I'm looking to put together the system to end all systems. I believe I have spec'd out all the hardware, but I was hoping to get some feedback on everyone's experiences with each individual aspect of the system. First I will post the proposed specs, then the desired software / hardware behavior, then questions that I'm concerned with at the moment. If anyone thinks of something I may have missed, please let me know!Also, as I build this I will be writing a guide. I am very much new to linux, so it should be helpful to the "n00bs" in the community.System:Mobo: TYAN S2885ANRF (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16813151120 )Proc: AMD Opteron 246 SledgeHammer 400MHz FSB ( http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16819103412)Raid: HighPoint ROCKETRAID2220 PCI-X SATA Controller (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16816115022 )Ram: Thinking around 1gb / chipHD's: 4x400gb SATA For my "archive" ; 2x250gb SATA "working"; 1x160gb PATA "music" ; 1x80gb PATA "boot"Firewire: Basic 4 Port controller (for hookup to my HDTV recievers)Nic's: Thinking the onboards should work, will add new ones if necessaryAudio: Need a recomendation here, onboard is Coax SPDIF, was looking for an optical solution (longer run so i'm concerned about noise)Graphics: Recommendations are good here too, I want DVI to HDMI for my projector, as well as a second monitor running (for diagnostics, etc...)
Hi Matt-
As a noob who has the same mobo I'd love to see what you come up with. I haven't been able to get mine up and running. Of course, the bulk of my problems have been trying to get a PVR-250 running (which you don't have spec'd). The rest of the mobo stuff works great.
I had the same plan as you (although not quite as extensive in the automation dept). I bought the same mobo and CPUs. I also bought a couple PVR-250's, only to find out that this mobo only has 1 slot compatible with the cards. I've been trying on and off since April to get this working. My wife and and I had our first child in March, so their hasn't been much free time for me to work on this. I tried the 64-bit OS route and found that I didn't gain much except a headache (be careful of some of the software repository issues regarding the 64-bit distros), so I reverted to the 32-bit versions. I've tried FC3 (jarod's guide), knoppmyth, gentoo, and suse 9.3. (And I'm about to try the new version of MythDora). I couldn't get any of them to work with either of my PVR-250s. It's been a couple months since I've last attempted an install, and I'm sure much has improved in the 64-bit area since then so good luck. I'm not a linux guru, which definitely accounts for some of the delay in getting this to work. My guess is that you will have better luck.
Greg
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