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 <http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?WD-5AAKS> Drive > > <http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?WD-5AAKS> > > Motherboard <http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?BB-Q660N> > > Bundle <http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?BB-Q660N> > > Graphics <http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?NOV-86GT> > > Card <http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?NOV-86GT> > > Optical <http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?SAM-S203D> > > Drive <http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?SAM-S203D> > > Sound <http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?NOV-SC51N> Card > > <http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?NOV-SC51N> > > Keyboard <http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?LOG-967653> > > Mouse <http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?LOG-931395> > > 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 > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ >
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