[MLUG] tentative specs for our Linux box...

["Jonathan King" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Man, I haven't built a computer from components since the early 90s,
when American Megatriends was the boss motherboard maker, so bear with
me.

The father/son build a linux box project is settling in on the
following components for a quiet but effective Linux box to run Ubuntu
which could also be upgraded incrementally because it was decently
future-proofed. Anyway, here is the concept so far:

Asus M2NPV-VM (AM2 socket) 6150 integrated graphics,
                              firewire, HDTV support and other stuff)
http://www.asus.com/products4.aspx?l1=3&l2=101&l3=0&model=1138&modelmenu=1

AMD Athlon 64 X2 processor 3800+ (highest speed I can get for < $100)
Antec Solo  Mini Tower ATX case (apparently *the* quiet case)
Antec NEOHE 430 power supply (alleged to be really quiet)
120 GB IDE hard drive I have lying around (doesn't everybody have one? :-))
cheap DVD-rw/CD-rw drive
Crucial RAM to match this (1 GB)

In any case, I think ths set up will run $80 for the mobo, $90 for the
processor, $50 (after rebate) for the case, $75 for the PS (see
below), $30 for the optical, and $60 for one stick of  RAM.

The problem here is that this box is now running about $380, and I
would like it to be at least $50 cheaper if possible without
compromizing too much. But the only obvious target here is the PS.
Does anybody know of any cheap quiet-ish PSes for $30 or so? Also, the
RAM price was from Crucial; the one downside of the mobo is that it
seems to want DDR2 RAM, but I don't think I need to installed a
matched pair.

Is there anything obvious I am overlooking or missing here? Thanks.

jking

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