Mehul Ved wrote:
On 8/10/08, km kmorjal@gmail.com wrote:
MOTHERBOARD P5K64 WSLooking at the specifications[1], doesn't seem it may have serious problems, except if you're planning to use crossfire. I have no idea about crossfire support on linux.
i think it's SLI compatible.
GPU NVidia GeForce 9800 GT 512 MB (denied availability of all specific makes i mentioned; ZOTAC, XFX, ASUS) :(Try rashi peripherals[2]. But why are you buying a crossfire compatible board with a Nvidia graphics cards?
Both the nVidia graphic card and the specified MoBo are SLI compatible, although I won't be using it at least in the immediate future; i look forward to have a dual graphic card setup soon though. Therefore SLI. AFAIK, Crossfire is specific to ATI cards. I just hope I did my homework right :) Will check on this once more and will confirm.
RAM 2 X 2GB Transcend Modules (I've heard that windoze xp (32 bit) etc do not support more than 3GB of RAM; never confirmed though. But I would be most interested to learn, if there is any such limitation with 32 bit Linux distros too! I would be mostly using 32-bit platform for now)Check highmem and bigmem. Also, see this article[5]
Sure, thanks a lot, will check this out too.
I believe the other components (HDD, Monitor, etc), should not be a matter of any concern in this regard, however, please share any experiences if you will :)
Not related to linux, but avoid Samsung optical drives, I have seen quite a few people facing problems with it after a year. It's either with the tray or with reading the discs.
Yep. I agree. I will go for an LG or LiteOn one. Most probably an LG one. Hope the new SATA DVD RW drives pose no problem with Linux. Any experience with these?
Thank you very much for taking time to consider my query Mehul :)
Regards kamal