AMD64 and xgl recommendations

[Joshua Zeidner]

On 1/22/07, der.hans <PLUGd at lufthans.com> wrote:
> moin moin,
>
> I'm wanting to buy a new box. I'd like to go to AMD 64 and have a good
> video card with Free Software drivers.
>
> I figure I'll go SATA for hard drives.
>
> I don't really care about a CD rom, but might get a DVD burner.
>
> Any recommendations on what processor(s) to get? Dual-core?
>
> What mother board? I want to be able to put at least a couple of GB of RAM
> in it, but I think that should be pretty standard by now.
>
> If I put it together myself I'll likely by the RAM from Crucial.
>
> Any specific heat syncs I should look at? I'd like something that doesn't
> need much fan as the box will be in a somewhat dusty environment and I'd
> like the box to be quiet.
>
> Video card? Do I need to worry about what type of slots the mother board
> has for video? I plan on running dual-head 20" LCDs. I'm liking
> wide-screen monitors. Does that affect video card decisions?
>
> Are there different SATAs to worry about?
>
> Do DVD burners just work for Linux?
>
> Anything else I should care about?
>
> Low power would be awesome. Quiet would be good. Able to handle a somewhat
> dusty environment is a must.
>
> I don't need a bunch of power as it'll mostly just be a desktop. I don't
> game, but I would like to play with xgl. I will likely play with
> virtualization stuff like qemu and xen.
>
> I haven't even thought about hardware for a few years, so I'm totally out
> of touch with what's available.
>
> Recommendations on where to shop would be good as well.

   I recommend New Egg:  http://www.newegg.com/

  -jmz

>
> I'm fine with putting the box together, but am also fine with buying a
> complete system from a Linux-friendly vendor.
>
> I might consider buying the case from Frys, but likely no other components
> as I want the box to work and Frys sucks. No need to start a thread
> on this, see list archives. Just saying that I'm going to ignore any
> recommendations on picking up components there.
>
> ciao,
>
> der.hans
> --

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