I'd be curious not so much for the process, just to get a good idea about recommended parts.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Nov 6, 2010 at 9:01 PM, chris fedde <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:chris@fedde.us">chris@fedde.us</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">I'd be happy to help anyone who wants to put together a linux PC.<br>
It's really pretty straight forward once you know the moving parts.<br>
I suppose that the process could be bundled into a presentation for<br>
CLUE. if there is any interest I can work up such a presentation.<br>
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chris<br>
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On Sat, Nov 6, 2010 at 2:48 PM, <<a href="mailto:wpsmithii@msn.com">wpsmithii@msn.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> 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<br>
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> Subject: [clue-tech] Suggestion for upcoming presentation - build you own PC<br>
><br>
> Perhaps others are in the same boat as I am. I've spent 10+ years<br>
> tinkering with Linux, etc., and I've done some repairs on PC's, but<br>
> I'm still a complete dummy when it comes to selecting cases,<br>
> motherboards, etc., etc. I'm in the market for building a new PC, and<br>
> I'm sure there might be others who would love to know more about this<br>
> arcane science!<br>
><br>
> What I'm looking for is a good virtual base to make it easy to tinker<br>
> with various OS, so there would be plenty of ram, fast CPU with<br>
> virtual assist, large drives (maybe RAID). I'm not interested in one<br>
> of the giant gaming cases with flashing lights, but rather a medium<br>
> sized box (either mid tower or one of the newer cube shapes) with<br>
> quiet fans and lots of usb connectors since almost everything plugs<br>
> into USB these days. Probably a quad-core cpu with something like 8G<br>
> memory. Many of the available standard boxes from the big hitter<br>
> manufacturers have disabled virtual assist, so their boxes are<br>
> worthless for my wants and needs. There must be 100K or greater<br>
> options for this type of equipment, and how does an amateur/idiot go<br>
> about selecting select the right thing?<br>
><br>
> So, would one or some of you guys who have hardware savvy please put<br>
> together a presentation, perhaps something like the following?<br>
><br>
> * how to select cases, power supplies, motherboards, etc.<br>
> * best sources for equipment<br>
> * techniques for building<br>
> * gotchas<br>
> * etc.<br>
><br>
> --<br>
> Collins Richey<br>
> If you fill your heart with regrets of yesterday and the worries<br>
> of tomorrow, you have no today to be thankful for.<br>
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