[Ilugc] Stable
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- Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2011 12:12:29 +0530
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Dear Members
Could you suggest an appropriate configuration for Desktop use, one
that is Linux compliant; driver et al; with names of components
please.
I recently bought desktop hardware for running fedora and everything
looks good so far. The following is the configuration,
1. Asus M5A78L-M LE motherboard (Rs. 2850/-)
http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/AMD_AM3Plus/M5A78LM_LE/#specifications
1.1 Realtek 8111E NIC
The default NIC driver for linux r8168 works only at 10Mbps/half duplex
so you will have to download the driver from realtek which unlocks the
full potential. The following is the link to driver download page,
http://bit.ly/t284yb
2. AMD Phenom II Quad X4 - 840 (Rs. 5250/-)
Works great, Cool'n'Quiet also works, so automatically throttles CPU b/w
0.8 to 3.2 Ghz.
3. Kingston RAM 2 GB (Rs. 750/-)
4. PC case Qori Q3335 (Rs. 1750/-)
http://bit.ly/stjDAG
You can probably get the same cabinet at a lower price.
5. Hard disk
With the flood in Thailand, hard disks are expensive right now. So, I am
just running the machine out of a 8 GB flash drive. Although, you should
know, flash drive have very low performance.
If you are looking for hardware which has been reviewed, you should
check out
http://www.phoronix.com/ but cannot guarantee whether you will ;
find the hardware in Chennai/India.
I prefer AMD chipsets over Intel since they are usually backward
compatible.
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