On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 10:12:00PM +0200, Lance Corrimal wrote:
> tell me, how do YOU test a prospective new machine in the shop for "SL
> on linux" compatibility?
I pick each component separately and do extensive research
on the net before I decide to use it.
That being said, I think that these days anything will
work with a little bit of effort. It's seldom that a
piece of hardware is really not supported.
I'm currently using the following configuration:
- Motherboard: Asus P5B Deluxe
- CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad QX6700 2.66GHz
- CPU cooler: Scythe ZIPANG-2
- RAM: Two times a Kingston HyperX DC 2GB kit PC2-6400 800 MHz, LL (2x1GB)
(KHX6400D2LLK2/2GN)
CL 4-4-4-12 (you have to manually tell your BIOS to use that)
(so, four DIMMs and 4GB in total, note that motherboard doesn't support DIMMs
that are made of 16x 128Mb chips, so 2GB Kingston HyperX should not work).
- Soundcard: Creative Labs SB Live! (EMU10K1) (much better than the soundcard
on the motherboard).
- Videocard: MSI GeForce 9600GT PCIe
- Harddisks: Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320 GB, 7200rpm SATA
Three times Western Digital Raptor 74GB, 10000rpm SATA (RAID5)
- CDrom: Lite-On LH-20A1S 20x8x20x DVDRW, SATA
- Powersupply: OCZ GameXStream PSU 700Watt, SLI, ATX/EPS12V
- Casing: Antec P180B Super mid Tower Aluminium, ATX, black
However, if it is SATA it will work, and the RAM doesn't have
to do anything with linux either. The only thing you have to
check for compatibility is the motherboard (and the controllers
on it), and your videocard. The rest can't be a problem.
And, as I said, I don't think those two are a problem either.
I have currently videocard lock ups (only 3D) at random moments however.
I'm not sure what is causing this instability... might be just a bad card :(
I'm also not happy with the speed of my RAID. I'm going to add a 16GB RAM disk
(ANS-9010) to speed up compiling of the viewer a bit more.
Finally, the 3-speed fans that came with the casing (five 120mm fans!) all
locked up, and cleaning them only helped for a while, so I had to replace
a few of them with a constant speed fan.
It took me a long time to decide on those components (several weeks)!
--
Carlo Wood <ca...@alinoe.com>
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