This is a recent order from http://newegg.com (the best online computer parts retailer). Just recently put it together.. this chip is darn fast for the price! (AMD 2.7 Kuma Dual Core Athlon 64 X2 AM2+ $59)
A case, motherboard, memory and processor cost me $236 inc. shipping (I didn't need a hard drive):
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811147117 --- $75 (Rosewill steel mid-tower case w/500w ps)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138117 --- $69 (BIOSTAR TForce TF720 A2+ AM2+/AM2 NVIDIA nForce w/integrated nvidia 8100)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103300 --- $59 (AMD Athlon 64 X2 7750 Kuma 2.7GHz Socket AM2+ 95W)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820104072 --- $24 (Kingston HyperX 2GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM)
Like I said I didn't get a hard drive, but Newegg has lots of great deals on hard drives including the following WD 640g SATA 7200 drive for $70/inc shipping:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136218 (look at the avg 5 star review out of 1,442 reviews on this item)
Why not get two and set up software raid! This is easily done with CentOS; you select manual partitioning and it has the raid options right there.. CentOS is rock-solid and would be perfect for a development environment and is basically Red Hat so it's old hat for many..
I am not affiliated with Newegg in any way, so sorry for sounding like their main pimp. But I'm sure others here on SLUG will attest to their customer quality and service.
--Jon
----- Original Message ----
From: Pete Theisen <petetheisen@verizon.net>
To: slug@nks.net
Sent: Friday, April 24, 2009 5:12:49 PM
Subject: [SLUG] Build box for Linux
Hi Everybody!
I have an empty case about 11 years old, but never used. It is a 3/4 height (16 1/2" high) ATX with 250 watt Power and an extra fan.
It has four 5 1/4 external bays, two external 3 1/2 bays and an internal 3 1/2 bay.
I intend to use the box with two monitors for database application development in Python using the Dabo framework.
I guess I will try Debian, if I can't get Debian to work then Ubuntu. I can't hack Gentoo and Mepis is too diverse to get everything on the same page.
What is the good deal right now on motherboards, video cards, memory, CPUs and the like?
-- Regards,
Pete
http://pete-theisen.com/
http://elect-pete-theisen.com/
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