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

["Jonathan King" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On 4/14/07, Jonathan King <EMAIL:PROTECTED> 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.

And thank you, once again. We had some last minute...feature creep.
But my son offered to pony up for the difference (on top of his
expected contribution) so I think we will be okay.

> 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)

This was the no-brainer.

> AMD Athlon 64 X2 processor 3800+ (highest speed I can get for < $100)

Actualy, we managed to get the 4200+ for less than $100 so Milo forked
over another $18.

> Antec Solo  Mini Tower ATX case (apparently *the* quiet case)

We got this for $49.

> Antec NEOHE 430 power supply (alleged to be really quiet)

We bagged out on this and got a $49 power supply.

> 120 GB IDE hard drive I have lying around (doesn't everybody have one? :-))

The best things in life are free. :-)

> cheap DVD-rw/CD-rw drive

This ended up being the Sony DRU120C for the princely sum of $43.

> Crucial RAM to match this (1 GB)

Major feature creep here: we got 2 GB (a matched pair) which Milo is
also pitching more in on, and which I justified because it means I
will be able to run ImageJ, R, and Octave like a mad man. This cost
$117 from Crucial, which was the low-priced reasonable quality dealer.

> 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.

We were over by $15 on the mobo/proc, under by $25 on the PS, over by
$13 on the optical, and over by $60 on the RAM. So instead of saving
$50, we ended up spending ~$65 more. But the improvements came on the
processor speed and RAM, so I think it was a reasonable deal.

So now we just have to wait a bit, and then the wild assembly process begins...

jking

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