Maybe buying this system for running linux.

[red_Marvin]

What do you think about these parts?
Links are to a swedish site.

Case:..................Chieftec BX-03 Medium Tower Svart w/USB/Firewire 400W PSU ATX 2.0,24/20pin (http://www.komplett.se/k/ki.asp?sku=307584&s=sc)
Mobo:.................ABIT KN8-Ultra, nForce4 Ultra,Socket-939 ATX, S-ATA, GbLAN, Raid, Sound, PCI-Ex16 (http://www.komplett.se/k/ki.asp?sku=311965&s=sc)
Processor:..........AMD Athlon 64 3200+ 2.0GHz Socket 939, 512KB, BOXED with fan (http://http://www.komplett.se/k/ki.asp?sku=307202&s=sc)
Memory:.............TwinMOS PC3200 DDR-DIMM 512MB CL2.5 Minne 184-P (för DDR-PC400MHz) (http://http://www.komplett.se/k/ki.asp?sku=113518&s=sc)
Graphics card:....XFX GeForce 6600GT 128MB GDDR3, PCI-Express,Tv-Out, Dual-DVI, Retail (http://www.komplett.se/k/ki.asp?sku=306714&s=sc)
DVD burner:.......NEC DVD-brännare ND-3550 IDE Svart OEM DVD+R/+RW/DVD-R/-RW (Dual layer) (http://www.komplett.se/k/ki.asp?sku=314090&s=sc)
HD:.....................Hitachi Deskstar T7K250 160GB SATA2 8MB 7200RPM NCQ (http://www.komplett.se/k/ki.asp?sku=308744&s=sc)
TFT screen..........Samsung 17" LCD Syncmaster 730BF TCO-99 600:1, DVI-D, 4ms, 1280x1024 (http://www.komplett.se/k/ki.asp?sku=311135&s=sc)

10031 SEK = $1303 = €1075

This would be using for school work, browsing internet, mabe some games, programming (maybe OGL in the future)

[ember]

That's a pretty cool system - I would get nearly the same, if I had the money, but I'd like 19" LCDs better. If money allows, you may think about getting the 930BF from Samsung, also I highly recommend you to get at least 1 GB of RAM and maybe 250 GB HD - the latter is not so important, I just noticed that my harddisks always fill up very quick.

Många hälsningar,
ember

[curuxz]

similar setup to me, but defo need more memory AT LEAST a gig else your guna have probs (i run in quiet mode at 350 and over 600 at peek). Would agree on hard disk if you have the mola :)

[futz]

What do you think about these parts?
Decent.


ABIT KN8-Ultra, nForce4 Ultra,Socket-939 ATX, S-ATA, GbLAN, Raid, Sound, PCI-Ex16
PC3200 DDR-DIMM 512MB CL2.5 Minne 184-P
That's a dual channel board, so be sure to get two sticks of RAM. If you're going for 512mb, get two 256mb sticks and plug one into each channel. Dual channel (or interleaving) is faster for the same reason RAID-0 is faster than a single hard drive.


Athlon 64 3200+ 2.0GHz Socket 939, 512KB, BOXED with fan
If you can afford it, I'd definitely step this up a notch or two.

[drizek]

dont get the xfx video card. get one from evga or something.

the first revisions were having heating problems so then they replaced the fan, but the new one is loud. It isnt too bad, but you are better off buying from another company.

[drizek]

get this card, it is cheaper too http://www.komplett.se/k/ki.asp?sku=303598&cks=SER