Re: [ubuntu-uk] pc parts compatibility

[Farran]

On Tue, 2008-01-01 at 19:18 +, Rob Beard wrote:

> Farran wrote:
> > 
> > use the shiny graphics on Ubuntu, possibly delve into Video Editing... 
> > and prove to my friends that Linux is better than Windows :P!
> > 
> > Aria still do not have that m/b in stock, so I might get that and the 
> > graphics card from Novatech.
> 
> Actually the shiny graphics work on my other half's IBM Thinkpad with a 
> Celeron M 1.4 and Intel on-board graphics, so I'd say any 3D graphics 
> card (ATI or NVidia) would happily do the job.  I'd think it would be 
> the same for video editing too (although for Video Editing, Firewire 
> *might* be useful if you're going to be importing video from a DV video 
> camera, oh and bags of hard drive space regardless).
> 
> Rob
> 
> 


how's novatech as a manufacturer? Want my graphics card from them:
http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?NOV-86GT1. 
And just to check, I'm hopeful that this is the correct motherboard:
http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.jsp?GIG-5CDS3R, although I
was hoping for an nForce one. Could someone pick me a decent one please,
as I really have no idea who makes good hardware etc. Needs to be: about
£100, support DDR2 (and possibly 3), minimum 4GB ram and be socket 775
(Intel).

Thankyou :D

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] pc parts compatibility

[Rob Beard]

Farran wrote:
> 
> use the shiny graphics on Ubuntu, possibly delve into Video Editing... 
> and prove to my friends that Linux is better than Windows :P!
> 
> Aria still do not have that m/b in stock, so I might get that and the 
> graphics card from Novatech.

Actually the shiny graphics work on my other half's IBM Thinkpad with a 
Celeron M 1.4 and Intel on-board graphics, so I'd say any 3D graphics 
card (ATI or NVidia) would happily do the job.  I'd think it would be 
the same for video editing too (although for Video Editing, Firewire 
*might* be useful if you're going to be importing video from a DV video 
camera, oh and bags of hard drive space regardless).

Rob


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Re: [ubuntu-uk] pc parts compatibility

[Andrew Jenkins]

 > Farran wrote:
> 
> use the shiny graphics on Ubuntu, possibly delve into Video Editing... 
> and prove to my friends that Linux is better than Windows :P!
> 

You don't need a new motherboard to prove the last bit, just
switch your machine on... that should be enough.

Andy.

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] pc parts compatibility

[Farran]

On Mon, 2007-12-24 at 10:25 +, Rob Beard wrote:

> Farran wrote:
> 
> > 
> > errr... which Fenton?
> > Found a tempting m/b, 
> > https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Motherboards/Socket+775+%28Intel%29/Gigabyte+GA-P35C-DS3R+Socket+775+Motherboard+?productId=27303.
> >  
> > Looks nice, and (I think) Gigabyte are good, aren't they? And it 
> > supports DDR2 and 3, so there's room to upgrade :D.
> > 
> > ===
> > Farran Lee
> > I'm only 15 :-P
> > 
> 
> Yup, Gigabyte do make good boards.  Bear in mind you can't use DDR2 and 
> DDR3 memory in the motherboard at once, although as you say it has room 
> to upgrade when DDR3 memory gets cheaper (you'll just have to either 
> dump or sell the older DDR2 memory).
> 
> What exactly do you want to do with the system?
> 
> Rob
> 


use the shiny graphics on Ubuntu, possibly delve into Video Editing...
and prove to my friends that Linux is better than Windows :P!

Aria still do not have that m/b in stock, so I might get that and the
graphics card from Novatech.

===
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I'm only 15 :-P
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] pc parts compatibility

[Rob Beard]

Farran wrote:

> 
> errr... which Fenton?
> Found a tempting m/b, 
> https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Motherboards/Socket+775+%28Intel%29/Gigabyte+GA-P35C-DS3R+Socket+775+Motherboard+?productId=27303.
>  
> Looks nice, and (I think) Gigabyte are good, aren't they? And it 
> supports DDR2 and 3, so there's room to upgrade :D.
> 
> ===
> Farran Lee
> I'm only 15 :-P
> 

Yup, Gigabyte do make good boards.  Bear in mind you can't use DDR2 and 
DDR3 memory in the motherboard at once, although as you say it has room 
to upgrade when DDR3 memory gets cheaper (you'll just have to either 
dump or sell the older DDR2 memory).

What exactly do you want to do with the system?

Rob

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] pc parts compatibility

[Kris Douglas]

On 23/12/2007, LeeGroups <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> All x86 PC's all work fine with a generic VGA driver the comes with a
> modern OS. That said Ubuntu comes with both the open source NV driver
> for Nvidia cards, and the closed source Nvidia driver written by Nvidia,
> the manufacturer of the Nvidia chips, so you don't need to download
> anything from anywhere...
>
>
In a nutshell.

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] pc parts compatibility

[LeeGroups]

>
>
> Confused a little bit - at the bottom of
> 
> http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/Motherboard/Products_Spec.aspx?ClassValue=Motherboard&ProductID=2551&ProductName=GA-P35C-DS3R
> 
> 
> it says "Due to different Linux support condition provided by
> chipset vendors, please download Linux driver from chipset
> vendors' website or 3rd party website. " How would this be
> possible? (Sorry if I sound thick). When would you download the
> driver, because the system wouldn't be able to run until the
> motherboard is set up would it? Or would it download a generic
> driver, and then you manually replace it with a specific one?
>
> ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com
> 
> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-ukhttps://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
>
>
> No idea... But I have a GByte and it works fine. I recommend them, 
> actually. And the Fenton in stoke..
>
>
All x86 PC's all work fine with a generic VGA driver the comes with a 
modern OS. That said Ubuntu comes with both the open source NV driver 
for Nvidia cards, and the closed source Nvidia driver written by Nvidia, 
the manufacturer of the Nvidia chips, so you don't need to download 
anything from anywhere...

Lee


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Re: [ubuntu-uk] pc parts compatibility

[Kris Douglas]

On 23/12/2007, Farran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>  On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 21:49 +, Farran wrote:
>
> On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 21:42 +, Kris Douglas wrote:
>
>
>
> On 23/12/2007, *Farran* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 21:16 +, Kris Douglas wrote:
>
>
>
> On 23/12/2007, *Farran* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 21:03 +, Kris Douglas wrote:
>
>
> On 23/12/2007, *Farran* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 20:47 +, Kris Douglas wrote:
>
>
>
> On 23/12/2007, *Farran* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 20:37 +, Kris Douglas wrote:
>
>
>
> On 23/12/2007, *Farran* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 20:16 +, Kris Douglas wrote:
>
>
>
> On 23/12/2007, *Farran* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Does it have to say it supports OpenGL2 in the spec?
>
>   ===
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> I'm only 15 :P
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>
> What do you mean?
>
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>
> in the main page for each item (still on Aria), in the technical details
> section, iy says what it supports as far as graphics programs; DirectX10 and
> OpenGL2. Some of them don't have OpenGl listed. Would you think that as I am
> running Ubuntu on it, it needs to say OpenGL? Or would it amnage anyway? For
> example, this 
> onedoesn't
>  have OpenGL on it.
>
> Alternatively, you or someone could just pick me a card - under £90, DDR3,
> 512MB minimum, at least 1 VGA output, possibly a DVI-I.
>
> Thank you
>
> ===
> Farran Lee
> I'm only 15
> --
> ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com
> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
> https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
>
>
> All the 8 series have OGL2, not that it matters with linux, really...
>
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>
> alright then, ta. Will pick one now.
>
> ===
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>
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>
> I'm gonna go with
> https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Graphics+Cards/PCI-E/nVIDIA+GeForce+8+Series/nVidia+GeForce+8600GT+1024MB+PCI-E+?productId=29836,
> don't think it's got a VGA output though.
>
> Thanks for all the help
>
> ===
> Farran Lee
> I'm only 15
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> https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
>
>
> You get a VGA converter, normally a couple dont worry about that.
>
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>
>
> oh good. Going to get the same monitor as my parents, Hanns-G HW173. 17"
> TFT LCD, 8ms response. On the box it said VGA and DVI inputs, but there's
> only VGA. Probably because it's from Novatech [image: :P].
>
> ===
> Farran Lee
> I'm only 15 [image: :-P]
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>
>
> Have a look on overclockers.co.uk they have a wayy better range of
> monitors..
>
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>
> hmm... they are nice, but the shipping's more expensive, and I'm only
> getting a Monitor. Trying to keep prices to a minimum, I've got to pay for
> all of it :S
>
> ===
> Farran Lee
> I'm only 15 [image: :-P]
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>
>
> Depending where you are, overlcockers are in Fenton...
>
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>
>
> errr... which Fenton?
> Found a tempting m/b,
> https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Motherboards/Socket+775+%28Intel%29/Gigabyte+GA-P35C-DS3R+Socket+775+Motherboard+?productId=27303.
> Looks nice, and (I think) Gigabyte are good, aren't they? And it supports
> DDR2 and 3, so there's room to upgrade [image: :D].
>
> ===
> Farran Lee
> I'm only 15 [image: :-P]
>
>
> Confused a little b

Re: [ubuntu-uk] pc parts compatibility

[Farran]

On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 21:49 +, Farran wrote:

> On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 21:42 +, Kris Douglas wrote:
> 
> > 
> > 
> > On 23/12/2007, Farran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > 
> > On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 21:16 +, Kris Douglas wrote:
> > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > On 23/12/2007, Farran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > 
> > > On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 21:03 +, Kris Douglas
> > > wrote:
> > > 
> > > 
> > > > 
> > > > On 23/12/2007, Farran
> > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 
> > > > 
> > > > On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 20:47 +, Kris
> > > > Douglas wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > On 23/12/2007, Farran
> > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > > 
> > > > > On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 20:37
> > > > > +, Kris Douglas wrote:
> > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > On 23/12/2007, Farran
> > > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > On Sun, 2007-12-23
> > > > > > at 20:16 +, Kris
> > > > > > Douglas wrote:
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > On 23/12/2007,
> > > > > > > Farran
> > > > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > Does it
> > > > > > > have to
> > > > > > > say it
> > > > > > > supports
> > > > > > > OpenGL2 in
> > > > > > > the spec?
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > 
> > ===
> > > > > > > Farran Lee
> > > > > > > I'm only
> > > > > > > 15 :P
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > --
> > > > > > > 
> > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com
> > > > > > > 
> > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk 
> > > > > > > 
> > https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > What do you mean?
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > -- 
> > > > > > > Kris Douglas
> > > > > > >   Softdel
> > > > > > > Limited Hosting
> > > > > > > Services
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > >   Web:
> > > > > > > www.softdel.net
> > > > > > >   Mail:
> > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > in the main page for
> > > > > > each item (still on
> > > > > > Aria), in the
> > > > > > technical details
> > > > > > section, iy says
> > > > > > what it supports as
> > > > > > far as graphics
> > > > >   

Re: [ubuntu-uk] pc parts compatibility

[Farran]

On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 21:42 +, Kris Douglas wrote:

> 
> 
> 
> On 23/12/2007, Farran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 21:16 +, Kris Douglas wrote:
> 
> > 
> > 
> > On 23/12/2007, Farran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > 
> > On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 21:03 +, Kris Douglas
> > wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > > 
> > > On 23/12/2007, Farran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > wrote: 
> > > 
> > > On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 20:47 +, Kris
> > > Douglas wrote:
> > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > On 23/12/2007, Farran
> > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 20:37
> > > > +, Kris Douglas wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > On 23/12/2007, Farran
> > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > > 
> > > > > On Sun, 2007-12-23 at
> > > > > 20:16 +, Kris
> > > > > Douglas wrote:
> > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > On 23/12/2007,
> > > > > > Farran
> > > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Does it have
> > > > > > to say it
> > > > > > supports
> > > > > > OpenGL2 in
> > > > > > the spec?
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> ===
> > > > > > Farran Lee
> > > > > > I'm only
> > > > > > 15 :P
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > --
> > > > > > 
> ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com
> > > > > > 
> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk 
> > > > > > 
> https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > What do you mean?
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > -- 
> > > > > > Kris Douglas
> > > > > >   Softdel
> > > > > > Limited Hosting
> > > > > > Services
> > > > > > 
> > > > > >   Web:
> > > > > > www.softdel.net
> > > > > >   Mail:
> > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > in the main page for
> > > > > each item (still on
> > > > > Aria), in the
> > > > > technical details
> > > > > section, iy says what
> > > > > it supports as far as
> > > > > graphics programs;
> > > > > DirectX10 and OpenGL2.
> > > > > Some of them don't
> > > > > have OpenGl listed.
> > > > > Would you think that
> > > > 

Re: [ubuntu-uk] pc parts compatibility

[Kris Douglas]

