What kind of system

brokenhands

I'm building a new Frankenstein monster, and I need some ideas. Plop down your rig specs and let's see what's out there.

I'm getting

MSI K9A2 motherboard.
AMD Athlon X2 6400+ black processor 3.2GHz
OCZ DDR2 1066MHz Reaper Ram 4GB
WD 750GB SATA drive
Two Samsung DL-DVD SATA burners
550W Antec power saving quiet Pwr supply
A BenQ 20" Widescreen monitor
A Dell 22" Wide screen monitor

The only thing I haven't gotten is the video card. I want a Diamond Viper HD 3870 X2 1GB card, but I don't want to pay $350 to get it.

I also need ideas for a sound card, ergo keyboard, and trackball mouse.

So feel free to advise, thanks in advance.

brokenhands

WinXP, and it can handle up to 4GB of RAM, however someday I will switch to Vista, and hopefully a 64-bit OS to make full use of a quad core. The motherboard on the new system handles quad-core processors.
Don't read Czech, but damn do they have some hot chicks.
Yes the board has an included soundcard, but after the nightmares of software driven soundcards, I want a hardware driven card.

Thanks for your suggestions, but what are you running? OS and hardware?

brokenhands

Hmm....I got the abit version of the kt600. Yeah, it's bout time for you to upgrade as well.

brokenhands

Yeah same here, pretty much waiting to put the rest together. As for the windows thing, 3.2GB ram limit that I can see, oh well, someday...

brokenhands

Damn, is that a computer, or a server? Don't have any experience with Mac.

brokenhands

Just waiting to buy the video card, but I have the rest put together.

brokenhands

Nani? It works so far, threw a spare vid card I got lying around and used a knoppix CD to see if all the stuff works. I'm loving knoppix. I may setup a tri-boot machine.

brokenhands

LOL, rather than start a new thread, I want to know what y'all think of Ubuntu? I'm going to d'l and install it on the new machine, any reason I shouldn't?

brokenhands

I'll pop my cherry with Ubuntu, then ease into the other flavors of Linux later. I've been reading about all the flavors and here's how I see the list from beginner linux to advanced.

Ubuntu -easy
Gentoo - advanced/custom
Slackware - old and robust
FreeBSD - command line, and for the pure coders, experts

brokenhands

Now I need advice for a split keyboard, a gaming keypad, and a good trackball.

Got everything I need. I bought a HD3870, just wondering how to make ubuntu prettier.

UPDATE:

Got a HD3870 card for $130, a comfort curve keyboard, and I'm sticking with the onboard sound. The sound card worked perfectly with Psychonauts. In fact the whole rig purrs. I'm loving it. Even Quickpar is running like a Swiss watch.

WD_40

My Current Rig: Mac Pro running Mac OS X "Tiger"(note my avatar) version 10.4.11.
Processors (2): Quad-Core Intel Xeon
Processor Speed: 3.2 GHz
Memory: 8 - 4GB 800MHz DDR2 memory sticks (32GB total)
External Storage: 4x250GB
Internal Storage: 3x250GB 1x750GB
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT
Display: 2x Apple Cinema HD Displays w/Resolution of 1920x1200
Audio: Harman/Kardon SoundSticks w/(what I call) jellyfish bass

WD_40

It's a computer, and a good one at that. Under normal circumstances I wouldn't be able to afford it but I get a lot of second hand parts from work. Also, if you're interested in finding out what such a rig would cost straight from (way overpriced) Apple. The Apple Store (U.S.)
I rarely buy anything straight from apple these days, since I can find most components half price elsewhere.

Xyw13

At first:
What OS will U be using? (I read taht 32 bit system cannot handle more than 3 GB of memory(RAM))

Second:
Very good choice, but I read a review here about FPS games(just games) and hardware requirements for them (it's in Czech, so U wont understand probably, but just look at the graphs and tables, that will help a lot)

Third:
About peripherals: I am going to buy this whole set. It's a bit expensive (for me sure) but it looks good and due to info, it is good.

btw. doesn't that MB have included soundcard?

Xyw13

Win XP 32bit
[spoiler]MSI KT600 -V, AMD Barton 2500+, 512MB RAM, Asus GeForce 6200GE, and I got two disks... 1st S-ATA 200GB full of anime broke, so now only 80GB E-IDE. [/spoiler]

I told U just read the tables and graphs. There are just names and performances.

Xyw13

Yup, I am going to upgrade ASAP. But I think, Athlon 5000+ BE is just enough for the things I am doing(even for the games). And I wait a bit longer, until new ATI 4850 comes out(and 3870 gets cheaper :D)

Xyw13

brokenhands;15385 wrote
Nani? It works so far, threw a spare vid card I got lying around and used a knoppix CD to see if all the stuff works. I'm loving knoppix. I may setup a tri-boot machine.

What about Trigun machine...? :D:D:D

Xyw13

I think, it is good. It's about if you feel comfortable with it or not... I reccomend gentoo, 'cause I had worked with it in school and I get used to it.

Xyw13

brokenhands;15478 wrote
I'll pop my cherry with Ubuntu, then ease into the other flavors of Linux later. I've been reading about all the flavors and here's how I see the list from beginner linux to advanced.

Ubuntu -easy
Gentoo - advanced/custom
Slackware - old and robust
FreeBSD - command line, and for the pure coders, experts

Right... Choose your own way. I like gentoo 'cause I can customize it to very high level.

fuzzylove

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