Building a New Box-- Please make suggestions!
I've been blessed with enough funds to build a great Linux box.
I've been using Linux on some old hardware for the last ten years
or so... (Started with RH 6.2).
I need suggestions on Motherboards/Processors, Video Cards and
large screen LCD Monitor. Don't be afraid to suggest something
pricey.
Please do not suggest hardware unless you know for a fact that it
works with Linux.
Thanks!
Spheniscidae
I always go with AMD, but...
Quote:
Originally Posted by thaddaeus
For hardware suggestions, I have been useing a 64bit athalon/msi combo for my server, I also have a system running on a sempron 3200+ with an msi board. Both work great, but thats comming from a web developer not a hardcore linux gamer, which results may vary, I can say the sempron which is supposed to rival (blow it out of the water though) the celeron from intel, shows greeat preformance (runs with 1gig ram) for some games, causeing little lag, only due to a 32mb vid card.
Here's the thing: I haven't kept up with Hardware developments. Bottom line is that I don't know anything about 64 bit and linux. The last processor I ran 'Nix on was an Athlon XP. Haven't heard of MSI-- can you provide some linkage to the exact board your using?
I'm not a gamer, but I do want some power, because I'll be experimenting with a video production I have to finish next year. So I'll have plenty of RAM and a video card with 256MB (or more) on it. Nvidia or ATI?
Spheniscidae
Where did my last post go?
Quote:
Originally Posted by Hayl
please do not post opinion-related questions in our help-forums. they are for technical problems only. /dev/random is for these types of threads.
"Hardware: Hardware-related (modem/soundcard/printer etc.) configuring/troubleshooting help forum."
It's not "opinion-related". It's "experience-related". It's also about
configuration help.
I asked for help in building a configuration.
I posted a similar response, but it's no longer up-- did you delete it?
Spheniscidae