On 23/12/2007, Farran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>  On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 21:16 +, Kris Douglas wrote:
>
>
>
>  On 23/12/2007, *Farran* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>  On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 21:03 +, Kris Douglas wrote:
>
>
> On 23/12/2007, *Farran* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 20:47 +, Kris Douglas wrote:
>
>
>
> On 23/12/2007, *Farran* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 20:37 +, Kris Douglas wrote:
>
>
>
> On 23/12/2007, *Farran* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 20:16 +, Kris Douglas wrote:
>
>
>
> On 23/12/2007, *Farran* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Does it have to say it supports OpenGL2 in the spec?
>
>   ===
> Farran Lee
> I'm only 15 :P
> --
> ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com
> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
> https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
>
>
> What do you mean?
>
> --
> Kris Douglas
>   Softdel Limited Hosting Services
>
>   Web: www.softdel.net
>   Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
> in the main page for each item (still on Aria), in the technical details
> section, iy says what it supports as far as graphics programs; DirectX10 and
> OpenGL2. Some of them don't have OpenGl listed. Would you think that as I am
> running Ubuntu on it, it needs to say OpenGL? Or would it amnage anyway? For
> example, this 
> onedoesn't
>  have OpenGL on it.
>
> Alternatively, you or someone could just pick me a card - under £90, DDR3,
> 512MB minimum, at least 1 VGA output, possibly a DVI-I.
>
> Thank you
>
> ===
> Farran Lee
> I'm only 15
> --
> ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com
> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
> https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
>
>
> All the 8 series have OGL2, not that it matters with linux, really...
>
> --
> Kris Douglas
>   Softdel Limited Hosting Services
>
>   Web: www.softdel.net
>   Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
> alright then, ta. Will pick one now.
>
> ===
> Farran Lee
> I'm only 15
> --
> ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com
> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
> https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
>
>
> =]
>
> --
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>
>   Web: www.softdel.net
>
>   Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>
> I'm gonna go with
> https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Graphics+Cards/PCI-E/nVIDIA+GeForce+8+Series/nVidia+GeForce+8600GT+1024MB+PCI-E+?productId=29836,
> don't think it's got a VGA output though.
>
> Thanks for all the help
>
> ===
> Farran Lee
> I'm only 15
> --
> ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com
> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
> https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
>
>
> You get a VGA converter, normally a couple dont worry about that.
>
> --
> Kris Douglas
>   Softdel Limited Hosting Services
>
>   Web: www.softdel.net
>
>  Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --
> ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com
> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
> https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
>
>
> oh good. Going to get the same monitor as my parents, Hanns-G HW173. 17"
> TFT LCD, 8ms response. On the box it said VGA and DVI inputs, but there's
> only VGA. Probably because it's from Novatech [image: :P].
>
> ===
> Farran Lee
> I'm only 15 [image: :-P]
>
>
> --
> ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com
> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
> https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
>
>
> Have a look on overclockers.co.uk they have a wayy better range of
> monitors..
>
> --
> Kris Douglas
>   Softdel Limited Hosting Services
>
>   Web: www.softdel.net
>   Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
> hmm... they are nice, but the shipping's more expensive, and I'm only
> getting a Monitor. Trying to keep prices to a minimum, I've got to pay for
> all of it :S
>
> ===
> Farran Lee
> I'm only 15 [image: :-P]
>
> --
> ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com
> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
> https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
>
>
Depending where you are, overlcockers are in Fenton...

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] pc parts compatibility

[Farran]

On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 21:37 +, Farran wrote:

> On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 21:16 +, Kris Douglas wrote:
> 
> > 
> > 
> > On 23/12/2007, Farran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > 
> > On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 21:03 +, Kris Douglas wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > > 
> > > On 23/12/2007, Farran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 
> > > 
> > > On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 20:47 +, Kris Douglas
> > > wrote:
> > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > On 23/12/2007, Farran
> > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 20:37 +, Kris
> > > > Douglas wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > On 23/12/2007, Farran
> > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > > 
> > > > > On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 20:16
> > > > > +, Kris Douglas wrote:
> > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > On 23/12/2007, Farran
> > > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Does it have to say
> > > > > > it supports OpenGL2
> > > > > > in the spec?
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > ===
> > > > > > Farran Lee
> > > > > > I'm only 15 :P
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > --
> > > > > > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com
> > > > > > 
> > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk 
> > > > > > 
> > https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > What do you mean?
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > -- 
> > > > > > Kris Douglas
> > > > > >   Softdel Limited
> > > > > > Hosting Services
> > > > > > 
> > > > > >   Web: www.softdel.net
> > > > > >   Mail:
> > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > in the main page for each item
> > > > > (still on Aria), in the
> > > > > technical details section, iy
> > > > > says what it supports as far
> > > > > as graphics programs;
> > > > > DirectX10 and OpenGL2. Some of
> > > > > them don't have OpenGl listed.
> > > > > Would you think that as I am
> > > > > running Ubuntu on it, it needs
> > > > > to say OpenGL? Or would it
> > > > > amnage anyway? For example,
> > > > > this one doesn't have OpenGL
> > > > > on it.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Alternatively, you or someone
> > > > > could just pick me a card -
> > > > > under £90, DDR3, 512MB
> > > > > minimum, at least 1 VGA
> > > > > output, possibly a DVI-I.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Thank you
> > > > > 
> > > > > ===
> > > > > Farran Lee
> > > > > I'm only 15 
> > > > > 
> > > > > --
> > > > > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com
> > > > >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] pc parts compatibility

[Farran]

On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 21:16 +, Kris Douglas wrote:

> 
> 
> 
> On 23/12/2007, Farran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 21:03 +, Kris Douglas wrote:
> 
> > 
> > On 23/12/2007, Farran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 
> > 
> > On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 20:47 +, Kris Douglas
> > wrote:
> > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > On 23/12/2007, Farran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > wrote:
> > > 
> > > On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 20:37 +, Kris
> > > Douglas wrote:
> > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > On 23/12/2007, Farran
> > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 20:16
> > > > +, Kris Douglas wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > On 23/12/2007, Farran
> > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > > 
> > > > > Does it have to say it
> > > > > supports OpenGL2 in
> > > > > the spec?
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> ===
> > > > > Farran Lee
> > > > > I'm only 15 :P
> > > > > 
> > > > > --
> > > > > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com
> > > > > 
> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk 
> > > > > 
> https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > What do you mean?
> > > > > 
> > > > > -- 
> > > > > Kris Douglas
> > > > >   Softdel Limited Hosting
> > > > > Services
> > > > > 
> > > > >   Web: www.softdel.net
> > > > >   Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > in the main page for each item
> > > > (still on Aria), in the
> > > > technical details section, iy
> > > > says what it supports as far as
> > > > graphics programs; DirectX10 and
> > > > OpenGL2. Some of them don't have
> > > > OpenGl listed. Would you think
> > > > that as I am running Ubuntu on
> > > > it, it needs to say OpenGL? Or
> > > > would it amnage anyway? For
> > > > example, this one doesn't have
> > > > OpenGL on it.
> > > > 
> > > > Alternatively, you or someone
> > > > could just pick me a card  -
> > > > under £90, DDR3, 512MB minimum,
> > > > at least 1 VGA output, possibly
> > > > a DVI-I.
> > > > 
> > > > Thank you
> > > > 
> > > > ===
> > > > Farran Lee
> > > > I'm only 15 
> > > > 
> > > > --
> > > > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com
> > > > 
> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk 
> > > > https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > All the 8 series have OGL2, not that it
> > > 

Re: [ubuntu-uk] pc parts compatibility

[Kris Douglas]

On 23/12/2007, Farran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>  On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 21:03 +, Kris Douglas wrote:
>
>
> On 23/12/2007, *Farran* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 20:47 +, Kris Douglas wrote:
>
>
>
> On 23/12/2007, *Farran* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 20:37 +, Kris Douglas wrote:
>
>
>
> On 23/12/2007, *Farran* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 20:16 +, Kris Douglas wrote:
>
>
>
> On 23/12/2007, *Farran* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Does it have to say it supports OpenGL2 in the spec?
>
>   ===
> Farran Lee
> I'm only 15 :P
> --
> ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com
> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
> https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
>
>
> What do you mean?
>
> --
> Kris Douglas
>   Softdel Limited Hosting Services
>
>   Web: www.softdel.net
>   Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
> in the main page for each item (still on Aria), in the technical details
> section, iy says what it supports as far as graphics programs; DirectX10 and
> OpenGL2. Some of them don't have OpenGl listed. Would you think that as I am
> running Ubuntu on it, it needs to say OpenGL? Or would it amnage anyway? For
> example, this 
> onedoesn't
>  have OpenGL on it.
>
> Alternatively, you or someone could just pick me a card [image: :P] -
> under £90, DDR3, 512MB minimum, at least 1 VGA output, possibly a DVI-I.
>
> Thank you
>
> ===
> Farran Lee
> I'm only 15 [image: :-P]
> --
> ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com
> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
> https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
>
>
> All the 8 series have OGL2, not that it matters with linux, really...
>
> --
> Kris Douglas
>   Softdel Limited Hosting Services
>
>   Web: www.softdel.net
>   Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
> alright then, ta. Will pick one now.
>
> ===
> Farran Lee
> I'm only 15 [image: :-P]
> --
> ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com
> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
> https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
>
>
> =]
>
> --
> Kris Douglas
>   Softdel Limited Hosting Services
>
>   Web: www.softdel.net
>
>   Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>
> I'm gonna go with
> https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Graphics+Cards/PCI-E/nVIDIA+GeForce+8+Series/nVidia+GeForce+8600GT+1024MB+PCI-E+?productId=29836,
> don't think it's got a VGA output though.
>
> Thanks for all the help [image: :D]
>
> ===
> Farran Lee
> I'm only 15 [image: :-P]
> --
> ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com
> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
> https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
>
>
> You get a VGA converter, normally a couple dont worry about that.
>
> --
> Kris Douglas
>   Softdel Limited Hosting Services
>
>   Web: www.softdel.net
>   Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --
> ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com
> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
> https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
>
>
> oh good. Going to get the same monitor as my parents, Hanns-G HW173. 17"
> TFT LCD, 8ms response. On the box it said VGA and DVI inputs, but there's
> only VGA. Probably because it's from Novatech [image: :P].
>
> ===
> Farran Lee
> I'm only 15 [image: :-P]
>
> --
> ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com
> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
> https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
>
>
Have a look on overclockers.co.uk they have a wayy better range of
monitors..

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  Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] pc parts compatibility

[Farran]

On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 21:03 +, Kris Douglas wrote:

> 
> On 23/12/2007, Farran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 
> 
> On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 20:47 +, Kris Douglas wrote:
> 
> > 
> > 
> > On 23/12/2007, Farran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > 
> > On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 20:37 +, Kris Douglas
> > wrote:
> > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > On 23/12/2007, Farran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > wrote:
> > > 
> > > On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 20:16 +, Kris
> > > Douglas wrote:
> > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > On 23/12/2007, Farran
> > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > Does it have to say it supports
> > > > OpenGL2 in the spec?
> > > > 
> > > > ===
> > > > Farran Lee
> > > > I'm only 15 :P
> > > > 
> > > > --
> > > > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com
> > > > 
> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk 
> > > > https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > What do you mean?
> > > > 
> > > > -- 
> > > > Kris Douglas
> > > >   Softdel Limited Hosting Services
> > > > 
> > > >   Web: www.softdel.net
> > > >   Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > in the main page for each item (still on
> > > Aria), in the technical details section,
> > > iy says what it supports as far as
> > > graphics programs; DirectX10 and OpenGL2.
> > > Some of them don't have OpenGl listed.
> > > Would you think that as I am running
> > > Ubuntu on it, it needs to say OpenGL? Or
> > > would it amnage anyway? For example, this
> > > one doesn't have OpenGL on it.
> > > 
> > > Alternatively, you or someone could just
> > > pick me a card :P - under £90, DDR3, 512MB
> > > minimum, at least 1 VGA output, possibly a
> > > DVI-I.
> > > 
> > > Thank you
> > > 
> > > ===
> > > Farran Lee
> > > I'm only 15 :-P
> > > 
> > > --
> > > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com
> > > 
> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk 
> > > https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > All the 8 series have OGL2, not that it matters
> > > with linux, really...
> > > 
> > > -- 
> > > Kris Douglas
> > >   Softdel Limited Hosting Services
> > > 
> > >   Web: www.softdel.net
> > >   Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> > 
> > 
> > alright then, ta. Will pick one now.
> > 
> > ===
> > Farran Lee
> > I'm only 15 :-P
> > 
> > --
> > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com
> > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk 
> > https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > =]
> > 
> > -- 
> > Kris Douglas
> >   Softdel Limited Hosting Services
> > 
> >   Web: www.softdel.net
> > 
> >   Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 
> 
> I'm gonna go with
> https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Graphics
> +Cards/PCI-E/nVIDIA+GeForce+8+Series/nVidia+GeForce+8600GT
> +1024MB+PCI-E+?productId=29836, don

