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Thewyzewun 07-07-2006 05:15 PM

New PC Specification - How's this for compatibility?
 
Hi,

Below's a copy 'n' paste from gedit, hows this for compatibility (not sure if I need to specify a distro for you to answer this, I'm running ubuntu 6.06)?
Also feel free to suggest better parts at lower prices (or lower prices!) thanks :):

Intel Pentium D 805 2.66 GHz (LGA775 Socket)
www.ebay.co.uk (Item no: 200005138943)
£79.99

ASUS P5GDC Deluxe Mainboard (PCI-E, SATA II, DDR2 etc)
www.epcbuyer.co.uk
£73.68

Western Digital Caviar SE16 320GB SATA II 16MB 7200RPM
www.microdirect.co.uk
£77.53 (-£2.31 Quidco Cashback) = £75.22

NEC ND-4570 Multiwriter Black 16x DVD±RW/RAM DL lead free (Drive only)
www.microdirect.co.uk
£23.39 (Combined postage costs with above item) (-£0.70 Quidco Cashback) = £22.69

Sapphire Radeon X1600 Pro 512MB GDDR2 / AGP / DVI / TV-OUT
www.pixmania.com
£95.06 (Combined postage with above 2 items) (-£2.85 Quidco Cashback) = £92.21

52 in 1 Black Flash Card Drive for 3.5" Drive Bays
www.pcnextday.co.uk
£9.99 - (Quidco Cashback -£0.29) = £9.70

1GB DDR2 NEW DESKTOP AENEON MEMORY 533mhz (2 x 512mb)
www.ebay.co.uk (item no: 230003057444)
£58.93

BenQ FP91G+ 19 inch SXGA TFT LCD 550:1 250cd/m2 1280 x 1024 8ms D-Sub/DVI
www.ebuyer.co.uk
£157.25

Aries Black PC Case with Silver/Black Fascia 300W PSU
www.savastore.com
£24.21

400W PSU for ATX PC Case
www.savastore.com
£11.73

TOTAL: £605.61

Thanks guys, the questions mainly about whether they'll be compatibility problems (with value for money as a side note!).

hal8000b 07-07-2006 05:57 PM

Check your hardware against this list:

http://www.linuxquestions.org/hcl/

Personally my preference would be an Nvidia chipset graphics card, just make sure you dont buy any components that no one else has, otherwise youre on your own to get it working.
HTH

Thewyzewun 07-07-2006 06:04 PM

Cheers for that, never thought you might have a list!


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