On 8/27/07, Paul M Foster <paulf@quillandmouse.com> wrote:
> Folks:
>
> Time once again for the obligatory "What kind of PC should I buy?" thread.
>
> Finding up-to-date recommendations on components which are
> Linux-friendly is devilishly hard, so I thought perhaps I'd ask people
> closer to home.
>
> I have an ATX case with a 400W PS in it, and an IDE hard drive with all
> my data on it, and a DVD drive. Here's what I want:
>
> motherboard
> 1G memory (DDR2)
> video card with DVI output (PCI Express)
> support for SATA and IDE drives
> support for floppy
> 2-4GHz processor, 32 bit
> on-board sound, USB, etc. (the usual, these days)
>
> Specific parts recommendations would be nice. One thing to note: I've
> been fighting with ASUS over a motherboard RMA, and found that the
> memory I was using, although it worked for over a year, when replaced
> with memory which was "blessed" by ASUS, now does not need to be RMA'd.
> So apparently, the memory has to be the exact match for the motherboard.
> Who knew? (Not me.)
>
> Anyone have suggestions?
>
> Paul
>
> --
> Paul M. Foster
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I haven't bought parts for a while, but I have had good experiences
with Tigerdirect.com. In the past, I've usually just found hardware I
like, do research for compatibility before buying, and then bought it.
/mario
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