Re: [ubuntu-uk] pc parts compatibility

[Kris Douglas]

On 23/12/2007, Farran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>  On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 20:47 +, Kris Douglas wrote:
>
>
>
>  On 23/12/2007, *Farran* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>  On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 20:37 +, Kris Douglas wrote:
>
>
>
> On 23/12/2007, *Farran* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 20:16 +, Kris Douglas wrote:
>
>
>
> On 23/12/2007, *Farran* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Does it have to say it supports OpenGL2 in the spec?
>
>   ===
> Farran Lee
> I'm only 15 :P
> --
> ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com
> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
> https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
>
>
> What do you mean?
>
> --
> Kris Douglas
>   Softdel Limited Hosting Services
>
>   Web: www.softdel.net
>   Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
> in the main page for each item (still on Aria), in the technical details
> section, iy says what it supports as far as graphics programs; DirectX10 and
> OpenGL2. Some of them don't have OpenGl listed. Would you think that as I am
> running Ubuntu on it, it needs to say OpenGL? Or would it amnage anyway? For
> example, this 
> onedoesn't
>  have OpenGL on it.
>
> Alternatively, you or someone could just pick me a card [image: :P] -
> under £90, DDR3, 512MB minimum, at least 1 VGA output, possibly a DVI-I.
>
> Thank you
>
> ===
> Farran Lee
> I'm only 15 [image: :-P]
> --
> ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com
> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
> https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
>
>
> All the 8 series have OGL2, not that it matters with linux, really...
>
> --
> Kris Douglas
>   Softdel Limited Hosting Services
>
>   Web: www.softdel.net
>   Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
> alright then, ta. Will pick one now.
>
> ===
> Farran Lee
> I'm only 15 [image: :-P]
>
>
> --
> ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com
> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
> https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
>
>
> =]
>
> --
> Kris Douglas
>   Softdel Limited Hosting Services
>
>   Web: www.softdel.net
>   Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>
> I'm gonna go with
> https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Graphics+Cards/PCI-E/nVIDIA+GeForce+8+Series/nVidia+GeForce+8600GT+1024MB+PCI-E+?productId=29836,
> don't think it's got a VGA output though.
>
> Thanks for all the help [image: :D]
>
> ===
> Farran Lee
> I'm only 15 [image: :-P]
>
> --
> ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com
> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
> https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
>
>
You get a VGA converter, normally a couple dont worry about that.

-- 
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  Softdel Limited Hosting Services

  Web: www.softdel.net
  Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<><><><>-- 
ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com
https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] pc parts compatibility

[Farran]

On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 20:47 +, Kris Douglas wrote:

> 
> 
> 
> On 23/12/2007, Farran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 20:37 +, Kris Douglas wrote:
> 
> > 
> > 
> > On 23/12/2007, Farran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > 
> > On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 20:16 +, Kris Douglas
> > wrote:
> > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > On 23/12/2007, Farran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > wrote:
> > > 
> > > Does it have to say it supports OpenGL2 in
> > > the spec?
> > > 
> > > ===
> > > Farran Lee
> > > I'm only 15 :P
> > > 
> > > --
> > > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com
> > > 
> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk 
> > > https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > What do you mean?
> > > 
> > > -- 
> > > Kris Douglas
> > >   Softdel Limited Hosting Services
> > > 
> > >   Web: www.softdel.net
> > >   Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> > 
> > 
> > in the main page for each item (still on Aria), in
> > the technical details section, iy says what it
> > supports as far as graphics programs; DirectX10 and
> > OpenGL2. Some of them don't have OpenGl listed.
> > Would you think that as I am running Ubuntu on it,
> > it needs to say OpenGL? Or would it amnage anyway?
> > For example, this one doesn't have OpenGL on it.
> > 
> > Alternatively, you or someone could just pick me a
> > card :P - under £90, DDR3, 512MB minimum, at least 1
> > VGA output, possibly a DVI-I.
> > 
> > Thank you
> > 
> > ===
> > Farran Lee
> > I'm only 15 :-P
> > 
> > --
> > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com
> > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk 
> > https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > All the 8 series have OGL2, not that it matters with linux,
> > really...
> > 
> > -- 
> > Kris Douglas
> >   Softdel Limited Hosting Services
> > 
> >   Web: www.softdel.net
> >   Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 
> 
> alright then, ta. Will pick one now.
> 
> ===
> Farran Lee
> I'm only 15 :-P
> 
> 
> --
> ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com
> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
> https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
> 
> 
> 
> =]
> 
> -- 
> Kris Douglas
>   Softdel Limited Hosting Services
> 
>   Web: www.softdel.net
>   Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]


I'm gonna go with https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Graphics
+Cards/PCI-E/nVIDIA+GeForce+8+Series/nVidia+GeForce+8600GT+1024MB+PCI-E
+?productId=29836, don't think it's got a VGA output though.

Thanks for all the help :D

===
Farran Lee
I'm only 15 :-P
<><><><>-- 
ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com
https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] pc parts compatibility

[Kris Douglas]

On 23/12/2007, Farran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>  On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 20:37 +, Kris Douglas wrote:
>
>
>
>  On 23/12/2007, *Farran* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>  On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 20:16 +, Kris Douglas wrote:
>
>
>
> On 23/12/2007, *Farran* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Does it have to say it supports OpenGL2 in the spec?
>
>   ===
> Farran Lee
> I'm only 15 :P
> --
> ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com
> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
> https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
>
>
> What do you mean?
>
> --
> Kris Douglas
>   Softdel Limited Hosting Services
>
>   Web: www.softdel.net
>   Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
> in the main page for each item (still on Aria), in the technical details
> section, iy says what it supports as far as graphics programs; DirectX10 and
> OpenGL2. Some of them don't have OpenGl listed. Would you think that as I am
> running Ubuntu on it, it needs to say OpenGL? Or would it amnage anyway? For
> example, this 
> onedoesn't
>  have OpenGL on it.
>
> Alternatively, you or someone could just pick me a card [image: :P] -
> under £90, DDR3, 512MB minimum, at least 1 VGA output, possibly a DVI-I.
>
> Thank you
>
> ===
> Farran Lee
> I'm only 15 [image: :-P]
>
>
> --
> ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com
> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
> https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
>
>
> All the 8 series have OGL2, not that it matters with linux, really...
>
> --
> Kris Douglas
>   Softdel Limited Hosting Services
>
>   Web: www.softdel.net
>   Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
> alright then, ta. Will pick one now.
>
> ===
> Farran Lee
> I'm only 15 [image: :-P]
>
> --
> ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com
> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
> https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
>
>
=]

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  Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] pc parts compatibility

[Farran]

On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 20:37 +, Kris Douglas wrote:

> 
> 
> 
> On 23/12/2007, Farran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 20:16 +, Kris Douglas wrote:
> 
> > 
> > 
> > On 23/12/2007, Farran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > 
> > Does it have to say it supports OpenGL2 in the spec?
> > 
> > ===
> > Farran Lee
> > I'm only 15 :P
> > 
> > --
> > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com
> > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk 
> > https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > What do you mean?
> > 
> > -- 
> > Kris Douglas
> >   Softdel Limited Hosting Services
> > 
> >   Web: www.softdel.net
> >   Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 
> 
> in the main page for each item (still on Aria), in the
> technical details section, iy says what it supports as far as
> graphics programs; DirectX10 and OpenGL2. Some of them don't
> have OpenGl listed. Would you think that as I am running
> Ubuntu on it, it needs to say OpenGL? Or would it amnage
> anyway? For example, this one doesn't have OpenGL on it.
> 
> Alternatively, you or someone could just pick me a card :P -
> under £90, DDR3, 512MB minimum, at least 1 VGA output,
> possibly a DVI-I.
> 
> Thank you
> 
> ===
> Farran Lee
> I'm only 15 :-P
> 
> 
> --
> ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com
> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
> https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
> 
> 
> 
> All the 8 series have OGL2, not that it matters with linux, really...
> 
> -- 
> Kris Douglas
>   Softdel Limited Hosting Services
> 
>   Web: www.softdel.net
>   Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]


alright then, ta. Will pick one now.

===
Farran Lee
I'm only 15 :-P
<><>-- 
ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com
https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] pc parts compatibility

[Kris Douglas]

On 23/12/2007, Farran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>  On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 20:16 +, Kris Douglas wrote:
>
>
>
>  On 23/12/2007, *Farran* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>  Does it have to say it supports OpenGL2 in the spec?
>
>   ===
> Farran Lee
> I'm only 15 :P
>
>
> --
> ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com
> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
> https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
>
>
> What do you mean?
>
> --
> Kris Douglas
>   Softdel Limited Hosting Services
>
>   Web: www.softdel.net
>   Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
> in the main page for each item (still on Aria), in the technical details
> section, iy says what it supports as far as graphics programs; DirectX10 and
> OpenGL2. Some of them don't have OpenGl listed. Would you think that as I am
> running Ubuntu on it, it needs to say OpenGL? Or would it amnage anyway? For
> example, this 
> onedoesn't
>  have OpenGL on it.
>
> Alternatively, you or someone could just pick me a card [image: :P] -
> under £90, DDR3, 512MB minimum, at least 1 VGA output, possibly a DVI-I.
>
> Thank you
>
> ===
> Farran Lee
> I'm only 15 [image: :-P]
>
> --
> ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com
> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
> https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
>
>
All the 8 series have OGL2, not that it matters with linux, really...

-- 
Kris Douglas
  Softdel Limited Hosting Services

  Web: www.softdel.net
  Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<>-- 
ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com
https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] pc parts compatibility

[Farran]

On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 20:16 +, Kris Douglas wrote:

> 
> 
> 
> On 23/12/2007, Farran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> Does it have to say it supports OpenGL2 in the spec?
> 
> ===
> Farran Lee
> I'm only 15 :P
> 
> 
> --
> ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com
> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
> https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
> 
> 
> 
> What do you mean?
> 
> -- 
> Kris Douglas
>   Softdel Limited Hosting Services
> 
>   Web: www.softdel.net
>   Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]


in the main page for each item (still on Aria), in the technical details
section, iy says what it supports as far as graphics programs; DirectX10
and OpenGL2. Some of them don't have OpenGl listed. Would you think that
as I am running Ubuntu on it, it needs to say OpenGL? Or would it amnage
anyway? For example, this one doesn't have OpenGL on it.

Alternatively, you or someone could just pick me a card :P - under £90,
DDR3, 512MB minimum, at least 1 VGA output, possibly a DVI-I.

Thank you

===
Farran Lee
I'm only 15 :-P
<>-- 
ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com
https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] pc parts compatibility

[Kris Douglas]

On 23/12/2007, Farran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>  Does it have to say it supports OpenGL2 in the spec?
>
>   ===
> Farran Lee
> I'm only 15 :P
>
> --
> ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com
> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
> https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
>
>
What do you mean?

-- 
Kris Douglas
  Softdel Limited Hosting Services

  Web: www.softdel.net
  Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
-- 
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https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] pc parts compatibility

[Farran]

Does it have to say it supports OpenGL2 in the spec?

