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| Thread ID: 84625 | 2007-11-12 18:44:00 | Opinions Needed | SurferJoe46 (51) | PC World Chat |
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| 610940 | 2007-11-13 01:06:00 | My side-work consists mainly of 1 customer. Maybe I need 2. I don't want to over do it. I only got one kid that I know of and I couldn't sell her, she is my best friend. Might get something for the wife on Ebay maybe. |
Bantu (52) | ||
| 610941 | 2007-11-13 01:19:00 | By the sound of it, you don’t need anything particularly high spec, I’d use the following. CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo – Possibly the E6550 2.33Ghz 1333Mhz FSB (I don’t like AMD, and at the moment – Intel has a much better range plus have never had problems). Mobo: We use Intel Motherboards (there are so many other brands, have never had a problem with an Intel yet), whether you get uATX or ATX depends on the model. Most of which come with Gigabit Ethernet, heap of USB, 6 on board SATA ports ect. RAM: 2GB of RAM – Unless you have a memory testing program, I’d stay clear of brands like A-DATA and crap. Corsair or Kingston – decent memory but you still can get a LOT of bad modules. Crucial is usually pretty good. Drives: At this stage, I think SATA II drives are fine, unless absolute top speed is crucial for what you are doing – enough to throw a few hundred bucks extra on top. I recommend the Seagate Barracuda ES series drives, especially if you are using RAID or hot swapping. Whatever case you feel suits – get something sturdy 1mm thick metal is okay. I’d probably get a separate RAID controller which supports hot swapping – and a removable drive array such as this - www.pcssl.co.nz If you like to have a bunch of drives – you can turn on/off/remove at will. This is assuming you are able to put together a pc yourself, or go somewhere who will do it for you. I’m just letting you know some of the brands the company I’m at have been trusting for years |
Enigmur (10547) | ||
| 610942 | 2007-11-13 05:42:00 | SJ- be careful of Sata II drives... some Linux don't run on them (PCLos for instance as we found out!) I just got a cheepo ASUS m/board with HDMI/HDTV... cost $150ish NZ, but again be warned... these doohickies are not supported under Linux... yet. Ahhh, night work.... such fond memories :) |
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