Hi Cluggers not sure if this is "OT" or not...
Finally I'm getting round to upgrading the old linux box bit of a nightmare trying to compare apples with apples etc. while doing the rounds of the retailers... I'm looking at a AMD Athlon64 based system, so the specs are: PROCESSOR: AMD Athlon64 3000+ Socket939 CPU Boxed MOBO: GIGABYTE GA-K8NSC-939 nForce3 Ultra, Socket 939, Dual channel DDR400/333/266 Gigabit Lan, SATA.AGP 8x,8-CH Audio, USB 2.0 GRAFFICS CARD: PINE XFX PV-T43K-UDF7 GF 6600 AGP 256MB TV & DUAL DVI AGP OUT (with two DVI-VGA Converter) POWERSUPPLY: Task 520W Ultra Silent PSC, with 120mm crystal Blue LED ball bearing fan (900PRM silent operation), SATA power connector, piano black casing, compatiable with 24 pin MB (Xeon.3.3V = A,5V = 34A,12V = 28A,3.3V and 5V combined = 262W. CASE: Lian-Li PC-7B "Special Edition", all-alloy ,500W 120mm fan PSU (SATA Ready), 2 x case fans with filtering MEMORY: A-Data 1 Gb (2 x 512Mb) DDR4400 Dual Channel memory kit. I have been to google/Linuxhardware.org etc. etc. but priority 1 was everything linux compatable (it'll probably be a gentoo box down the track - but initially Mepis/Debian sarge) One thing I'm not too sure about is the dual boot with windows thing?? (I'm currently dual booting with Win$98 - but if it comes down to it this will be a Linux only machine!) I understand that Win$ is a non-starter with 64bit??? I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions/experiences/nightmares etc. before I take the plunge?? -- cheers................dave g Mail to: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" ____________________________________________ Kmail 1.7.2/Kontact 1.0.2 KDE/Desktop 3.3.2 SimplyMEPIS 3.3 Linux - Kernel 2.6.10 (i686) ____________________________________________