===
Farran Lee
I'm only 15 :P
-- 
ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com
https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] pc parts compatibility

[Kris Douglas]

On 23/12/2007, Farran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>  On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 19:52 +, Kris Douglas wrote:
>
>
>
>  On 23/12/2007, *Farran* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>  okay. Also (sorry [image: :P]) is DDR3 an issue? I know the m/b has to
> support DDR3 to run DDR3 ram (obviously), but does it matter if the graphics
> card is GDDR3 and the m/b isn't? I'm restricted from a lot of cards simply
> because I declined from DDR3.
>
> Farran
>
>
>
> On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 19:45 +, Kris Douglas wrote:
>
>
>
> On 23/12/2007, *Kris Douglas* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>
> On 23/12/2007, *Farran* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> this was one I was looking at too,
> https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Graphics+Cards/PCI-E/nVIDIA+GeForce+8+Series/nVidia+GeForce+8600GT+512MB+DDR2+PCI-E+?productId=27199,
> but someone said that it is not SLI. Do I even need to worry about SLI at
> all?
>
> Farran
>
>
>
> On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 18:53 +, Kris Douglas wrote:
>
>
>
> On 23/12/2007, *Farran* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> how about this?
> https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Graphics+Cards/PCI-E/nVIDIA+GeForce+8+Series/nVidia+GeForce+8500GT+Super%2B1G+PCI-E+
> Looks ugly as hell, but seems quite good.
>
>
>
> On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 18:46 +, Farran wrote:
>
> thanks to you both
> just looking at the motherboard and Graphic card...
> What's the SLI bit mean? Should I aim to have it on the card or not, and
> if I do, will it help?
>
> Cheers [image: :P] Farran
>
> PS I like shiny cases, they make the world brighter [image: :D]
>
> On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 18:34 +, Kris Douglas wrote:
>
>
>
> On 23/12/2007, *LeeGroups* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Can't comment on the rest, but don't *ever* buy any gear from ECS...
>
> I've built quite a few PCs and ECS motherboards have been nothing but
> trouble...
>
> Cheap they may be, with cheap chipsets, cheap components, and poor
> bioses... urgh
>
> The K7S5A motherboard springs to mind, try googling it, I honestly ended
> up soldering resistors to several of these motherboards to make them
> more stable (they still weren't perfect) or they else they just forgot
> the time, how much memory they had, that they had USB ports, etc...
>
> Horrid, nasty, cheap bits of junk...
>
> Lee
>
>
> Farran wrote:
> > right, back again. Been to Aria, come back with a much cheaper range
> > of products than Novatech.
> > I'd appreciate someone older and wiser (I'm only 15 :P) to look over
> > the components just to check they are compatible with each other and
> > with Linux:
> >
> > ECS 650iSLIT-A nForce 650 LGA Socket 775 Motherboard
> > <
> https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Motherboards/Socket+775+%28Intel%29/ECS+650iSLIT-A+nForce+650+LGA+Socket+775+Motherboard+?productId=26899
> >
> > OCZ 4GB PC2-6400 nVIDIA SLI Approved (2X2GB)
> > <
> https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Memory/DDR2/DDR2+800+%28PC6400%29/OCZ+4GB+PC2-6400+nVIDIA+SLI+Approved+%282X2GB%29+?productId=28923
> >
> > Samsung SH-S203B 20X DVDRW - SATA - Black
> > <
> https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/CD%2FDVD+Drives/DVD-R%2FRW+Writer/Samsung+SH-S203B+20X+DVDRW+-+SATA+-+Black+?productId=29919
> >
> > Corsair 550W VX Series PSU
> > <
> https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Power+Supplies/500w+%2B/Corsair+550W+VX+Series+PSU+?productId=29383
> >
> > 320GB Hitachi Deskstar SATA2 16MB
> > <
> https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Hard+Drives/Serial+ATA/320GB+Hitachi+Deskstar+SATA2+16MB+?productId=24793
> >
> > Gigabyte Poseidon Silver
> > <
> https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Cases/MIDI+Tower/Gigabyte+Poseidon+Silver+?productId=24865
> >
> > Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz 95W G0 Stepping (Retail 775)
> > <
> https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/CPUs+%2F+Processors/Intel/Core+2+Duo/Intel+Core+2+Quad+Q6600+2.4GHz+95W+G0+Stepping+%28Retail+775%29+?productId=28356
> >
> > nVidia GeForce 8400GS 512MB PCI-E
> > <
> https://www.aria.co.uk/SuperSpecials/nVidia+GeForce+8400GS+512MB+PCI-E+?productId=29843
> >
> >
> > Thanks
>
> --
> ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com
> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
> https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
>
>
> ECS 650iSLIT-A nForce 650 LGA Socket 775 
> Motherboard
> Fine
> OCZ 4GB PC2-6400 nVIDIA SLI Approved 
> (2X2GB)
> Thats fine.
> Samsung SH-S203B 20X DVDRW - SATA - 
> Black
> Thats fine
> Corsair 550W VX Series 
> PSU
> Thats fine
> 320GB Hitachi Deskstar SATA2 
> 16MB

Re: [ubuntu-uk] pc parts compatibility

[Farran]

On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 19:52 +, Kris Douglas wrote:

> 
> 
> 
> On 23/12/2007, Farran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> okay. Also (sorry :P) is DDR3 an issue? I know the m/b has to
> support DDR3 to run DDR3 ram (obviously), but does it matter
> if the graphics card is GDDR3 and the m/b isn't? I'm
> restricted from a lot of cards simply because I declined from
> DDR3. 
> 
> Farran
> 
> 
> 
> On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 19:45 +, Kris Douglas wrote:
> 
> > 
> > 
> > On 23/12/2007, Kris Douglas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On 23/12/2007, Farran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > wrote: 
> > 
> > this was one I was looking at too,
> > 
> https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Graphics+Cards/PCI-E/nVIDIA+GeForce+8+Series/nVidia+GeForce+8600GT+512MB+DDR2+PCI-E+?productId=27199,
>  but someone said that it is not SLI. Do I even need to worry about SLI at 
> all? 
> > 
> > Farran 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 18:53 +, Kris
> > Douglas wrote:
> > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > On 23/12/2007, Farran
> > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > 
> > > how about this?
> > > 
> https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Graphics+Cards/PCI-E/nVIDIA+GeForce+8+Series/nVidia+GeForce+8500GT+Super%2B1G+PCI-E+
> > > Looks ugly as hell, but seems
> > > quite good. 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 18:46 +,
> > > Farran wrote:
> > > 
> > > > thanks to you both
> > > > just looking at the motherboard
> > > > and Graphic card...
> > > > What's the SLI bit mean? Should
> > > > I aim to have it on the card or
> > > > not, and if I do, will it help?
> > > > 
> > > > Cheers :P Farran
> > > > 
> > > > PS I like shiny cases, they make
> > > > the world brighter :D
> > > > 
> > > > On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 18:34
> > > > +, Kris Douglas wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > On 23/12/2007, LeeGroups
> > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > > 
> > > > > Can't comment on the
> > > > > rest, but don't *ever*
> > > > > buy any gear from
> > > > > ECS...
> > > > > 
> > > > > I've built quite a few
> > > > > PCs and ECS
> > > > > motherboards have been
> > > > > nothing but
> > > > > trouble...
> > > > > 
> > > > > Cheap they may be,
> > > > > with cheap chipsets,
> > > > > cheap components, and
> > > > > poor 
> > > > > bioses... urgh
> > > > > 
> > > > > The K7S5A motherboard
> > > > > springs to mind, try
> > > > > googling it, I
> > > > > honestly ended
> > > > > up soldering resistors
> > > > > to several of these
> > >   

Re: [ubuntu-uk] pc parts compatibility

[Kris Douglas]

On 23/12/2007, Farran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>  okay. Also (sorry [image: :P]) is DDR3 an issue? I know the m/b has to
> support DDR3 to run DDR3 ram (obviously), but does it matter if the graphics
> card is GDDR3 and the m/b isn't? I'm restricted from a lot of cards simply
> because I declined from DDR3.
>
> Farran
>
> On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 19:45 +, Kris Douglas wrote:
>
>
>
>  On 23/12/2007, *Kris Douglas* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>
>   On 23/12/2007, *Farran* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>   this was one I was looking at too,
> https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Graphics+Cards/PCI-E/nVIDIA+GeForce+8+Series/nVidia+GeForce+8600GT+512MB+DDR2+PCI-E+?productId=27199,
> but someone said that it is not SLI. Do I even need to worry about SLI at
> all?
>
> Farran
>
>
>
>
> On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 18:53 +, Kris Douglas wrote:
>
>
>
> On 23/12/2007, *Farran* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> how about this?
> https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Graphics+Cards/PCI-E/nVIDIA+GeForce+8+Series/nVidia+GeForce+8500GT+Super%2B1G+PCI-E+
> Looks ugly as hell, but seems quite good.
>
>
>
> On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 18:46 +, Farran wrote:
>
> thanks to you both
> just looking at the motherboard and Graphic card...
> What's the SLI bit mean? Should I aim to have it on the card or not, and
> if I do, will it help?
>
> Cheers [image: :P] Farran
>
> PS I like shiny cases, they make the world brighter [image: :D]
>
> On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 18:34 +, Kris Douglas wrote:
>
>
>
> On 23/12/2007, *LeeGroups* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Can't comment on the rest, but don't *ever* buy any gear from ECS...
>
> I've built quite a few PCs and ECS motherboards have been nothing but
> trouble...
>
> Cheap they may be, with cheap chipsets, cheap components, and poor
> bioses... urgh
>
> The K7S5A motherboard springs to mind, try googling it, I honestly ended
> up soldering resistors to several of these motherboards to make them
> more stable (they still weren't perfect) or they else they just forgot
> the time, how much memory they had, that they had USB ports, etc...
>
> Horrid, nasty, cheap bits of junk...
>
> Lee
>
>
> Farran wrote:
> > right, back again. Been to Aria, come back with a much cheaper range
> > of products than Novatech.
> > I'd appreciate someone older and wiser (I'm only 15 :P) to look over
> > the components just to check they are compatible with each other and
> > with Linux:
> >
> > ECS 650iSLIT-A nForce 650 LGA Socket 775 Motherboard
> > <
> https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Motherboards/Socket+775+%28Intel%29/ECS+650iSLIT-A+nForce+650+LGA+Socket+775+Motherboard+?productId=26899
> >
> > OCZ 4GB PC2-6400 nVIDIA SLI Approved (2X2GB)
> > <
> https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Memory/DDR2/DDR2+800+%28PC6400%29/OCZ+4GB+PC2-6400+nVIDIA+SLI+Approved+%282X2GB%29+?productId=28923
> >
> > Samsung SH-S203B 20X DVDRW - SATA - Black
> > <
> https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/CD%2FDVD+Drives/DVD-R%2FRW+Writer/Samsung+SH-S203B+20X+DVDRW+-+SATA+-+Black+?productId=29919
> >
> > Corsair 550W VX Series PSU
> > <
> https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Power+Supplies/500w+%2B/Corsair+550W+VX+Series+PSU+?productId=29383
> >
> > 320GB Hitachi Deskstar SATA2 16MB
> > <
> https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Hard+Drives/Serial+ATA/320GB+Hitachi+Deskstar+SATA2+16MB+?productId=24793
> >
> > Gigabyte Poseidon Silver
> > <
> https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Cases/MIDI+Tower/Gigabyte+Poseidon+Silver+?productId=24865
> >
> > Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz 95W G0 Stepping (Retail 775)
> > <
> https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/CPUs+%2F+Processors/Intel/Core+2+Duo/Intel+Core+2+Quad+Q6600+2.4GHz+95W+G0+Stepping+%28Retail+775%29+?productId=28356
> >
> > nVidia GeForce 8400GS 512MB PCI-E
> > <
> https://www.aria.co.uk/SuperSpecials/nVidia+GeForce+8400GS+512MB+PCI-E+?productId=29843
> >
> >
> > Thanks
>
> --
> ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com
> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
> https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
>
>
> ECS 650iSLIT-A nForce 650 LGA Socket 775 
> Motherboard
> Fine
> OCZ 4GB PC2-6400 nVIDIA SLI Approved 
> (2X2GB)
> Thats fine.
> Samsung SH-S203B 20X DVDRW - SATA - 
> Black
> Thats fine
> Corsair 550W VX Series 
> PSU
> Thats fine
> 320GB Hitachi Deskstar SATA2 
> 16MB
> Thats fine
> Gigaby

Re: [ubuntu-uk] pc parts compatibility

[Farran]

> On 23/12/2007, Kris Douglas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 23/12/2007, Kris Douglas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 23/12/2007, Farran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> 
> this was one I was looking at too,
> 
> https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Graphics+Cards/PCI-E/nVIDIA+GeForce+8+Series/nVidia+GeForce+8600GT+512MB+DDR2+PCI-E+?productId=27199,
>  but someone said that it is not SLI. Do I even need to worry about SLI at 
> all? 
> 
> Farran
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 18:53 +, Kris
> Douglas wrote:
> 
> > 
> > 
> > On 23/12/2007, Farran
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > 
> > how about this?
> > 
> https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Graphics+Cards/PCI-E/nVIDIA+GeForce+8+Series/nVidia+GeForce+8500GT+Super%2B1G+PCI-E+
> > Looks ugly as hell, but seems quite
> > good. 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 18:46 +,
> > Farran wrote:
> > 
> > > thanks to you both
> > > just looking at the motherboard
> > > and Graphic card...
> > > What's the SLI bit mean? Should I
> > > aim to have it on the card or not,
> > > and if I do, will it help?
> > > 
> > > Cheers :P Farran
> > > 
> > > PS I like shiny cases, they make
> > > the world brighter :D
> > > 
> > > On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 18:34 +,
> > > Kris Douglas wrote:
> > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > On 23/12/2007, LeeGroups
> > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > Can't comment on the
> > > > rest, but don't *ever*
> > > > buy any gear from ECS...
> > > > 
> > > > I've built quite a few
> > > > PCs and ECS motherboards
> > > > have been nothing but
> > > > trouble...
> > > > 
> > > > Cheap they may be, with
> > > > cheap chipsets, cheap
> > > > components, and poor 
> > > > bioses... urgh
> > > > 
> > > > The K7S5A motherboard
> > > > springs to mind, try
> > > > googling it, I honestly
> > > > ended
> > > > up soldering resistors
> > > > to several of these
> > > > motherboards to make
> > > > them
> > > > more stable (they still
> > > > weren't perfect) or they
> > > > else they just forgot 
> > > > the time, how much
> > > > memory they had, that
> > > > they had USB ports,
> > > > etc...
> > > > 
> > > > Horrid, nasty, cheap
> > > > bits of junk...
> >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] pc parts compatibility

[Farran]

okay. Also (sorry :P) is DDR3 an issue? I know the m/b has to support
DDR3 to run DDR3 ram (obviously), but does it matter if the graphics
card is GDDR3 and the m/b isn't? I'm restricted from a lot of cards
simply because I declined from DDR3.

