Building New PC - Hardware Questions
Hello everyone-
I recently switched from Mac OS X to Linux, but the spare PC I'm working on is nowhere good enough to serve as a primary machine. I'm planning on building a new computer later on this month and I want to make sure I can run all the distros anyone could every want to use. The iMac which I was previously using (and recently sold) was a late 2009 model with an ATI graphics card. Some of you may be familiar with the issues, but let's just say it was almost impossible to install Linux on it. Since I'm still very new to Linux and have not had solid time to research hardware compatibility, I was looking for some advice so that I can nail down a solid component list for my new box. Listed below are the details and hardware components that I currently plan on buying. If anyone has suggestions or just comments I'd be interested to hear them. Basically, I don't want to run into driver nightmares and the like. -------------------- CPU: AMD FX-8150 Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair V Formula 990fx Memory: 16 GB G.Skill Sniper 1866Mhz Hard Drive: OWC Mercury Extreme Pro 6G SSD Graphics Card: Gigabyte Radeon HD 7870 Case: Antec P280 Power Supply: FSP Aurum Gold 1200W -------------------- Does anyone know if there are any issues with installing Linux using the 7870? Or any driver issues? Thanks in advance, Lynx |
Did you check the HCL list above
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I'm posting from work, so I'm multitasking. Totally didn't see the HCL. Checking now.
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At first, before giving any advice about hardware it would be nice to know what you actually plan to do with the hardware. If you are not into gaming the Radeon HD7870 would be way overkill, for example.
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Indeed. Forgot to include that- I definitely plan on gaming, and I want to be able to turn the settings way up. Since I'm using 100% of the money I got from selling the iMac, my goal with this system is to build something that will last really long time (and still be a good gaming system years down the line). Quote:
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While it may not actually be a true 8 core processor (sad face...) the architecture is still pretty neat. |
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Other than that, while I still think that your PSU is way to big, nice machine that you are planning, have fun with it. |
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Oh - And I got a great deal on the PSU. $199 for an 80 Plus Gold Certified fully modular PSU. Can't beat that:) |
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