Hi!
I need a replacement for my Pentium 4 based setup. I'm thinking of buying this system. The old one is getting unstable (hdd's and power failing) and it can't cope with my dual 1680x1050 screen resolution. (ex: no smooth sd youtube playback)
Usage:
- Virtualisation
- Photoshop (in wine and vm)
- Video-editing (i'll be trying editing in blender)
- HD multimedia playback
Goals:
- Out of the box compatible with ubuntu 9.04 64bit
- As silent as possible
System:
Code:
Case: Antec LifeStyle Solo € 80,40
MOBO: Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD4P (1366, DDR3, PCI-E) € 225,50
CPU: Intel Core i7-920 2660MHz LGA1366 8M € 245,95
RAM: 2x Corsair 6 GB PC3-10666 memory (TR3X6G1333C9) € 179,90
PSU: Cooler Master 700W Silent Pro Active (RS700-AMBAD3-EU, M700)
€ 94,90
Graphics: Asus GeForce 8600 GT 256MB DDR3 (PCI-e, 2x DVI, HDCP)
EN8600GT⁄SILENT⁄HTDP⁄256M. Swap from Asus. 3 months
garantee € 59,95
Burner: Asus Lightscribe Burner, DRW-22B1LT, Dual Layer,
Sata, black (RETAIL) € 29,95
HDD: Samsung 1TB Spinpoint HD103UJ(SATA II 7200RPM 32MB)€ 72,85
Budget is about € 1000,-
Total: € 999,35 with taxes and shipping, This store handled my 2x Samsung 2232BW order fast and they were quick in answering my questions about a year ago. So I'd like to keep to what they have in stock (items not in stock got a delivery date of 3 days).
Possible issues I've recognised:
Read some ethernet issues, but seems to be vista dualboot related. Gigabyte EX58 extreme board from a friend gave no problems with livecd
Couldn't find info about the compatibility of the Asus burner DRW-22-B1LT, but the DRW-20B1LT is compatible. I'm willing to take the risk.
It's been a while since I last build my own setup so,
your thoughts please!
PS: I´ll be going from a geekbench of 1151 to about 8500
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