Farran

On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 19:45 +, Kris Douglas wrote:

> 
> 
> 
> On 23/12/2007, Kris Douglas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 23/12/2007, Farran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> this was one I was looking at too,
> https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Graphics
> +Cards/PCI-E/nVIDIA+GeForce+8+Series/nVidia+GeForce
> +8600GT+512MB+DDR2+PCI-E+?productId=27199, but someone
> said that it is not SLI. Do I even need to worry about
> SLI at all? 
> 
> Farran
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 18:53 +, Kris Douglas wrote:
> 
> > 
> > 
> > On 23/12/2007, Farran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > wrote:
> > 
> > how about this?
> > 
> https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Graphics+Cards/PCI-E/nVIDIA+GeForce+8+Series/nVidia+GeForce+8500GT+Super%2B1G+PCI-E+
> > Looks ugly as hell, but seems quite good. 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 18:46 +, Farran
> > wrote:
> > 
> > > thanks to you both
> > > just looking at the motherboard and
> > > Graphic card...
> > > What's the SLI bit mean? Should I aim to
> > > have it on the card or not, and if I do,
> > > will it help?
> > > 
> > > Cheers :P Farran
> > > 
> > > PS I like shiny cases, they make the world
> > > brighter :D
> > > 
> > > On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 18:34 +, Kris
> > > Douglas wrote:
> > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > On 23/12/2007, LeeGroups
> > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > Can't comment on the rest, but
> > > > don't *ever* buy any gear from
> > > > ECS...
> > > > 
> > > > I've built quite a few PCs and
> > > > ECS motherboards have been
> > > > nothing but
> > > > trouble...
> > > > 
> > > > Cheap they may be, with cheap
> > > > chipsets, cheap components, and
> > > > poor 
> > > > bioses... urgh
> > > > 
> > > > The K7S5A motherboard springs to
> > > > mind, try googling it, I
> > > > honestly ended
> > > > up soldering resistors to
> > > > several of these motherboards to
> > > > make them
> > > > more stable (they still weren't
> > > > perfect) or they else they just
> > > > forgot 
> > > > the time, how much memory they
> > > > had, that they had USB ports,
> > > > etc...
> > > > 
> > > > Horrid, nasty, cheap bits of
> > > > junk...
> > > > 
> > > > Lee
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Farran wrote:
> > > > > right, back again. Been to
> > > > Aria, come back with a much
> > > > cheaper range 
> > > > > of products than Novatech.
> > > > > I'd appreciate someone older
> > > > and wiser (I'

Re: [ubuntu-uk] pc parts compatibility

[Kris Douglas]

On 23/12/2007, Kris Douglas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>
> On 23/12/2007, Kris Douglas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > On 23/12/2007, Farran < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >
> > >  this was one I was looking at too,
> > > https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Graphics+Cards/PCI-E/nVIDIA+GeForce+8+Series/nVidia+GeForce+8600GT+512MB+DDR2+PCI-E+?productId=27199,
> > > but someone said that it is not SLI. Do I even need to worry about SLI at
> > > all?
> > >
> > > Farran
> > >
> > >
> > > On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 18:53 +, Kris Douglas wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >  On 23/12/2007, *Farran* < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >
> > >  how about this?
> > > https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Graphics+Cards/PCI-E/nVIDIA+GeForce+8+Series/nVidia+GeForce+8500GT+Super%2B1G+PCI-E+
> > > Looks ugly as hell, but seems quite good.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 18:46 +, Farran wrote:
> > >
> > > thanks to you both
> > > just looking at the motherboard and Graphic card...
> > > What's the SLI bit mean? Should I aim to have it on the card or not,
> > > and if I do, will it help?
> > >
> > > Cheers [image: :P] Farran
> > >
> > > PS I like shiny cases, they make the world brighter [image: :D]
> > >
> > > On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 18:34 +, Kris Douglas wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On 23/12/2007, *LeeGroups* < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >
> > > Can't comment on the rest, but don't *ever* buy any gear from ECS...
> > >
> > > I've built quite a few PCs and ECS motherboards have been nothing but
> > > trouble...
> > >
> > > Cheap they may be, with cheap chipsets, cheap components, and poor
> > > bioses... urgh
> > >
> > > The K7S5A motherboard springs to mind, try googling it, I honestly
> > > ended
> > > up soldering resistors to several of these motherboards to make them
> > > more stable (they still weren't perfect) or they else they just forgot
> > >
> > > the time, how much memory they had, that they had USB ports, etc...
> > >
> > > Horrid, nasty, cheap bits of junk...
> > >
> > > Lee
> > >
> > >
> > > Farran wrote:
> > > > right, back again. Been to Aria, come back with a much cheaper range
> > >
> > > > of products than Novatech.
> > > > I'd appreciate someone older and wiser (I'm only 15 :P) to look over
> > > > the components just to check they are compatible with each other and
> > > > with Linux:
> > > >
> > > > ECS 650iSLIT-A nForce 650 LGA Socket 775 Motherboard
> > > >  > > >
> > > > OCZ 4GB PC2-6400 nVIDIA SLI Approved (2X2GB)
> > > > <
> > > https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Memory/DDR2/DDR2+800+%28PC6400%29/OCZ+4GB+PC2-6400+nVIDIA+SLI+Approved+%282X2GB%29+?productId=28923
> > > >
> > > > Samsung SH-S203B 20X DVDRW - SATA - Black
> > > >  > > >
> > > > Corsair 550W VX Series PSU
> > > >  > > >
> > > > 320GB Hitachi Deskstar SATA2 16MB
> > > >  > > >
> > > > Gigabyte Poseidon Silver
> > > >  > > >
> > > > Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz 95W G0 Stepping (Retail 775)
> > > >  > > >
> > > > nVidia GeForce 8400GS 512MB PCI-E
> > > > <
> > > https://www.aria.co.uk/SuperSpecials/nVidia+GeForce+8400GS+512MB+PCI-E+?productId=29843
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Thanks
> > >
> > > --
> > > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com
> > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
> > > https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
> > >
> > >
> > >  ECS 650iSLIT-A nForce 650 LGA Socket 775 
> > > Motherboard
> > > Fine
> > >  OCZ 4GB PC2-6400 nVIDIA SLI Approved 
> > > (2X2GB)
> > > Thats fine.
> > >  Samsung SH-S203B 20X DVDRW - SATA - 
> > > Black
> > > Thats fine
> > >  Corsair 550W VX Series 
> > > PSU
> > > Thats fine
> > >  320GB Hitachi Deskstar SATA2 
> > > 16MB

Re: [ubuntu-uk] pc parts compatibility

[Kris Douglas]

On 23/12/2007, Kris Douglas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>
> On 23/12/2007, Farran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >  this was one I was looking at too,
> > https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Graphics+Cards/PCI-E/nVIDIA+GeForce+8+Series/nVidia+GeForce+8600GT+512MB+DDR2+PCI-E+?productId=27199,
> > but someone said that it is not SLI. Do I even need to worry about SLI at
> > all?
> >
> > Farran
> >
> >
> > On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 18:53 +, Kris Douglas wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >  On 23/12/2007, *Farran* < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >  how about this?
> > https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Graphics+Cards/PCI-E/nVIDIA+GeForce+8+Series/nVidia+GeForce+8500GT+Super%2B1G+PCI-E+
> > Looks ugly as hell, but seems quite good.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 18:46 +, Farran wrote:
> >
> > thanks to you both
> > just looking at the motherboard and Graphic card...
> > What's the SLI bit mean? Should I aim to have it on the card or not, and
> > if I do, will it help?
> >
> > Cheers [image: :P] Farran
> >
> > PS I like shiny cases, they make the world brighter [image: :D]
> >
> > On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 18:34 +, Kris Douglas wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > On 23/12/2007, *LeeGroups* < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > Can't comment on the rest, but don't *ever* buy any gear from ECS...
> >
> > I've built quite a few PCs and ECS motherboards have been nothing but
> > trouble...
> >
> > Cheap they may be, with cheap chipsets, cheap components, and poor
> > bioses... urgh
> >
> > The K7S5A motherboard springs to mind, try googling it, I honestly ended
> > up soldering resistors to several of these motherboards to make them
> > more stable (they still weren't perfect) or they else they just forgot
> > the time, how much memory they had, that they had USB ports, etc...
> >
> > Horrid, nasty, cheap bits of junk...
> >
> > Lee
> >
> >
> > Farran wrote:
> > > right, back again. Been to Aria, come back with a much cheaper range
> > > of products than Novatech.
> > > I'd appreciate someone older and wiser (I'm only 15 :P) to look over
> > > the components just to check they are compatible with each other and
> > > with Linux:
> > >
> > > ECS 650iSLIT-A nForce 650 LGA Socket 775 Motherboard
> > >  > >
> > > OCZ 4GB PC2-6400 nVIDIA SLI Approved (2X2GB)
> > > <
> > https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Memory/DDR2/DDR2+800+%28PC6400%29/OCZ+4GB+PC2-6400+nVIDIA+SLI+Approved+%282X2GB%29+?productId=28923
> > >
> > > Samsung SH-S203B 20X DVDRW - SATA - Black
> > >  > >
> > > Corsair 550W VX Series PSU
> > >  > >
> > > 320GB Hitachi Deskstar SATA2 16MB
> > >  > >
> > > Gigabyte Poseidon Silver
> > >  > >
> > > Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz 95W G0 Stepping (Retail 775)
> > >  > >
> > > nVidia GeForce 8400GS 512MB PCI-E
> > > <
> > https://www.aria.co.uk/SuperSpecials/nVidia+GeForce+8400GS+512MB+PCI-E+?productId=29843
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks
> >
> > --
> > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com
> > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
> > https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
> >
> >
> >  ECS 650iSLIT-A nForce 650 LGA Socket 775 
> > Motherboard
> > Fine
> >  OCZ 4GB PC2-6400 nVIDIA SLI Approved 
> > (2X2GB)
> > Thats fine.
> >  Samsung SH-S203B 20X DVDRW - SATA - 
> > Black
> > Thats fine
> >  Corsair 550W VX Series 
> > PSU
> > Thats fine
> >  320GB Hitachi Deskstar SATA2 
> > 16MB
> > Thats fine
> >  Gigabyte Poseidon 
> > Silver
> > Ooh shiny
> >  Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz 95

Re: [ubuntu-uk] pc parts compatibility

[Kris Douglas]

