Getting that new hardware itch...

[Rick Sivernell]

On Thu, 22 Dec 2005 20:14:37 -0600
Alan Jackson <ajackson at oplnk.net> wrote:

> Well, my system is 4 1/2 years old, and beginning to show it's age so
> early next year I plan to replace it. It will force me to move to Linux
> 2.6 too!
> I have an old AMD 500 Mhz system with 500 Mb of RAM. 
> 
> Here's what I'm thinking - any recommendations or suggestions
> are welcomed. I'm not a gamer or a multi-media guy - I do science
> and noodling around so I don't need really high performance graphics, 
> but I like to have oodles of memory and plenty of cycles. I run gentoo.
> 
> cpu : 2 Ghz Athlon 64 939
> Motherboard : ASUS A8N-SLI - not sure which one, regular, premium, or deluxe
> Disk : 2x250 Gb Western SATA
> Memory : 2 Gb (4 Kingston 512k DDK 400)
> DVD/CD/RW : Sony DRU 700A??
> Video : eVGA GeForce 6200 128 Mb??
> Audio : soundblaster Audigy 2 ZS
> 
> issues : I'd like to have about 4 serial ports for my PDA, weather station, 
> X10 controller, etc. Not sure how to accomplish that. Newer motherboards
> don't have serial ports (the board above has one). Suggestions for an add-in
> card?
> 
> Are there any issues remaining with going to 64 bit? Especially with Gentoo
> I'd think I'd be insulated against a lot of potential issues...
> 
> Not sure on the video card - I'd kinda like to get one that has the option 
> for dual heads. I might want to do that in the future.
> 
> I'm shooting for around $1600-$1800 for the system - not cheap, but not
> expensive either. About what I have *always* paid, actually.
> 
> If there are good Linux-ready suppliers you love, I'll look there too. I'm
> not committed to doing myself, I'm just exploring the options and prices.
> At least if I buy it prebuilt for Linux, I don't have to sweat the
> compatibility issues.
> 
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Alan

   Unless you must have the A8N, I like the K8E-N Delux with AMD, does have a 3 g
memory linit though. NVidia chipset also.

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Rick Sivernell
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