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General => Users => Topic started by: fignuts on October 08, 2008, 04:29:09 pm

Title: please look at the core i've spec'd
Post by: fignuts on October 08, 2008, 04:29:09 pm

i'm currently using a msi media live as a hybrid, and i'd like to build a separate core.  price is a big issue and i've managed to find some cheap parts that might work, but i'm looking for any advice regarding the system i've picked out.  mostly i'm concerned that the parts will be either not compatible or not powerful enough.

HEC 6K28BSOH48D Black / Silver 0.8mm SECC Steel MicroATX Mini Tower Computer Case 485W Power Supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811121049 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811121049)

BIOSTAR GF8100 M2+ SE AM2+/AM2 NVIDIA GeForce 8100 Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138119 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138119)

AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ Brisbane 2.6GHz 2 x 512KB L2 Cache Socket AM2 65W Dual-Core Processor
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103211 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103211)

OCZ Vista Upgrade 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227189 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227189)

i already have a 1TB seagate drive to throw in.

i'm also going to add a gigabit ethernet card (pcie) and i need an analog tuner card CHEAP!

any tips/advice would be greatly appreciated!

Title: Re: please look at the core i've spec'd
Post by: justdeb on October 09, 2008, 12:50:28 am

H Fignuts,

Your system looks ok. The processor is more than adequate. There are users here who use alot less than this and don't run into any problems. Your RAM is more than what you would probably ever utilise and unlike windows based o/s linuxmce does not tend to be a memory hog.


Edit: If you do get it runnning, please add it to the wiki.

Best of luck

Justin

Title: Re: please look at the core i've spec'd
Post by: fignuts on October 09, 2008, 02:46:33 am

thanks justin.  i'm using a slower cpu in my hybrid right now and it keeps up just fine.  but the one i listed is so cheap i figure why not.  too much can't hurt :).