Here is a case for you: http://www.pcclub.com/product_detail...temno=A1324001

I would not want bender to elope with my box befor I get to play with it!

the case is it thanks ill keep you posted....

You can get those at CompUSA now! (I was in there just the other day looking for a IDE converter for a laptop disk and I saw them. As far as Bender goes, I actually meant after you get it broke in good.

hardware compatability:

Modem: Almost all ISA modems will do. This is a new computer, so please disregard the previous statement. If you need a modem, get a controller based modem, or an external.

Network card: Linksys LNE100Tx or netgear FA312 work well and are cheap. If you want to be cool, get a 3com 905, but who wants to spend $50 on a network card? In fact, there aren't too many network cards that don't work with redhat 9.

Video card: Stick w/ nvidia. You won't be doing much 3d unless you're really ambitious, so just get something like a geforce 2 mx (i really can't justfiy buying anything older - not when an older card may be $15 and these are $20). ATi support is good, but not anywhere near nvidia. Stay away from rouge stuff like KyroII chipsets.

Motherboard: Major manufacturer. Names like asus, MSI, abit, etc are good. I don't like asus boards - my friend works at a computer shop and he said they have huge failure rates. Also, commercially available intel boards are good, but don't assume that just cause it says intel it's a winner. Dell, for instance, uses wacked out intel boards, and a lot of times linux has no idea what some of the crap on those boards is.

Soundcard: anything by creative labs. Don't expect random generic onboard sound chipsets to work, but sometimes they work fine with redhat 9. But, you should be using a soundblaster live anyway. I mean, if it's $40 for an OEM SBLive, why buy anything else?

IDE Controllers: Promise Fast Track cards work well. Once I had a problem with a fast track tx2, but i think that's been sorted out. As far as raid, stick with promise again.

Wacky hardware: Good luck with dvd decoder cards, TV tuners, etc.


Of course, this is just a guideline. I've used all the parts that I reccomend in linux environments before, so I know they work. Some are obviously colored with personal preference. Your mileage may vary.

~Will

[QUOTE]Originally posted by xiaodown
[B]hardware compatability:
If you need a modem, get a controller based modem, or an external.
any sugestions?

[QUOTE]Originally posted by xiaodown
[B]hardware compatability:
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Video card: Stick w/ nvidia. You won't be doing much 3d unless you're really ambitious, so just get something like a geforce 2 mx (i really can't justfiy buying anything older - not when an older card may be $15 and these are $20). ATi support is good, but not anywhere near nvidia. Stay away from rouge stuff like KyroII chipsets.
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im very ambitious, I intend to put CAD software on it and if I can find it i would like to do propulsion simulations on it but that is way down the line. any help sugesting the most versatle hard ware would be killer...

combine the aesthetic of the iMike with dumpster diving and google and yer in the land o' milk 'n' honey

For modems, pretty much any external modem that hooks up to serial will work. Most modems that say "Controller based" or "Hardware controlled" will work. There's even winmodem support in linux, these days.

Um, for support in linux for modems, I would reccomend the one that I have, which is an external 56K hayes accura, but then most people probably don't want to spend $110 on a modem. The Motorolla Sm56 also works well.

As for video cards for cad usage, unless i'm way off base, 3d acceleration won't help you all that much. Almost any card today should be able to do enough 3D to rotate your CAD pictures, etc. So, again, an Nvidia Geforce 2 MX would be fine. If you want to play some games, i.e. neverwinter nights or RTCW, GeForce 4 Ti4200's are fairly cheap these days.

Don't buy ATi, in light of this:
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=0...85&threshold=3




www.novaservers.com - $30/month reseller accounts - Start your own business!

I'm here in a Tech college with a bunch of computers with a 64MB G-Force integrated video, and they all seem to handle AutoCAD 2000 just fine. ...but then again, they run Winblows.

If you intend to spend serious money on a cpu, you better spend a fair amount on a decent psu for it. 400w minimum. Nothing like ur psu dying and nuking ur cpu and board, to put a dent in ur life.

Also get decent ram, crucial, kingston, etc. and at least 0.5gb of it, 1gb would be better, 2gb if you have a big budget.

Motherboards, get kt400 (for performance), or if your into the easy solution, maybe a nforce2 board. I think the nvidia driver supports the onboard nforce gfx (gf4mx i think).

Cases, well if u want heat dissipation, get one of those aluminium cases. Ones with colours and all that are fine, if u like looking inside them, but any case will do, dont blow half your budget on some nice looking case when u can spend it on good quality ram, or more ram.

The rest is up to you.


Thinking about there is one other option, if you really are looking for power, how about a dual cpu system.

Moving to a more appropriate forum

Seeing as this thread seems to incorporate a lot of discussion about hardware, and running linux on it, I cannot see a better forum for it than the Linux - Hardware

Cool

Whered u get a badge that says powered by linux? I want one of those for my ssytem./

Better idea: get SCSI drives. It's more pricey, but that is du bom' as far as when you need it to go really fast. You can copy between two drives, read a CD, burn up two hard disks (not destroy them!), and write to a ZIP drive all with little or no speed loss and without accessing your processor. IDE, however, though still quick, can only access one device at a time and must use the processor to do ANYTHING! If you're a serious gamer, that's money well spent, but as long as you don't only have one SCSI device. The real advantage comes when you have more than one, especially between 5 to 13 devices.