On Sun, Jun 10, 2007 at 11:13:36PM -0700, Alexandru Cardaniuc wrote:
> With what motherboard ?
Well if I was building a really nice game machine I would get the Asus
Striker Extreme. But the Asus M2N32-SLI is a bit more sane. If I
decided that SLI was never going to be of interest, I would proba
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lennart Sorensen) writes:
> Personally I would go with spending more on a Core 2 Duo if I was
> buying one, but I am not at the moment. :)
With what motherboard ?
> And I would get a 7600GT rather than a 7300,
EN7600GT SILENT/2DHT/256M ?
or
EN7600GT/2DHT/256M ?
or
EN760
On Mon, Jun 11, 2007 at 08:39:15AM +1000, Sam Varghese wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 08, 2007 at 09:51:56AM -0400 Lennart Sorensen said:
> > I have just seen many posts on this list where people ran memtest, found
> > nothing wrong, but eventually swapped out the ram and their problems
> > went away. mem
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On Fri, Jun 08, 2007 at 09:51:56AM -0400 Lennart Sorensen said:
> On Fri, Jun 08, 2007 at 12:05:42AM +, Sam Varghese wrote:
> > The Core 2.
>
> I am surprised if an Athlon 64 beat the Core 2 on video encoding.
> Weird. What codec and encoder prog
On Thu, Jun 07, 2007 at 06:03:40PM -0400, Robert Isaac wrote:
> If you go the Dell route be sure to pick the Ubuntu pre-installed
> choice. It may be Ubuntu, but it is the GNU/Linux sale that counts.
That particular offer comes only with xp home (not vista, and xp pro is
an add on cost). I think
On Fri, Jun 08, 2007 at 09:20:35AM -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote:
> IIRC, the difference between M2N-SLI Deluxe and the M2N32-SLI Deluxe is
> that the 32 includes wifi onboard.
The M2N32-SLI is an nforce 590, while the M2N-SLI is a 570. That means
the 32 has dual 16x slots, while the other h
On Fri, Jun 08, 2007 at 12:05:42AM +, Sam Varghese wrote:
> The Core 2.
I am surprised if an Athlon 64 beat the Core 2 on video encoding.
Weird. What codec and encoder program managed that?
> It's a little fan next to the graphics chip, comes on the motherboard.
> Once it starts making a rac
On Thu, Jun 07, 2007 at 04:05:24PM -0400, Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> > I don't see anything that would be inherently a no-go with linux but I
> > do know from reading this list that wifi is interesting. make sure its
> > covered.
>
> I didn't see wifi on the list.
IIRC, the difference between M
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On Thu, Jun 07, 2007 at 04:09:22PM -0400 Lennart Sorensen said:
> On Thu, Jun 07, 2007 at 06:02:02AM +, Sam Varghese wrote:
> > I have used both Intel and AMD dual-core and find AMD better for my work;
> > I'm basing this on one thing, the speed of
Of course you can get a stupid little Athlon 64 X2 3600+ system from
dell for $399CDN at the moment. Hard to beat that price/performance
ratio. Of course it is a Dell, so who knows... :)
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On Thu, Jun 07, 2007 at 06:02:02AM +, Sam Varghese wrote:
> I have used both Intel and AMD dual-core and find AMD better for my work;
> I'm basing this on one thing, the speed of processing video files.
Which intel? The P4 was a piece of [EMAIL PROTECTED] design wise. The Core 2
is
nothing
On Wed, Jun 06, 2007 at 09:54:01PM -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote:
> I chose AMD since IMHO Intel and MS are kissing siblings. I have the
> Asus M2N-SLI Deluxe; I didn't need the Wifi.
Based on the amount of code contribution coming from intel to the linux
kernel, I would very much disagree wit
On Wed, Jun 06, 2007 at 08:21:53PM -0500, Jaime Ochoa Malag?n wrote:
> The RAM is very important take care of this...
True. So far I have been happy with Corsair, and OCZ. Certainly go for
a well known name brand.
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On Wed, Jun 06, 2007 at 11:15:06PM +0200, Gilles Sadowski wrote:
> I'm also inquiring about hardware for a new system.
