[clue-tech] Suggestion for upcoming presentation - build you own PC

[Dennis J Perkins]

I like small form factor cases, which can a bit more involved.  Adequate
cooling, proper routing of cables so air flow is not obstructed, and the
size of CPU coolers.  I like the Qv2F by Hivelogix, but at $240 it is a
bit expensive.  Aerocool's Qx-2000 might be interesting too and this one
does have definite cooler size constraints.

I think we could revisit this subject if there is enough interest.


On Sat, 2010-11-06 at 21:01 -0600, chris fedde wrote:

> I'd be happy to help anyone who wants to put together a linux PC.
> It's really pretty straight forward once you know the moving parts.
> I suppose that the process could be bundled into a presentation for
> CLUE.  if there is any interest I can work up such a presentation.
> 
> chris
> 
> On Sat, Nov 6, 2010 at 2:48 PM,  <wpsmithii at msn.com> wrote:
> > Hi Collins, I've built a few and have repaired some as well. I think the trick is to pay attention to current pricing (micro center, tiger direct and newegg are the ones I watch) and buy the best components you can afford at the time. It changes from moment to moment. Bill Smith
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Collins Richey <crichey at gmail.com>
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> > Date: Sat, 6 Nov 2010 11:42:53
> > To: CLUE technical discussion<clue-tech at cluedenver.org>
> > Reply-To: CLUE technical discussion <clue-tech at cluedenver.org>
> > Subject: [clue-tech] Suggestion for upcoming presentation - build you own PC
> >
> > Perhaps others are in the same boat as I am. I've spent 10+ years
> > tinkering with Linux, etc., and I've done some repairs on PC's, but
> > I'm still a complete dummy when it comes to selecting cases,
> > motherboards, etc., etc. I'm in the market for building a new PC, and
> > I'm sure there might be others who would love to know more about this
> > arcane science!
> >
> > What I'm looking for is a good virtual base to make it easy to tinker
> > with various OS, so there would be plenty of ram, fast CPU with
> > virtual assist, large drives (maybe RAID). I'm not interested in one
> > of the giant gaming cases with flashing lights, but rather a medium
> > sized box (either mid tower or one of the newer cube shapes) with
> > quiet fans and lots of usb connectors since almost everything plugs
> > into USB these days. Probably a quad-core cpu with something like 8G
> > memory. Many of the available standard boxes from the big hitter
> > manufacturers have disabled virtual assist, so their boxes are
> > worthless for my wants and needs. There must be 100K or greater
> > options for this type of equipment, and how does an amateur/idiot go
> > about selecting select the right thing?
> >
> > So, would one or some of you guys who have hardware savvy please put
> > together a presentation, perhaps something like the following?
> >
> > * how to select cases, power supplies, motherboards, etc.
> > * best sources for equipment
> > * techniques for building
> > * gotchas
> > * etc.
> >
> > --
> > Collins Richey
> >      If you fill your heart with regrets of yesterday and the worries
> >      of tomorrow, you have no today to be thankful for.
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