On 5/22/07, Paul G. Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Tue, 2007-05-22 at 12:14 -0700, Bob La Quey wrote:
> How about four of these:
> Form Factor Mid-Tower
> PCI Slots (Total) 2
> Expansion Slots 7
> Processor Brand AMD
> Processor Class Athlon 64 X2
> Processor Number 4600
> Processor Speed 64 X2 4600+ / 2.40GHz
> Memory Type DDR2 577MHz
> Total Memory 2.0GB
> Interface SATA II
> Hard Drive Capacity 160GB
> Optical Drive Type DVD±RW Dual Layer DVD-ROM
> Audio Description Integrated Audio
> Graphics Description PCI-Express Video Card
> Video Memory 256MB Memory
> Communications Description Integrated LAN Support
> Data Transfer Rate 10Mbps 100Mbps 1000Mbps
> Power 585 Watt
> Mouse Type Optical
> Buttons 3
What motherboard and chipset(s)? (Looking quickly at the link, I didn't
see it listed, maybe I missed it.) One of the most important things to
do is to research the MoBo and chipsets used to see how they rate and if
there are any common problems and/or gotchas.
Gigabyte GA-M61PM-S2 Motherboard
GIGABYTE Technology latest S series motherboards for AMD socket AM2
platform. The new S series motherboards GA-M61PM-S2; supporting AMD
new generation AM2 processor with dual channel DDR2 800MHz high
frequency memories.
- Socket: AM2
- Chipset: NVidia Geforce 6100 + nForce 430
- Integrated NVIDIA CineFX 3.0 Graphics Engine
- Supports dual channel DDR2 800/667/533/400 DIMMs
- 1 x PCI-E x 16 / 1 x PCI-E x 1/ 2 x PCI
- Gigabit LAN
- 4 x SATA 3Gb/s
- RAID 0,1,0+1,5
http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/Motherboard/Products_Overview.aspx?ProductID=2373
Price $75 to $125
I have been considering building a system from the mobo up
using the ASUS M2N32 WS Professional Motherboard
http://www.motherboards.org/reviews/motherboards/1666_2.html
Quite a bit more expensive at Price ~ $260
I like Asus and have had good expereinces with them.
Before I had QUAKE buy this Asus A8N-E based system, I looked up some
benchmarks, tests, etc. to see if there was anything negative and how
much positive. From what I found it's a very good board. I then selected
an NVIDIA video card (best type for Linux use) and had extra memory
added. Been happily running Linux on it for a while now. FWIW, this
system was selected for development of Java, web, and graphics [graphics
for web content]).
For the Asus board I am looking at the graphics card
NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT 256MB DDR3
http://www.xfxforce.com/web/product/listConfigurations.jspa?seriesId=185563&productId=185994
I've also found in the past that the DVD burners and sometimes the HDDs
they put into bundled systems are not always high quality. In one case -
a pair of systems I bought for my wife and I in 2001 - the DVD drives
were crap, and I would have known it if I'd researched them before the
purchase (all kinds of complaints about them dieing shortly after
purchase, like both of ours did).
It is sounding more and more like I want to do component selection
carefully and then build my own systems. Or pay an arm and aleg for
a higher quality system ...
BobLQ
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