On 23/12/2007, Farran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>  this was one I was looking at too,
> https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Graphics+Cards/PCI-E/nVIDIA+GeForce+8+Series/nVidia+GeForce+8600GT+512MB+DDR2+PCI-E+?productId=27199,
> but someone said that it is not SLI. Do I even need to worry about SLI at
> all?
>
> Farran
>
>
> On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 18:53 +, Kris Douglas wrote:
>
>
>
>  On 23/12/2007, *Farran* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>  how about this?
> https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Graphics+Cards/PCI-E/nVIDIA+GeForce+8+Series/nVidia+GeForce+8500GT+Super%2B1G+PCI-E+
> Looks ugly as hell, but seems quite good.
>
>
>
>
> On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 18:46 +, Farran wrote:
>
> thanks to you both
> just looking at the motherboard and Graphic card...
> What's the SLI bit mean? Should I aim to have it on the card or not, and
> if I do, will it help?
>
> Cheers [image: :P] Farran
>
> PS I like shiny cases, they make the world brighter [image: :D]
>
> On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 18:34 +, Kris Douglas wrote:
>
>
>
> On 23/12/2007, *LeeGroups* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Can't comment on the rest, but don't *ever* buy any gear from ECS...
>
> I've built quite a few PCs and ECS motherboards have been nothing but
> trouble...
>
> Cheap they may be, with cheap chipsets, cheap components, and poor
> bioses... urgh
>
> The K7S5A motherboard springs to mind, try googling it, I honestly ended
> up soldering resistors to several of these motherboards to make them
> more stable (they still weren't perfect) or they else they just forgot
> the time, how much memory they had, that they had USB ports, etc...
>
> Horrid, nasty, cheap bits of junk...
>
> Lee
>
>
> Farran wrote:
> > right, back again. Been to Aria, come back with a much cheaper range
> > of products than Novatech.
> > I'd appreciate someone older and wiser (I'm only 15 :P) to look over
> > the components just to check they are compatible with each other and
> > with Linux:
> >
> > ECS 650iSLIT-A nForce 650 LGA Socket 775 Motherboard
> > <
> https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Motherboards/Socket+775+%28Intel%29/ECS+650iSLIT-A+nForce+650+LGA+Socket+775+Motherboard+?productId=26899
> >
> > OCZ 4GB PC2-6400 nVIDIA SLI Approved (2X2GB)
> > <
> https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Memory/DDR2/DDR2+800+%28PC6400%29/OCZ+4GB+PC2-6400+nVIDIA+SLI+Approved+%282X2GB%29+?productId=28923
> >
> > Samsung SH-S203B 20X DVDRW - SATA - Black
> > <
> https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/CD%2FDVD+Drives/DVD-R%2FRW+Writer/Samsung+SH-S203B+20X+DVDRW+-+SATA+-+Black+?productId=29919
> >
> > Corsair 550W VX Series PSU
> > <
> https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Power+Supplies/500w+%2B/Corsair+550W+VX+Series+PSU+?productId=29383
> >
> > 320GB Hitachi Deskstar SATA2 16MB
> > <
> https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Hard+Drives/Serial+ATA/320GB+Hitachi+Deskstar+SATA2+16MB+?productId=24793
> >
> > Gigabyte Poseidon Silver
> > <
> https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Cases/MIDI+Tower/Gigabyte+Poseidon+Silver+?productId=24865
> >
> > Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz 95W G0 Stepping (Retail 775)
> > <
> https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/CPUs+%2F+Processors/Intel/Core+2+Duo/Intel+Core+2+Quad+Q6600+2.4GHz+95W+G0+Stepping+%28Retail+775%29+?productId=28356
> >
> > nVidia GeForce 8400GS 512MB PCI-E
> > <
> https://www.aria.co.uk/SuperSpecials/nVidia+GeForce+8400GS+512MB+PCI-E+?productId=29843
> >
> >
> > Thanks
>
> --
> ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com
> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
> https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
>
>
> ECS 650iSLIT-A nForce 650 LGA Socket 775 
> Motherboard
> Fine
> OCZ 4GB PC2-6400 nVIDIA SLI Approved 
> (2X2GB)
> Thats fine.
> Samsung SH-S203B 20X DVDRW - SATA - 
> Black
> Thats fine
> Corsair 550W VX Series 
> PSU
> Thats fine
> 320GB Hitachi Deskstar SATA2 
> 16MB
> Thats fine
> Gigabyte Poseidon 
> Silver
> Ooh shiny
> Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz 95W G0 Stepping (Retail 
> 775)
> Thats alright
> nVidia GeForce 8400GS 512MB 
> PCI-E

Re: [ubuntu-uk] pc parts compatibility

[Farran]

this was one I was looking at too,
https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Graphics+Cards/PCI-E/nVIDIA
+GeForce+8+Series/nVidia+GeForce+8600GT+512MB+DDR2+PCI-E
+?productId=27199, but someone said that it is not SLI. Do I even need
to worry about SLI at all?

Farran


On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 18:53 +, Kris Douglas wrote:

> 
> 
> 
> On 23/12/2007, Farran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> how about this?
> https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Graphics
> +Cards/PCI-E/nVIDIA+GeForce+8+Series/nVidia+GeForce+8500GT
> +Super%2B1G+PCI-E+
> Looks ugly as hell, but seems quite good.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 18:46 +, Farran wrote:
> 
> > thanks to you both
> > just looking at the motherboard and Graphic card...
> > What's the SLI bit mean? Should I aim to have it on the card
> > or not, and if I do, will it help?
> > 
> > Cheers :P Farran
> > 
> > PS I like shiny cases, they make the world brighter :D
> > 
> > On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 18:34 +, Kris Douglas wrote:
> > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > On 23/12/2007, LeeGroups <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > 
> > > Can't comment on the rest, but don't *ever* buy
> > > any gear from ECS...
> > > 
> > > I've built quite a few PCs and ECS motherboards
> > > have been nothing but
> > > trouble...
> > > 
> > > Cheap they may be, with cheap chipsets, cheap
> > > components, and poor 
> > > bioses... urgh
> > > 
> > > The K7S5A motherboard springs to mind, try
> > > googling it, I honestly ended
> > > up soldering resistors to several of these
> > > motherboards to make them
> > > more stable (they still weren't perfect) or they
> > > else they just forgot 
> > > the time, how much memory they had, that they had
> > > USB ports, etc...
> > > 
> > > Horrid, nasty, cheap bits of junk...
> > > 
> > > Lee
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Farran wrote:
> > > > right, back again. Been to Aria, come back with
> > > a much cheaper range 
> > > > of products than Novatech.
> > > > I'd appreciate someone older and wiser (I'm only
> > > 15 :P) to look over
> > > > the components just to check they are compatible
> > > with each other and
> > > > with Linux:
> > > >
> > > > ECS 650iSLIT-A nForce 650 LGA Socket 775
> > > Motherboard
> > > >
> > > 
> 
> > > > OCZ 4GB PC2-6400 nVIDIA SLI Approved (2X2GB)
> > > > <
> > > 
> https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Memory/DDR2/DDR2+800+%28PC6400%29/OCZ+4GB+PC2-6400+nVIDIA+SLI+Approved+%282X2GB%29+?productId=28923>
> > > > Samsung SH-S203B 20X DVDRW - SATA - Black
> > > >  > > 2FDVD+Drives/DVD-R%2FRW+Writer/Samsung+SH-S203B
> > > +20X+DVDRW+-+SATA+-+Black+?productId=29919>
> > > > Corsair 550W VX Series PSU
> > > >
> > >  > > +Supplies/500w+%2B/Corsair+550W+VX+Series+PSU
> > > +?productId=29383>
> > > > 320GB Hitachi Deskstar SATA2 16MB
> > > >  > > +Drives/Serial+ATA/320GB+Hitachi+Deskstar+SATA2
> > > +16MB+?productId=24793>
> > > > Gigabyte Poseidon Silver
> > > >
> > > 
> 
> > > > Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz 95W G0 Stepping
> > > (Retail 775)
> > > >  > > +%2F+Processors/Intel/Core+2+Duo/Intel+Core+2+Quad
> > > +Q6600+2.4GHz+95W+G0+Stepping+%28Retail+775%29
> > > +?productId=28356>
> > > > nVidia GeForce 8400GS 512MB PCI-E
> > > > < https://www.aria.co.uk/SuperSpecials/nVidia
> > > +GeForce+8400GS+512MB+PCI-E+?productId=29843>
> 

Re: [ubuntu-uk] pc parts compatibility

[Kris Douglas]

On 23/12/2007, Farran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>  how about this?
> https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Graphics+Cards/PCI-E/nVIDIA+GeForce+8+Series/nVidia+GeForce+8500GT+Super%2B1G+PCI-E+
> Looks ugly as hell, but seems quite good.
>
>
> On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 18:46 +, Farran wrote:
>
> thanks to you both
> just looking at the motherboard and Graphic card...
> What's the SLI bit mean? Should I aim to have it on the card or not, and
> if I do, will it help?
>
> Cheers [image: :P] Farran
>
> PS I like shiny cases, they make the world brighter [image: :D]
>
> On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 18:34 +, Kris Douglas wrote:
>
>
>
> On 23/12/2007, *LeeGroups* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Can't comment on the rest, but don't *ever* buy any gear from ECS...
>
> I've built quite a few PCs and ECS motherboards have been nothing but
> trouble...
>
> Cheap they may be, with cheap chipsets, cheap components, and poor
> bioses... urgh
>
> The K7S5A motherboard springs to mind, try googling it, I honestly ended
> up soldering resistors to several of these motherboards to make them
> more stable (they still weren't perfect) or they else they just forgot
> the time, how much memory they had, that they had USB ports, etc...
>
> Horrid, nasty, cheap bits of junk...
>
> Lee
>
>
> Farran wrote:
> > right, back again. Been to Aria, come back with a much cheaper range
> > of products than Novatech.
> > I'd appreciate someone older and wiser (I'm only 15 :P) to look over
> > the components just to check they are compatible with each other and
> > with Linux:
> >
> > ECS 650iSLIT-A nForce 650 LGA Socket 775 Motherboard
> > <
> https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Motherboards/Socket+775+%28Intel%29/ECS+650iSLIT-A+nForce+650+LGA+Socket+775+Motherboard+?productId=26899
> >
> > OCZ 4GB PC2-6400 nVIDIA SLI Approved (2X2GB)
> > <
> https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Memory/DDR2/DDR2+800+%28PC6400%29/OCZ+4GB+PC2-6400+nVIDIA+SLI+Approved+%282X2GB%29+?productId=28923
> >
> > Samsung SH-S203B 20X DVDRW - SATA - Black
> > <
> https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/CD%2FDVD+Drives/DVD-R%2FRW+Writer/Samsung+SH-S203B+20X+DVDRW+-+SATA+-+Black+?productId=29919
> >
> > Corsair 550W VX Series PSU
> > <
> https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Power+Supplies/500w+%2B/Corsair+550W+VX+Series+PSU+?productId=29383
> >
> > 320GB Hitachi Deskstar SATA2 16MB
> > <
> https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Hard+Drives/Serial+ATA/320GB+Hitachi+Deskstar+SATA2+16MB+?productId=24793
> >
> > Gigabyte Poseidon Silver
> > <
> https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Cases/MIDI+Tower/Gigabyte+Poseidon+Silver+?productId=24865
> >
> > Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz 95W G0 Stepping (Retail 775)
> > <
> https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/CPUs+%2F+Processors/Intel/Core+2+Duo/Intel+Core+2+Quad+Q6600+2.4GHz+95W+G0+Stepping+%28Retail+775%29+?productId=28356
> >
> > nVidia GeForce 8400GS 512MB PCI-E
> > <
> https://www.aria.co.uk/SuperSpecials/nVidia+GeForce+8400GS+512MB+PCI-E+?productId=29843
> >
> >
> > Thanks
>
> --
> ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com
> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
> https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
>
>
> ECS 650iSLIT-A nForce 650 LGA Socket 775 
> Motherboard
> Fine
> OCZ 4GB PC2-6400 nVIDIA SLI Approved 
> (2X2GB)
> Thats fine.
> Samsung SH-S203B 20X DVDRW - SATA - 
> Black
> Thats fine
> Corsair 550W VX Series 
> PSU
> Thats fine
> 320GB Hitachi Deskstar SATA2 
> 16MB
> Thats fine
> Gigabyte Poseidon 
> Silver
> Ooh shiny
> Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz 95W G0 Stepping (Retail 
> 775)
> Thats alright
> nVidia GeForce 8400GS 512MB 
> PCI-E
> Acts a bit funny in Ubuntu from me experience, try a 256/320 8600GT/GS
>
> --
> Kris Douglas
>   Softdel Limited Hosting Services
>
>   Web: www.softdel.net
>   Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
> --
> ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com
> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
> https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
>
>
They get more ugly as they get

Re: [ubuntu-uk] pc parts compatibility

[Kris Douglas]

On 23/12/2007, Farran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>  thanks to you both
> just looking at the motherboard and Graphic card...
> What's the SLI bit mean? Should I aim to have it on the card or not, and
> if I do, will it help?
>
> Cheers [image: :P] Farran
>
> PS I like shiny cases, they make the world brighter [image: :D]
>
> On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 18:34 +, Kris Douglas wrote:
>
>
>
>  On 23/12/2007, *LeeGroups* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Can't comment on the rest, but don't *ever* buy any gear from ECS...
>
> I've built quite a few PCs and ECS motherboards have been nothing but
> trouble...
>
> Cheap they may be, with cheap chipsets, cheap components, and poor
> bioses... urgh
>
> The K7S5A motherboard springs to mind, try googling it, I honestly ended
> up soldering resistors to several of these motherboards to make them
> more stable (they still weren't perfect) or they else they just forgot
> the time, how much memory they had, that they had USB ports, etc...
>
> Horrid, nasty, cheap bits of junk...
>
> Lee
>
>
> Farran wrote:
> > right, back again. Been to Aria, come back with a much cheaper range
> > of products than Novatech.
> > I'd appreciate someone older and wiser (I'm only 15 :P) to look over
> > the components just to check they are compatible with each other and
> > with Linux:
> >
> > ECS 650iSLIT-A nForce 650 LGA Socket 775 Motherboard
> > <
> https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Motherboards/Socket+775+%28Intel%29/ECS+650iSLIT-A+nForce+650+LGA+Socket+775+Motherboard+?productId=26899
> >
> > OCZ 4GB PC2-6400 nVIDIA SLI Approved (2X2GB)
> > <
> https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Memory/DDR2/DDR2+800+%28PC6400%29/OCZ+4GB+PC2-6400+nVIDIA+SLI+Approved+%282X2GB%29+?productId=28923
> >
> > Samsung SH-S203B 20X DVDRW - SATA - Black
> > <
> https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/CD%2FDVD+Drives/DVD-R%2FRW+Writer/Samsung+SH-S203B+20X+DVDRW+-+SATA+-+Black+?productId=29919
> >
> > Corsair 550W VX Series PSU
> > <
> https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Power+Supplies/500w+%2B/Corsair+550W+VX+Series+PSU+?productId=29383
> >
> > 320GB Hitachi Deskstar SATA2 16MB
> > <
> https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Hard+Drives/Serial+ATA/320GB+Hitachi+Deskstar+SATA2+16MB+?productId=24793
> >
> > Gigabyte Poseidon Silver
> > <
> https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Cases/MIDI+Tower/Gigabyte+Poseidon+Silver+?productId=24865
> >
> > Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz 95W G0 Stepping (Retail 775)
> > <
> https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/CPUs+%2F+Processors/Intel/Core+2+Duo/Intel+Core+2+Quad+Q6600+2.4GHz+95W+G0+Stepping+%28Retail+775%29+?productId=28356
> >
> > nVidia GeForce 8400GS 512MB PCI-E
> > <
> https://www.aria.co.uk/SuperSpecials/nVidia+GeForce+8400GS+512MB+PCI-E+?productId=29843
> >
> >
> > Thanks
>
> --
> ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com
> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
> https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
>
>
> ECS 650iSLIT-A nForce 650 LGA Socket 775 
> Motherboard
> Fine
> OCZ 4GB PC2-6400 nVIDIA SLI Approved 
> (2X2GB)
> Thats fine.
> Samsung SH-S203B 20X DVDRW - SATA - 
> Black
> Thats fine
> Corsair 550W VX Series 
> PSU
> Thats fine
> 320GB Hitachi Deskstar SATA2 
> 16MB
> Thats fine
> Gigabyte Poseidon 
> Silver
> Ooh shiny
> Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz 95W G0 Stepping (Retail 
> 775)
> Thats alright
> nVidia GeForce 8400GS 512MB 
> PCI-E
> Acts a bit funny in Ubuntu from me experience, try a 256/320 8600GT/GS
>
> --
> Kris Douglas
>   Softdel Limited Hosting Services
>
>   Web: www.softdel.net
>   Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
> --
> ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com
> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
> https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
>
>
SLi is the connection of 2 or 3 NVidia GFX Cards, you already have it..

