Well, I’m about ready to purchase that new computer system in the next few weeks… I already got a new LCD monitor for a whopping $105, after rebate, so I’m well on my way… But for now, here’s the system I have speced out:
- Hanns-G 19″ LCD — $105
- MSI H9N Neo-F motherboard — $78
- Athlon 64 X2 3800+ — $148
- 2 GB Generic DDR2 RAM 533 MHz — $148
- 160 GB Seagate Barracuda SATA — $59
- Lite-On 16x DVD+/-RW — $34
- PNY GeForce 6600 256 MB? —? $58
- Generic Computer Case w/430W Power Supply — $39
I was hoping I didn’t need a video card, as many nForce motherboards have one integrated (and for my Linux purposes, I don’t need anything crazy with regards to gaming), but this board apparently doesn’t have one, so I’m adding on a card… Total, the cost comes up to around $700 once you figure in shipping, etc…
Not too bad, you think? I’d actually like some video card suggestions… Not that I really want to play games much, but I’d kinda like to try getting UT2004 running under Linux, since a). there are Linux versions available, and b). I can run it in 64-bit mode. I’d like to stick with nVidia because their Linux drivers are much, much better than ATi’s…but I’m thinking that I could get a decent GeForce card of the previous generation (6 series) for the same price as a budget GeForce of the current one (7 series). So yeah, that’s just one on Newegg right now, but lemme know if you know of something better…
I’m way out of the loop as far as components go, so I’ll just suggest you buy two hard drives and RAID them. At least rsync critical stuff from one drive to the other once an hour or something.
The last time I seriously looked at video cards, the voodoo 2 was king of the hill, so I’m not gonna be a lot of help in that department.
Dude, I knew you were old…but…VooDoo2?! Eeeeesh… 😉
Yeah, I’d thought about RAID, but I think I’m just going to use one of my old IDE hard drives for back up data… I don’t usually keep that much on my hard drive, and with the DVD burner, I can always back up music and such to it. Unlike you, I only have maybe 8-10 GB of music (compared to your terabyte…:-P)