On Thursday, July 13, 2006, 3:24:29 PM, Dan LaBine wrote: DL> rikona wrote: >> DL> Asking this question is like asking to start a flame war. >> >> Didn't mean to do that.....
DL> No, I realize that you didn't mean to, I just figured that all the DL> lurkers would jump in on this thread and voice their opinions, DL> which would lead to an argument. It happens for the strangest of DL> reasons. I've noticed...... :-)) >> Of note is that the MD site does NOT list any Via chipsets for >> 2006. Is there something that makes them not work with 2006? DL> Either MD forgot to mention them or they just work so well that it DL> wasn't worth putting on the site, but I have absolutely no DL> problems with Asus motherboards, Via chipsets and Linux. Good news. I'm leaning heavily in that direction... DL> On a side note, do yourself and your friend a BIG favour. No DL> matter which CPU you go with, buy a tube of 'Arctic Silver' DL> thermal paste and put a layer of it between the CPU and the heat DL> sink on the CPU cooling fan. I do use that, but thanks much for the suggestion - it is good stuff. DL> Also, you should be able to get your supplier to mount the CPU and DL> Ram before you take it with you and they can do a test boot to DL> make sure that everything works before you take it home. It might DL> cost you a few dollars (more often than not, they won't charge you DL> anything for that), but you'll know that they work and there won't DL> be any question about whether you damaged anything during the DL> assembly. Depends on the place. In some, that would probably result in destroyed hardware ["pass me the hammer so I can get the CPU in right"]. Others are OK and will do the boot test, a good idea. >> She's not (yet) an intensive user, but seems to be getting into it >> more and more. Perhaps watching the first few DVD's will do it. :-) DL> Yup. Very true. I recommend a P4 at least, with 1 MB of CPU cache DL> as a minimum. That way she won't be in a hurry to upgrade and the DL> system will do a very nice, smooth job of DVD playback. Multimedia DL> apps can suck the life out of a system almost as fast as onboard DL> video adapters, so get her a decent CPU and save yourself some DL> hassles. Thanks for the good viewpoint. >> I wasn't thinking of that solution, although she was using an S3 >> card, IIRC, and doesn't complain. Without gaming, it would seem as >> though it is ok - but when video comes, it might be a rather >> different story. DL> Trust me. It will become a major issue when she tries to do more DL> and more with this new system. It's a natural thing when you see DL> your new computer running much faster - you just gotta try it out DL> and push the limits. Video is where a lot of the work on a PC DL> takes place, more than most other things. A cheap NVidia card with DL> 128 MB's of ram will run her about $60.00 Canadian and will make a DL> huge difference in how fast the system runs, especialy when she's DL> running several apps in the background while watching a DVD or DL> working with Gimp or something similar. You make a good point. She probably will run video when she finds out she can. Might as well do it now, or I'll have to do it later. :-)) >> That was a very nice short summary. Again, many thanks.... >> DL> NP Rikona. Glad to help. You have been quite helpful, and I - oops - we appreciate that! -- rikona mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ____________________________________________________ Want to buy your Pack or Services from Mandriva? Go to http://store.mandriva.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrivaclub.com ____________________________________________________