> Based on previous posts (with some replacements for parts I didn't
> readily found in the closest shop), here is my tentative list (with
> alternative choices):
>
> CPU
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On Wed, Jun 06, 2007 at 09:54:01PM -0400 Douglas Allan Tutty said:
> On Wed, Jun 06, 2007 at 11:15:06PM +0200, Gilles Sadowski wrote:
> >
> > I'm also inquiring about hardware for a new system.
> > Based on previous posts (with some replacements for p
On Wed, Jun 06, 2007 at 11:15:06PM +0200, Gilles Sadowski wrote:
>
> I'm also inquiring about hardware for a new system.
> Based on previous posts (with some replacements for parts I didn't
> readily found in the closest shop), here is my tentative list (with
> alternative choices):
>
> CPU
The RAM is very important take care of this...
On 6/6/07, Gilles Sadowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hello.
I'm also inquiring about hardware for a new system.
Based on previous posts (with some replacements for parts I didn't
readily found in the closest shop), here is my tentative list (with
Hello.
I'm also inquiring about hardware for a new system.
Based on previous posts (with some replacements for parts I didn't
readily found in the closest shop), here is my tentative list (with
alternative choices):
CPU Intel Core 2 Duo E6400
CPU AMD Athlon64 5000
RAM
On Tue, May 22, 2007 at 03:00:01PM -0400, Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> On Tue, May 22, 2007 at 12:37:41PM -0500, Neil Gunton wrote:
> > Are we talking about desktop workstations here? Forgive my ignorance,
> > but what on earth requires that much RAM? Video processing? I have 1 GB
> > in my desktop
Alexandru Cardaniuc wrote:
I googled and found that Dell offers Dimension n Series E521.
http://www.dell.com/content/topics/segtopic.aspx/e510_nseries?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs&~ck=mn
It comes with no Windows OS preinstalled. And Dell claims that it is
"ready" to work under linux.
Does anybody he
On Tue, May 22, 2007 at 12:37:41PM -0500, Neil Gunton wrote:
> Are we talking about desktop workstations here? Forgive my ignorance,
> but what on earth requires that much RAM? Video processing? I have 1 GB
> in my desktop at the moment, and that's useful for when I'm running
> VMWare, but that'
On May 22, 2007 02:37:41 pm Neil Gunton wrote:
> Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> > Well I would certainly prefer 2 or 4GB ram on a new system.
>
> Are we talking about desktop workstations here? Forgive my ignorance,
> but what on earth requires that much RAM? Video processing? I have 1 GB
> in my deskto
Lennart Sorensen wrote:
Well I would certainly prefer 2 or 4GB ram on a new system.
Are we talking about desktop workstations here? Forgive my ignorance,
but what on earth requires that much RAM? Video processing? I have 1 GB
in my desktop at the moment, and that's useful for when I'm running
On Tue, May 22, 2007 at 08:24:07AM -0700, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky wrote:
> Well ... I don't want to get into Intel vs. AMD (until the AMD Quad
> Cores are out, anyhow) :). But I can't conceive of running a processor
> that fast in Linux with only a GB of RAM, and I can't conceive of
> getting "on
Lennart Sorensen wrote:
On Mon, May 21, 2007 at 11:24:11PM -0700, Alexandru Cardaniuc wrote:
Hi All!
I've been using HP Pavilion zv5260 as a desktop replacement for a while
and now decided to get a real desktop. I am not sure if I should build a
new box myself or buy a pre-built one. I need
Alexandru Cardaniuc wrote:
Hi All!
I've been using HP Pavilion zv5260 as a desktop replacement for a while
and now decided to get a real desktop. I am not sure if I should build a
new box myself or buy a pre-built one. I need a home workstation that is
going to be used primarily for writing and
On Mon, May 21, 2007 at 11:24:11PM -0700, Alexandru Cardaniuc wrote:
> Hi All!
>
> I've been using HP Pavilion zv5260 as a desktop replacement for a while
> and now decided to get a real desktop. I am not sure if I should build a
> new box myself or buy a pre-built one. I need a home workstation t
Alexandru:
I use to buy the components and assemble what I need.
There is guidance on internet, just choose a reliable
guidance. If you go through a reliable European
internet dealer you can save money and have just what
you need (and the latest - albeit latest on European
standard - components, wh
Hi All!
I've been using HP Pavilion zv5260 as a desktop replacement for a while
and now decided to get a real desktop. I am not sure if I should build a
new box myself or buy a pre-built one. I need a home workstation that is
going to be used primarily for writing and debugging code, browsing
inte
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