On Wed, Jun 06, 2007 at 11:15:06PM +0200, Gilles Sadowski wrote: > I'm also inquiring about hardware for a new system. > Based on previous posts (with some replacements for parts I didn't > readily found in the closest shop), here is my tentative list (with > alternative choices): > > CPU Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 > CPU AMD Athlon64 5000 > RAM 1024MB DDR2-6400 800Mhz > Fan Zalman CNPS9500
Stock fans actually work quite well, are very quiet, and unless you intend to do serious overclocking, I wouldn't bother with a seperate fan. I would pick the Core 2 over the Athlon 64 at this time. The Core 2 is a more modern design and performs better. The Athlon 64 is still nice, but it isn't a match for the Core 2. > MB (Intel CPU) Asus P5N32-E SLI + S775 DualX16 FSB1333 FW GbLan > MB (Intel CPU) Intel Mbo DP965LT-Skt LGA775/1066/DDR2-800/SATA/IDE/1394 > MB (AMD CPU) Asus M2N32-SLI Deluxe-AM2/SATA/Wifi/DDR2-800/G I have only bought Asus boards since 1993 now, and have no intension of changing. The one intel board I have dealt with at a previous job didn't last very long before it died. I was unimpressed. Asus seems to have much more thought out board designs. Nothing wrong with the intel chipset though. I used an Asus P5B in the last machine I built (for my sister) and it just works. > HDD WD 320GB SATA > HDD WD 160GB SATA > HDD Seagate 160GB 8MB SATA-II > HDD Seagate 320GB 16MB SATA-II I would certainly go for the WD drives. I have used many WD3200KS drives, as well as some 250 and 500GB versions. > Case Silverstone TJ01-SI (No power supply) > Case Antec Atlas (TruePower Trio 550W) > Power Fortron Blue Storm 500W 23dB > Power Silverstone ST50EF-Plus (recommended) I have lately been very happy with silverstone cases and power supplies. Machine so quiet you have to check the power light to make sure you actually turned it on. I really like the TJ04-B and the TJ09 (for a large system). Silverstone power supplies use very large fans which make almost no sound. Very high build quality too. > Graphics Asus Extreme N7600GT Silencer 256MB 7600GT is a very nice card. Good performance for the money. > Screen Samsung 205BW > Screen Samsung SyncMaster 226BW (recommended) I never did like samsung screens. > Screen ViewSonic VG2230wm Viewsonic has usually done well for me. > Headset Plantronics 340 > Microphone Plantronics Audio 15 I have no idea on those. I use a 10 year old set of rather nice sony head phones, and I have a pair of JBL Multimedia Pro speakers that sound amazing and cost $10 (Didn't make much sense to me). > Keyboard Cherry Cymotion Expert G86 Black USB > Mouse Logitech MX40 Laser I tend to stick with some logitech mouse and keyboard. Sometimes a wireless combo like the mx3200 or similar. > Is there some reason to avoid some of the above HW (e.g. no linux support, > bad components,...)? I think everything on your list has linux support. > What would be the preferred choice (for CPU, MB, HDD, case, screen, power > supply, fans)? Is it safe to assume that currently, an AMD CPU performance > is equivalent to an Intel CPU at about the same price? No I wouldn't assume that. And remember the cost you pay is for a whole system, not just the cpu. After all if $100 extra gives you double the performance, and the whole system costs $1000, is the extra $100 worth it? I would think it is, but for some people that don't need the extra performance, it might not be. Of course you can get a stupid little Athlon 64 X2 3600+ system from dell for $399CDN at the moment. Hard to beat that price/performance ratio. Of course it is a Dell, so who knows... :) -- Len Sorensen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
