Yeah, I'd have loved to have just upgraded my current system, but it'll be easier to have two since my wife hog's the PC all the time ;-) plus PCI Express screwed me up, as it stands I'd have to upgrade the motherboard, cpu, RAM, & video card, at which point it just makes more sense to build a new PC. ;-)
On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 12:41 PM, Kristoffer Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > From: "John Mort" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: [mhvlug] New Computer Build Advice > > To: [email protected] > > Message-ID: > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > > > I've finally got about $1000 set aside to build a computer, but it's > > been several years since I've done this and much has changed. Since > > I'm planning on making this a linux primary machine (Rome: Total War > > will probably force me to dual boot for awhile) I was hoping to share > > the hardware list I've settled on in case anyone saw any red flags. > > As far as I can tell this looks like it should all work in Ubuntu, but > > maybe I'm picking manufacturers with a flaky reputation, etc. > > Another great thing about building your own system is the increased > life span of the machine. > I built mine 8 years ago and the only thing that still remains in use > today are both of my monitors (soon to be replaced), the tower, > optical drives, and one old IBM IDE hdd that I now use for archiving > and backup. I spent $1k to build it, and maybe $700 to keep it up > over 8 yrs. (I don't buy bleeding edge gamer stuff). > > The point is that it's more extensible if you build it yourself... > Increasing the lifespan of the machine. Another bonus is that you can > use your retired parts to build machines that (L)UNIX will have no > problem making use of. > > Modularization is great! > > -Kris > _______________________________________________ > Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org > http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug > Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium > Mar 5 - Wearable Linux Computing > Apr 2 - Building a Kernel the Debian / Ubuntu way > May 7 - Setting up a platform-independent home/small office network using > Linux > Jun 4 - TBD > Jul 2 - KVM (Tenative) > -- John D. Mort http://john.mort.net _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium Mar 5 - Wearable Linux Computing Apr 2 - Building a Kernel the Debian / Ubuntu way May 7 - Setting up a platform-independent home/small office network using Linux Jun 4 - TBD Jul 2 - KVM (Tenative)