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] pc parts compatibility

[Farran]

how about this? https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Graphics
+Cards/PCI-E/nVIDIA+GeForce+8+Series/nVidia+GeForce+8500GT+Super%2B1G
+PCI-E+
Looks ugly as hell, but seems quite good.


 On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 18:46 +, Farran wrote:

> thanks to you both
> just looking at the motherboard and Graphic card...
> What's the SLI bit mean? Should I aim to have it on the card or not,
> and if I do, will it help?
> 
> Cheers :P Farran
> 
> PS I like shiny cases, they make the world brighter :D
> 
> On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 18:34 +, Kris Douglas wrote:
> 
> > 
> > 
> > On 23/12/2007, LeeGroups <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > 
> > Can't comment on the rest, but don't *ever* buy any gear
> > from ECS...
> > 
> > I've built quite a few PCs and ECS motherboards have been
> > nothing but
> > trouble...
> > 
> > Cheap they may be, with cheap chipsets, cheap components,
> > and poor 
> > bioses... urgh
> > 
> > The K7S5A motherboard springs to mind, try googling it, I
> > honestly ended
> > up soldering resistors to several of these motherboards to
> > make them
> > more stable (they still weren't perfect) or they else they
> > just forgot 
> > the time, how much memory they had, that they had USB ports,
> > etc...
> > 
> > Horrid, nasty, cheap bits of junk...
> > 
> > Lee
> > 
> > 
> > Farran wrote:
> > > right, back again. Been to Aria, come back with a much
> > cheaper range 
> > > of products than Novatech.
> > > I'd appreciate someone older and wiser (I'm only 15 :P) to
> > look over
> > > the components just to check they are compatible with each
> > other and
> > > with Linux:
> > >
> > > ECS 650iSLIT-A nForce 650 LGA Socket 775 Motherboard
> > >
> > 
> > 
> > > OCZ 4GB PC2-6400 nVIDIA SLI Approved (2X2GB)
> > > <
> > https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Memory/DDR2/DDR2
> > +800+%28PC6400%29/OCZ+4GB+PC2-6400+nVIDIA+SLI+Approved+%
> > 282X2GB%29+?productId=28923>
> > > Samsung SH-S203B 20X DVDRW - SATA - Black
> > >  > +Drives/DVD-R%2FRW+Writer/Samsung+SH-S203B+20X+DVDRW+-+SATA
> > +-+Black+?productId=29919>
> > > Corsair 550W VX Series PSU
> > >  > +Supplies/500w+%2B/Corsair+550W+VX+Series+PSU
> > +?productId=29383>
> > > 320GB Hitachi Deskstar SATA2 16MB
> > >  > +Drives/Serial+ATA/320GB+Hitachi+Deskstar+SATA2+16MB
> > +?productId=24793>
> > > Gigabyte Poseidon Silver
> > >  > +Tower/Gigabyte+Poseidon+Silver+?productId=24865>
> > > Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz 95W G0 Stepping (Retail
> > 775)
> > >  > +Processors/Intel/Core+2+Duo/Intel+Core+2+Quad+Q6600+2.4GHz
> > +95W+G0+Stepping+%28Retail+775%29+?productId=28356>
> > > nVidia GeForce 8400GS 512MB PCI-E
> > > < https://www.aria.co.uk/SuperSpecials/nVidia+GeForce
> > +8400GS+512MB+PCI-E+?productId=29843>
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > 
> > --
> > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com
> > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
> > https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ 
> > 
> > 
> > ECS 650iSLIT-A nForce 650 LGA Socket 775 Motherboard
> > Fine
> > OCZ 4GB PC2-6400 nVIDIA SLI Approved (2X2GB)
> > Thats fine.
> > Samsung SH-S203B 20X DVDRW - SATA - Black
> > Thats fine
> > Corsair 550W VX Series PSU 
> > Thats fine
> > 320GB Hitachi Deskstar SATA2 16MB
> > Thats fine
> > Gigabyte Poseidon Silver
> > Ooh shiny 
> > Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz 95W G0 Stepping (Retail 775)
> > Thats alright
> > nVidia GeForce 8400GS 512MB PCI-E
> > Acts a bit funny in Ubuntu from me experience, try a 256/320
> > 8600GT/GS
> > 
> > -- 
> > Kris Douglas
> >   Softdel Limited Hosting Services
> > 
> >   Web: www.softdel.net
> >   Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] pc parts compatibility

[Farran]

thanks to you both
just looking at the motherboard and Graphic card...
What's the SLI bit mean? Should I aim to have it on the card or not, and
if I do, will it help?

Cheers :P Farran

PS I like shiny cases, they make the world brighter :D

On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 18:34 +, Kris Douglas wrote:

> 
> 
> 
> On 23/12/2007, LeeGroups <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> Can't comment on the rest, but don't *ever* buy any gear from
> ECS...
> 
> I've built quite a few PCs and ECS motherboards have been
> nothing but
> trouble...
> 
> Cheap they may be, with cheap chipsets, cheap components, and
> poor 
> bioses... urgh
> 
> The K7S5A motherboard springs to mind, try googling it, I
> honestly ended
> up soldering resistors to several of these motherboards to
> make them
> more stable (they still weren't perfect) or they else they
> just forgot 
> the time, how much memory they had, that they had USB ports,
> etc...
> 
> Horrid, nasty, cheap bits of junk...
> 
> Lee
> 
> 
> Farran wrote:
> > right, back again. Been to Aria, come back with a much
> cheaper range 
> > of products than Novatech.
> > I'd appreciate someone older and wiser (I'm only 15 :P) to
> look over
> > the components just to check they are compatible with each
> other and
> > with Linux:
> >
> > ECS 650iSLIT-A nForce 650 LGA Socket 775 Motherboard
> >
> 
> 
> > OCZ 4GB PC2-6400 nVIDIA SLI Approved (2X2GB)
> > <
> https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Memory/DDR2/DDR2
> +800+%28PC6400%29/OCZ+4GB+PC2-6400+nVIDIA+SLI+Approved+%
> 282X2GB%29+?productId=28923>
> > Samsung SH-S203B 20X DVDRW - SATA - Black
> >  +Drives/DVD-R%2FRW+Writer/Samsung+SH-S203B+20X+DVDRW+-+SATA
> +-+Black+?productId=29919>
> > Corsair 550W VX Series PSU
> >  +Supplies/500w+%2B/Corsair+550W+VX+Series+PSU
> +?productId=29383>
> > 320GB Hitachi Deskstar SATA2 16MB
> >  +Drives/Serial+ATA/320GB+Hitachi+Deskstar+SATA2+16MB
> +?productId=24793>
> > Gigabyte Poseidon Silver
> >  +Tower/Gigabyte+Poseidon+Silver+?productId=24865>
> > Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz 95W G0 Stepping (Retail 775)
> >  +Processors/Intel/Core+2+Duo/Intel+Core+2+Quad+Q6600+2.4GHz
> +95W+G0+Stepping+%28Retail+775%29+?productId=28356>
> > nVidia GeForce 8400GS 512MB PCI-E
> > < https://www.aria.co.uk/SuperSpecials/nVidia+GeForce+8400GS
> +512MB+PCI-E+?productId=29843>
> >
> > Thanks
> 
> --
> ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com
> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
> https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
> 
> 
> ECS 650iSLIT-A nForce 650 LGA Socket 775 Motherboard
> Fine
> OCZ 4GB PC2-6400 nVIDIA SLI Approved (2X2GB)
> Thats fine.
> Samsung SH-S203B 20X DVDRW - SATA - Black
> Thats fine
> Corsair 550W VX Series PSU 
> Thats fine
> 320GB Hitachi Deskstar SATA2 16MB
> Thats fine
> Gigabyte Poseidon Silver
> Ooh shiny 
> Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz 95W G0 Stepping (Retail 775)
> Thats alright
> nVidia GeForce 8400GS 512MB PCI-E
> Acts a bit funny in Ubuntu from me experience, try a 256/320 8600GT/GS
> 
> -- 
> Kris Douglas
>   Softdel Limited Hosting Services
> 
>   Web: www.softdel.net
>   Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] pc parts compatibility

[Kris Douglas]

On 23/12/2007, LeeGroups <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Can't comment on the rest, but don't *ever* buy any gear from ECS...
>
> I've built quite a few PCs and ECS motherboards have been nothing but
> trouble...
>
> Cheap they may be, with cheap chipsets, cheap components, and poor
> bioses... urgh
>
> The K7S5A motherboard springs to mind, try googling it, I honestly ended
> up soldering resistors to several of these motherboards to make them
> more stable (they still weren't perfect) or they else they just forgot
> the time, how much memory they had, that they had USB ports, etc...
>
> Horrid, nasty, cheap bits of junk...
>
> Lee
>
>
> Farran wrote:
> > right, back again. Been to Aria, come back with a much cheaper range
> > of products than Novatech.
> > I'd appreciate someone older and wiser (I'm only 15 :P) to look over
> > the components just to check they are compatible with each other and
> > with Linux:
> >
> > ECS 650iSLIT-A nForce 650 LGA Socket 775 Motherboard
> > <
> https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Motherboards/Socket+775+%28Intel%29/ECS+650iSLIT-A+nForce+650+LGA+Socket+775+Motherboard+?productId=26899
> >
> > OCZ 4GB PC2-6400 nVIDIA SLI Approved (2X2GB)
> > <
> https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Memory/DDR2/DDR2+800+%28PC6400%29/OCZ+4GB+PC2-6400+nVIDIA+SLI+Approved+%282X2GB%29+?productId=28923
> >
> > Samsung SH-S203B 20X DVDRW - SATA - Black
> > <
> https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/CD%2FDVD+Drives/DVD-R%2FRW+Writer/Samsung+SH-S203B+20X+DVDRW+-+SATA+-+Black+?productId=29919
> >
> > Corsair 550W VX Series PSU
> > <
> https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Power+Supplies/500w+%2B/Corsair+550W+VX+Series+PSU+?productId=29383
> >
> > 320GB Hitachi Deskstar SATA2 16MB
> > <
> https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Hard+Drives/Serial+ATA/320GB+Hitachi+Deskstar+SATA2+16MB+?productId=24793
> >
> > Gigabyte Poseidon Silver
> > <
> https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Cases/MIDI+Tower/Gigabyte+Poseidon+Silver+?productId=24865
> >
> > Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz 95W G0 Stepping (Retail 775)
> > <
> https://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/CPUs+%2F+Processors/Intel/Core+2+Duo/Intel+Core+2+Quad+Q6600+2.4GHz+95W+G0+Stepping+%28Retail+775%29+?productId=28356
> >
> > nVidia GeForce 8400GS 512MB PCI-E
> > <
> https://www.aria.co.uk/SuperSpecials/nVidia+GeForce+8400GS+512MB+PCI-E+?productId=29843
> >
> >
> > Thanks
>
> --
> ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com
> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
> https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
>

ECS 650iSLIT-A nForce 650 LGA Socket 775
Motherboard
Fine
OCZ 4GB PC2-6400 nVIDIA SLI Approved
(2X2GB)
Thats fine.
Samsung SH-S203B 20X DVDRW - SATA -
Black
Thats fine
Corsair 550W VX Series
PSU
Thats fine
320GB Hitachi Deskstar SATA2
16MB
Thats fine
Gigabyte Poseidon
Silver
Ooh shiny
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz 95W G0 Stepping (Retail
775)
Thats
alright
nVidia GeForce 8400GS 512MB
PCI-E
Acts a bit funny in Ubuntu from me experience, try a 256/320 8600GT/GS

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] pc parts compatibility

[LeeGroups]

Can't comment on the rest, but don't *ever* buy any gear from ECS...

