Custom computer, w00t Options

[mipadi]

Since I'm going to grad school and need a more powerful, but less portable, computer, I'm selling my iBook G4 and building a custom PC. Here are the specs (below).

Whaddaya think?

This post has been edited by mipadi: Jul 9 2008, 04:10 PM

[dispn0ygonekrazy]

Since I'm going to grad school and need a more powerful, but less portable, computer, I'm selling my iBook G4 and building a custom PC. Here are the specs (so far, but it's not finalized):

• hec Mini Tower case, glossy black, w/ 585W power supply
• Asus MicroATX motherboard
• 256MB nVidia Quadro FX370 graphics card
• PCI Firewire card
• Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2.53 GHz
• 2GB RAM
• 2 500GB SATA hard drives @ 3 GB/s
• 40GB IDE HDD (for Windows games)
• Cheap Logitech keyboard and mouse
• Philips DVD+-RW drive

The machine will be running Gentoo Linux. I already have a 20-inch Sun CRT that I'm using as the primary display.

Whaddaya think?

woot nice specs you have there, hows the nvidia working for you? I was going to get that. What kind of coolers do you have for your pc? I have the same motherboard as you also ^^

[mipadi]

woot nice specs you have there, hows the nvidia working for you? I was going to get that. What kind of coolers do you have for your pc? I have the same motherboard as you also ^^

Well, I haven't gotten it yet, but I'm hoping the nVidia card will work okay. nVidia Linux drivers tend to be better than ATI Linux drivers, and Sun uses that card in their Linux machines, so I think it'll work okay.

The case has an 80mm rear fan. I wouldn't mind something with more oomph, which makes me think I might be better of getting the same case but without the included power supply, and getting a "less beefy" power supply instead.