Want to build a new Computer for Linux as mine is really quite old

Invasion · 15 Dec 2008 at 12:28

Was thinking of building a new System as mine is really quite out of date had it about 7years or so :eek:

AMD xp1800

Now this will be a Linux only system so what would you recommend ? or will I just be throwing good money away? My system at the minute is a XP1800+ processor with a KT4V Motherboard .

So what spec should I choose at what point will it be just throwing money away ?

Invasion · 15 Dec 2008 at 13:13

Oxy said:
What do you use your computer for?

I use my computer for the internet,email, and Photography. Mainly photo editing using gimp now as I cant use Photoshop on Linux.

Invasion · 16 Dec 2008 at 10:52

Outcast said:
[Uh Errrrrrr] (Wrong buzzer)

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install wine

I have wine Installed now Just got to load up Photoshop

rsatd said:
If you are looking to buy new components, go for:

Look for an energy saving cpu. There's absolutely no need in a quad core malarky. I mean seriously what on earth do you need 4 cpu cores for? Or right, one for email, one for browsing, one for photography and one to just spin doing nothing? Talk about complete waste and overkill.

Something like Jetway J7F4K 1.2GHz Eden, but a with a bit more umph will do you fine, just choose one with a bit more powerful cpu, about 4gb of ram and you will be fine, while saving a ton on power consumption. Once you rule games out, you generally find there is no need in silly specs.

I have to say this is the response I thought I was going to get on this post and agree the quad core would be overkill.
Going to have a look at the Jetway so the processor is embedded in the Mobo ??

Invasion · 16 Dec 2008 at 21:07

How about this Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H AMD 780G Micro-ATX (Socket AM2) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard with a AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6000 3.10GHz (Socket AM2)

That would only come to £119.98

Any thoughts

Invasion · 18 Dec 2008 at 22:53

Having a 780G myself and running Linux on it, I can say I've had no issues under Fedora 9 or Ubuntu 8.10. It's been excellent through and through. Support is set to get better with the use of the new bits in the radeonhd driver (under heavy development). Not long before Nvidia get left behind completely

OP, whatever you do, do NOT buy an Nvidia chipset motherboard. Avoid at all costs.

Ok so I am going with the 780G + AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6000 3.10GHz

What ram should I get for this and HDD also will my 340w power supply be good enough for this.

on another note I went into purple shirt shop today they had a few books on Linux and Ubuntu..was going to pick one up but £25 seemed a lot of money was just wondering if there is any Linux books that would be worth getting ? as I still have a lot to learn being new to linux.