According to this article, I shouldn't be intimidated:
http://www.howtogeek.com/187797/dont-be-intimidated-building-your-own-computer-is-easier-than-youd-think/
Can I choose any of these necessary pieces?
I guess not. Specially not regarding a graphic card (with DVI support).
Hopefully this will do:
https://www.thinkpenguin.com/gnu-linux/geforce-8400gs-1gb-pci-express-20-video-card-gnulinux-full-low-profile-brackets
It seems to be supporting DVI-I dual link. It should in theory support DVI-D
(dual link), but I'll have to ask to be sure.
I know about the case, roughly about the CPUs, and the RAM.
Which leaves the power supply. Is there anything I shouldn't buy?
Is there anything that's a must-have?
Don't I need a fan? I'd like something as silent as I can afford (my budget
is clearly limited, but feel free to go insane, at least I'll learn about the
features).
Also, what's your setup like?
I also found this:
http://thierrylaurion.me/asus-kfsn4-dre-serverworkstation-board/
He's talking about a heatsink. Is it as a replacement?
Is it really worth it (besides his aquarium project)?
Last but not least, your experiences with Libreboot on this board:
- does it still have a long delay on boot?
- does it still have issues with usb peripherals?
- anything else you experienced I should know?
Personally, I found out that a USB external audio card being plugged in on
boot prevented Libreboot from starting up on an X200 (docked, at least).
I need to unplug it, and plug it back before unlocking the drive the second
time (you know, having to put the same passphrase twice).
Note that I got rid of pulseaudio and strictly use alsa and jack (via
qjackctl and alsamixer).
I'll tell the Libreboot team when I'll figure out how to get back on their
IRC node (last time I was banned (automatically) because I pasted some logs
massively (I thought it would make one post instead of one per line... ).
