Farran wrote: > hi all > building a computer just for personal use, selected all the parts form > novatech: > Hard <http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?WD-5AAKS> Drive > <http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?WD-5AAKS> > Motherboard <http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?BB-Q660N> > Bundle <http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?BB-Q660N> > Graphics <http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?NOV-86GT> > Card <http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?NOV-86GT> > Optical <http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?SAM-S203D> > Drive <http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?SAM-S203D> > Sound <http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?NOV-SC51N> Card > <http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?NOV-SC51N> > Keyboard <http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?LOG-967653> > Mouse <http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?LOG-931395> > This costs £621.47. > > Wondered if anyone has used these parts or knows whether they work with > Linux - a friend reminded me that some of the newer hardware won't work, > for example, the quad core processor maybe? > If any of these wouldn't be best and you have a better choice, please say :P > thanks, Farran >
Looks okay to me, you'll probably need the NVidia drivers for the graphics card. Just wondering on two things... 1. Why did you choose a seperate sound card (I mean, isn't the onboard audio sufficient, because the card you've chosen as an extra wouldn't be much better than the on-board audio - would be different if you went for a Sound Blaster Audigy or something). 2. Do you plan on upgrading to two video cards in SLI? If not, why spend the extra for an SLI board? I think you'd probably save yourself a few quid not going for an SLI board which could be put to a board with an Intel Chipset. Quad core CPU should be fine, at least I would have thought so. I would have thought it would be detected as 4 individual CPUs like a dual core would be detected as 2 CPUs. I hope thats the case anyway as I'm considering an upgrade to quad core (although I haven't made my mind up yet if it's worth the extra money). Looks like a fairly good setup. Rob -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
