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

[Mike Miller <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

That's a good list of ideas.  You are spending $125 on case+ps and you can 
definitely save money on that.  I think I was getting a case with ps for 
like $50.  One ps did fail though.  I guess you get what you pay for.  I 
bought it locally and they replaced the ps for free in like 20 minutes 
after I brought it in (including free labor) because they offered a pretty 
good warrantee on the ps.  You could try something like that.  You don't 
want to ship the thing if it fails!  Any other part is easier to ship.

Mike


On Sat, 14 Apr 2007, Jonathan King wrote:

> 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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