. <snip> I've found the smaller WD drives to be flaky; the bigger SATA ones are as good or as bad as Seagate. You won't find drives of the quality of the Quantum Fireball anymore. > The hardest problem on a computer to track down is flaky memory so > choose wisely. Also, I would recommend ECC. I went with Kingston 1 GB > stick, ECC-800. I'll add a second soon followed by a pair of 2 GB. First thing after building, boot from a Knoppix live CD and run memtest to pick up any memory errors. I agree about Kingston. <snip> > I don't see anything that would be inherently a no-go with linux but I > do know from reading this list that wifi is interesting. make sure its > covered. If you're going wi-fi make sure the chipset is supported; many wireless chipsets have no Linux drivers. My experience with AMD64 is now dated but have a look if you wish: http://www.gnubies.com/linux/debian_amd64.html HTH Sam - -- (Sam Varghese) http://www.gnubies.com The years teach much which the days never knew. My PGP key: http://www.gnubies.com/encryption/sign.txt -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGZ59XZyXhknb+33gRAkJsAJ43CAdNhCEfFokBixfj9pZm+YoNXACfdraI kmQ8yVPYTBzN6F2sJG/V9nk= =5Fh1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]