On Wed, Jun 06, 2007 at 09:54:01PM -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > I chose AMD since IMHO Intel and MS are kissing siblings. I have the > Asus M2N-SLI Deluxe; I didn't need the Wifi.
Based on the amount of code contribution coming from intel to the linux kernel, I would very much disagree with that. I think intel has questionable marketing practices, but I don't think they care one way or another if microsoft does well. > Everyone has both favorite and horror stories about every hard drive > manufacturer. I've had 2 WD drives, both died within 8 years. I've had > 2 Seagate prior to my current 2; none have died, one is old > (whenever 850 MB was HUGE, EXPENSIVE, and a specialty item. I bought it > used for $20. The other is a positively ancient 171 MB drive that I > found in the dump; dried it up, ran badblocks (found none)... > > I don't know about WDs SATA but if you go with Seagate, they come with a > jumper on them for SATA-I that you have to remove for SATA-II > performance. WD had trouble with their 810MB drives. That was a long time ago. Seagate seems to have had major trouble figuring out how to make non buggy SATA firmware, which has caused trouble with a number of controllers. I hope they ahve it figured out by now. I have not had trouble with WD SATA drives, they are fast, run very quiet, and so far have been reliable. > 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. > > I don't know what the Zalman fan is for. I got my AMD CPU in an AMD box > with a CPU fan with a warning that if I used another it would void the > warranty. My CM-Stacker case came with a blow-hole fan, 3 front fans in > drive bays, I put the PSU in the bottom and added 2 80mm fans to the > upper PSU bay, plus I added the CM cross-flow fan. I don't think it voids the warrenty. On the other hand the serial number for your warrenty is on the cpu fan. > 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. I didn't see wifi on the list. I didn't see a dvd writer either. PX760 is rather nice, and pxfw can update the firmware from linux on it. -- Len Sorensen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]