I'm a long time SuSE user currently at 8.2, and heading for 9.0. My old faithful sub-1Ghz AMD on an ASUS motherboard just died. Congestive disk failure. I am looking for a new machine and want to go "near top end." Listed below is what I am considering. I would appreciate any feedback on this selection including recommendations for any alternatives or any negative experiences with my selections. I am not a heavy gamer. I do digital photography, some architectural CAD, lots of surfing, and typical home office stuff. This is a retirement machine for me that I expect to use for several years. Mother board - ASUS P4C800 Deluxe CPU - Intel P4 2.8c Memory - Samsung 512Mb DDR 400 (2 chips) Video - ASUS V9480 TVD hard drive - Seagate SATA ST3160023AS (barracuda 7200.7 160Gb) DVD - Plextor PX504A-SW (DVD + and - RW and CD-RW) Any comments greatly appreciated.
On Sun, 2003-10-19 at 14:37, Elizabeth Angus wrote:
typical home office stuff. This is a retirement machine for me that I expect to use for several years.
Mother board - ASUS P4C800 Deluxe CPU - Intel P4 2.8c Memory - Samsung 512Mb DDR 400 (2 chips) Video - ASUS V9480 TVD hard drive - Seagate SATA ST3160023AS (barracuda 7200.7 160Gb) DVD - Plextor PX504A-SW (DVD + and - RW and CD-RW)
Any comments greatly appreciated.
My advice to anyone wanting to use a system for several years is to buy and install as much RAM and hard disk space as you can afford. What sounds like serious overkill now will just barely meet your needs in a couple of years. Don Henson
On 10/20/2003 04:37 AM, Elizabeth Angus wrote:
I'm a long time SuSE user currently at 8.2, and heading for 9.0. My old faithful sub-1Ghz AMD on an ASUS motherboard just died. Congestive disk failure. I am looking for a new machine and want to go "near top end." Listed below is what I am considering. I would appreciate any feedback on this selection including recommendations for any alternatives or any negative experiences with my selections. I am not a heavy gamer. I do digital photography, some architectural CAD, lots of surfing, and typical home office stuff. This is a retirement machine for me that I expect to use for several years.
Mother board - ASUS P4C800 Deluxe CPU - Intel P4 2.8c Memory - Samsung 512Mb DDR 400 (2 chips) Video - ASUS V9480 TVD hard drive - Seagate SATA ST3160023AS (barracuda 7200.7 160Gb) DVD - Plextor PX504A-SW (DVD + and - RW and CD-RW)
Any comments greatly appreciated.
Have you considered going AMD64? Our beloved SuSE is available for that platform, and prices are not bad for what you get. For example, check out http://www.cyberpowersystem.com. You can even customize one for your specs, and can even NOT pay the Microsoft tax. For me, this is my upgrade path. -- Joe Morris New Tribes Mission Email Address: Joe_Morris@ntm.org Web Address: http://www.mydestiny.net/~joe_morris Registered Linux user 231871 God said, I AM that I AM. I say, by the grace of God, I am what I am.
Dear Elizabeth, please be aware that the built-in ethernet port on this motherboard (based on the 3Com 3C940 chipset) will not work with SuSE 8.2 out of the box. This may not be a concern for you but if it is, beware. You will have to get the syskonnect driver and make sure it fits to the stock kernel (or build your own). I will test this out with the new 9.0 as soon as I get it and would hope that it supports the chip out of the box. Anyway, there is quite a bit of chatter on various groups on this topic and you might want to google yourself through this issue first before going for the mobo. Best regards, Alex. On Sun, 19 Oct 2003, Elizabeth Angus wrote:
I'm a long time SuSE user currently at 8.2, and heading for 9.0. My old faithful sub-1Ghz AMD on an ASUS motherboard just died. Congestive disk failure. I am looking for a new machine and want to go "near top end." Listed below is what I am considering. I would appreciate any feedback on this selection including recommendations for any alternatives or any negative experiences with my selections. I am not a heavy gamer. I do digital photography, some architectural CAD, lots of surfing, and typical home office stuff. This is a retirement machine for me that I expect to use for several years.
Mother board - ASUS P4C800 Deluxe CPU - Intel P4 2.8c Memory - Samsung 512Mb DDR 400 (2 chips) Video - ASUS V9480 TVD hard drive - Seagate SATA ST3160023AS (barracuda 7200.7 160Gb) DVD - Plextor PX504A-SW (DVD + and - RW and CD-RW)
Any comments greatly appreciated.
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On Sunday 19 October 2003 12:37, Elizabeth Angus wrote:
Mother board - ASUS P4C800 Deluxe CPU - Intel P4 2.8c Memory - Samsung 512Mb DDR 400 (2 chips) Video - ASUS V9480 TVD hard drive - Seagate SATA ST3160023AS (barracuda 7200.7 160Gb) DVD - Plextor PX504A-SW (DVD + and - RW and CD-RW)
Drool, slobber, salivate... Get more memory. -- _____________________________________ John Andersen
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 19 October 2003 13:37, Elizabeth Angus wrote:
I'm a long time SuSE user currently at 8.2, and heading for 9.0. My old faithful sub-1Ghz AMD on an ASUS motherboard just died. Congestive disk failure. I am looking for a new machine and want to go "near top end." Listed below is what I am considering. I would appreciate any feedback on this selection including recommendations for any alternatives or any negative experiences with my selections. I am not a heavy gamer. I do digital photography, some architectural CAD, lots of surfing, and typical home office stuff. This is a retirement machine for me that I expect to use for several years.
Mother board - ASUS P4C800 Deluxe CPU - Intel P4 2.8c Memory - Samsung 512Mb DDR 400 (2 chips) Video - ASUS V9480 TVD hard drive - Seagate SATA ST3160023AS (barracuda 7200.7 160Gb) DVD - Plextor PX504A-SW (DVD + and - RW and CD-RW)
Any comments greatly appreciated.
"I do digital photography, some architectural CAD".
Well actually John Andersen's suggestion about getting more ram is well founded IMHO. CAD and Photography/imaging programs love RAM, the more the merrier. Especially with complex imaging you want to avoid having to go to disk except of grabbing certain things or to write various forms of saved files. If you can do the bulk of whatever in RAM it will me less lag time and hiccups in these sorts of programs. HTH, Curtis. - -- Those who throw objects at the crocodiles will be asked to retrieve them. NOTICE TO SPAMMERS: NO TRESPASSING. Violators will be shot. Survivors will be shot again. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2-rc1-SuSE (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/lINHiqnGhdjCOJsRAt1NAJ9RmKwInhkiSTdqJKgi47Rm0ecDmgCfQYUN PrBgls6KPzzAwjN79K65yhk= =6NNf -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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Alex Angerhofer -
Curtis Rey -
Donald Henson -
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John Andersen