On 09/18/08 14:07, Dotan Cohen wrote:
I am building a new desktop machine for home use (no gaming, but we
will output DVD and MPEG movies to the TV). I would appreciate the
Debian community's opinion regarding my hardware selection, as this is
the first non-MS machine that I am building. I have tried to select
components known to work with either Debian or Linux in general, these
are the components:
Athlon 64 5200+
http://products.amd.com/en-us/DesktopCPUDetail.aspx?id=39
Asus M3A board
http://www.asus.com/products.aspx?modelmenu=2&model=1934&l1=3&l2=149&l3=592&l4=0
(we need both IDE and SATA, as my current 500GB hard drives are IDE)
2 GB Kingston Value memory
One of these video cards:
http://www.asus.com/products.aspx?modelmenu=2&model=1720&l1=2&l2=6&l3=551&l4=0
http://www.asus.com/products.aspx?l1=2&l2=8&l3=634&l4=0&model=2051&modelmenu=1
I am leaning towards the second card because of the quiet fanless
design, but I am a bit concerned about a fanless card. It also
mentions OpenGL 2.0 compliance, which sounds good.
Optiarc AD-7200S DVD±RW sata DVD burner
http://www.sonynec-optiarc.eu/en/exhibits/half-height-drives/ad-7200s
This machine will likely flip flop between Debian and Fedora about
once per year, with the occasional test drive of a different distro,
if my past experience is an indicator. I am on a budget, so I tried to
cut corners but not too many. Any advice and suggestions regarding the
hardware mentioned are much appreciated. Thanks.
What ever mobo you choose, make sure that it doesn't require Windows
to upgrade the BIOS.
--
Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA
"Do not bite at the bait of pleasure till you know there is no
hook beneath it." -- Thomas Jefferson
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