I've built quite a few PCs and ECS motherboards have been nothing but 
trouble...

Cheap they may be, with cheap chipsets, cheap components, and poor 
bioses... urgh

The K7S5A motherboard springs to mind, try googling it, I honestly ended 
up soldering resistors to several of these motherboards to make them 
more stable (they still weren't perfect) or they else they just forgot 
the time, how much memory they had, that they had USB ports, etc...

Horrid, nasty, cheap bits of junk...

Lee


Farran wrote:
> right, back again. Been to Aria, come back with a much cheaper range 
> of products than Novatech.
> I'd appreciate someone older and wiser (I'm only 15 :P) to look over 
> the components just to check they are compatible with each other and 
> with Linux:
>
> ECS 650iSLIT-A nForce 650 LGA Socket 775 Motherboard 
> 
> OCZ 4GB PC2-6400 nVIDIA SLI Approved (2X2GB) 
> 
> Samsung SH-S203B 20X DVDRW - SATA - Black 
> 
> Corsair 550W VX Series PSU 
> 
> 320GB Hitachi Deskstar SATA2 16MB 
> 
> Gigabyte Poseidon Silver 
> 
> Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz 95W G0 Stepping (Retail 775) 
> 
> nVidia GeForce 8400GS 512MB PCI-E 
> 
>
> Thanks 

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] pc parts compatibility

[Farran]

right, back again. Been to Aria, come back with a much cheaper range of
products than Novatech.
I'd appreciate someone older and wiser (I'm only 15 :P) to look over the
components just to check they are compatible with each other and with
Linux:

ECS 650iSLIT-A nForce 650 LGA Socket 775 Motherboard
OCZ 4GB PC2-6400 nVIDIA SLI Approved (2X2GB)
Samsung SH-S203B 20X DVDRW - SATA - Black
Corsair 550W VX Series PSU
320GB Hitachi Deskstar SATA2 16MB
Gigabyte Poseidon Silver
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz 95W G0 Stepping (Retail 775)
nVidia GeForce 8400GS 512MB PCI-E

Thanks
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] pc parts compatibility

[Lucy]

On 14/12/2007, Alan Pope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi Lucy,
>
> On Fri, Dec 14, 2007 at 10:33:46AM +, Lucy wrote:
> > I made the mistake of buying a pre-built system with a Jetway mobo
> > from Aria a few months back. I can say that while it definately runs
> > on Ubuntu I wouldn't recommend it. The machine kernel panics about
> > once a week and I had to take out half the ram just to get it to
> > recognise the hard drive. The ram problem is bios related and I'm
> > still waiting to hear back from Aria after a month! Next time I think
>
> Have you run a memory test for a long time - over 12 hours to determine if
> the RAM is just plain faulty?

Thanks, but I've done many runs with memtest and the RAM is fine. The
machine just doesn't want to pickup the hdd past the bios stage when
there's more than 2GB of RAM installed (i.e it won't boot from the hdd
and it doesn't get picked up from the live cd). I read on a forum
somewhere that it was a bios issue, but I can't find the post
unfortunately.

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] pc parts compatibility

[Alan Pope]

Hi Lucy,

On Fri, Dec 14, 2007 at 10:33:46AM +, Lucy wrote:
> I made the mistake of buying a pre-built system with a Jetway mobo
> from Aria a few months back. I can say that while it definately runs
> on Ubuntu I wouldn't recommend it. The machine kernel panics about
> once a week and I had to take out half the ram just to get it to
> recognise the hard drive. The ram problem is bios related and I'm
> still waiting to hear back from Aria after a month! Next time I think

Have you run a memory test for a long time - over 12 hours to determine if 
the RAM is just plain faulty?

Cheers,
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] pc parts compatibility

[Lucy]

On 13/12/2007, Kris Douglas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm not advertising against novatech, but some of the prices on there are
> much more expensive than www.Aria.co.uk, they're based in Manchester and
> have some good hardware prices (I'm not associated in any way, but i have
> never found anywhere with better prices for hardware, and because they
> include lots of specifics, you can see if the hardware is supported on
> Linux, like most of the Jetway motherboards don't work on Ubuntu for some
> odd reason...

I made the mistake of buying a pre-built system with a Jetway mobo
from Aria a few months back. I can say that while it definately runs
on Ubuntu I wouldn't recommend it. The machine kernel panics about
once a week and I had to take out half the ram just to get it to
recognise the hard drive. The ram problem is bios related and I'm
still waiting to hear back from Aria after a month! Next time I think
I'll go for self build again, seems to be less hassle :/

In spite of this, I would still recommend Aria as a company to buy from.

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] pc parts compatibility

[Alan Pope]

On Thu, Dec 13, 2007 at 09:31:32PM +, Rob Beard wrote:
> Farran wrote:
> > hi all
> > building a computer just for personal use, selected all the parts form 
> > novatech:
> > Hard  Drive 


Doh! Reading mail in a plain text mail client, I didn't see the URLs, sorry.

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] pc parts compatibility

[Kris Douglas]

On 13/12/2007, Rob Beard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Kris Douglas wrote:
>
> >
> > I'm not advertising against novatech, but some of the prices on there
> > are much more expensive than www.Aria.co.uk ,
> > they're based in Manchester and have some good hardware prices (I'm not
> > associated in any way, but i have never found anywhere with better
> > prices for hardware, and because they include lots of specifics, you can
> > see if the hardware is supported on Linux, like most of the Jetway
> > motherboards don't work on Ubuntu for some odd reason...
> >
>
> Yup, Aria are pretty good, I've used them before in the past, as well as
> eBuyer.
>
> Didn't know that about the Jetway motherboards.
>
> Rob
>
> 


Nor did I until I got about 4 of the flippin' things.



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Re: [ubuntu-uk] pc parts compatibility

[Rob Beard]

Kris Douglas wrote:

> 
> I'm not advertising against novatech, but some of the prices on there 
> are much more expensive than www.Aria.co.uk , 
> they're based in Manchester and have some good hardware prices (I'm not 
> associated in any way, but i have never found anywhere with better 
> prices for hardware, and because they include lots of specifics, you can 
> see if the hardware is supported on Linux, like most of the Jetway 
> motherboards don't work on Ubuntu for some odd reason...
> 

Yup, Aria are pretty good, I've used them before in the past, as well as 
eBuyer.

Didn't know that about the Jetway motherboards.

Rob

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] pc parts compatibility

[James Grabham]

I couldn help but think that it all looked a bit pricey.

I agree to go with aria, it is the best site Ive ever used, and it is SO
cheap!!

Also whats wrong with the on-board sound?

On Dec 13, 2007 9:31 PM, Rob Beard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Farran wrote:
> > hi all
> > building a computer just for personal use, selected all the parts form
> > novatech:
> > Hard  Drive
> > 
> > Motherboard 
> > Bundle 
> > Graphics 
> > Card 
> > Optical 
> > Drive 
> > Sound  Card
> > 
> > Keyboard 
> > Mouse 
> > This costs £621.47.
> >
> > Wondered if anyone has used these parts or knows whether they work with
> > Linux - a friend reminded me that some of the newer hardware won't work,
> > for example, the quad core processor maybe?
> > If any of these wouldn't be best and you have a better choice, please
> say :P
> > thanks, Farran
> >
>
> Looks okay to me, you'll probably need the NVidia drivers for the
> graphics card.
>
> Just wondering on two things...
>
> 1. Why did you choose a seperate sound card (I mean, isn't the onboard
> audio sufficient, because the card you've chosen as an extra wouldn't be
> much better than the on-board audio - would be different if you went for
> a Sound Blaster Audigy or something).
>
> 2. Do you plan on upgrading to two video cards in SLI?  If not, why
> spend the extra for an SLI board?  I think you'd probably save yourself
> a few quid not going for an SLI board which could be put to a board with
> an Intel Chipset.
>
> Quad core CPU should be fine, at least I would have thought so.  I would
> have thought it would be detected as 4 individual CPUs like a dual core
> would be detected as 2 CPUs.  I hope thats the case anyway as I'm
> considering an upgrade to quad core (although I haven't made my mind up
> yet if it's worth the extra money).
>
> Looks like a fairly good setup.
>
> Rob
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] pc parts compatibility

[Rob Beard]

Farran wrote:
> hi all
> building a computer just for personal use, selected all the parts form 
> novatech:
> Hard  Drive 
> 
> Motherboard  
> Bundle 
> Graphics  
> Card 
> Optical  
> Drive 
> Sound  Card 
> 
> Keyboard 
> Mouse 
> This costs £621.47.
> 
> Wondered if anyone has used these parts or knows whether they work with 
> Linux - a friend reminded me that some of the newer hardware won't work, 
> for example, the quad core processor maybe?
> If any of these wouldn't be best and you have a better choice, please say :P
> thanks, Farran
> 

Looks okay to me, you'll probably need the NVidia drivers for the 
graphics card.

Just wondering on two things...

1. Why did you choose a seperate sound card (I mean, isn't the onboard 
audio sufficient, because the card you've chosen as an extra wouldn't be 
much better than the on-board audio - would be different if you went for 
a Sound Blaster Audigy or something).

2. Do you plan on upgrading to two video cards in SLI?  If not, why 
spend the extra for an SLI board?  I think you'd probably save yourself 
a few quid not going for an SLI board which could be put to a board with 
an Intel Chipset.

Quad core CPU should be fine, at least I would have thought so.  I would 
have thought it would be detected as 4 individual CPUs like a dual core 
would be detected as 2 CPUs.  I hope thats the case anyway as I'm 
considering an upgrade to quad core (although I haven't made my mind up 
yet if it's worth the extra money).

Looks like a fairly good setup.

Rob

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] pc parts compatibility

[Kris Douglas]

On 13/12/2007, Alan Pope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Dec 13, 2007 at 08:50:39PM +, Farran wrote:
> > hi all
> > building a computer just for personal use, selected all the parts form
> > novatech:
> > Hard Drive
> > Motherboard Bundle
> > Graphics Card
> > Optical Drive
> > Sound Card
> > Keyboard
> > Mouse
> > This costs £621.47.
> >
>
> Difficult to tell without specific makes and model numbers to be honest.
> That said, the vast majority of hardware these days works just fine with
> Linux.
>
> > Wondered if anyone has used these parts or knows whether they work with
> > Linux - a friend reminded me that some of the newer hardware won't work,
> > for example, the quad core processor maybe?
>
> The processor should be fine, but the motherboard may have some quirks.
> Again, difficult to tell without model numbers.
>
> Cheers,
> Al.
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I'm not advertising against novatech, but some of the prices on there are
much more expensive than www.Aria.co.uk, they're based in Manchester and
have some good hardware prices (I'm not associated in any way, but i have
never found anywhere with better prices for hardware, and because they
include lots of specifics, you can see if the hardware is supported on
Linux, like most of the Jetway motherboards don't work on Ubuntu for some
odd reason...

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] pc parts compatibility

[Alan Pope]

On Thu, Dec 13, 2007 at 08:50:39PM +, Farran wrote:
> hi all
> building a computer just for personal use, selected all the parts form
> novatech:
> Hard Drive
> Motherboard Bundle
> Graphics Card
> Optical Drive
> Sound Card
> Keyboard
> Mouse
> This costs £621.47.
> 

Difficult to tell without specific makes and model numbers to be honest. 
That said, the vast majority of hardware these days works just fine with 
Linux.

> Wondered if anyone has used these parts or knows whether they work with
> Linux - a friend reminded me that some of the newer hardware won't work,
> for example, the quad core processor maybe?

The processor should be fine, but the motherboard may have some quirks. 
Again, difficult to tell without model numbers.

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[ubuntu-uk] pc parts compatibility

[Farran]

hi all
building a computer just for personal use, selected all the parts form
novatech:
Hard Drive
Motherboard Bundle
Graphics Card
Optical Drive
Sound Card
Keyboard
Mouse
This costs £621.47.

Wondered if anyone has used these parts or knows whether they work with
Linux - a friend reminded me that some of the newer hardware won't work,
for example, the quad core processor maybe?
If any of these wouldn't be best and you have a better choice, please
say :P
thanks, Farran
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