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Would these computer parts be compatible with Mandrake Linux?
emh:
Well, I've got an Athlon XP, and it goes extremely fast. I'm not sure how much faster you can get than instantaneous.
I'm of the belief that neither Intel nor AMD are better than the other. Benchmarks I've seen put the AMD with the lower clock speed as actually faster than the Intel with the same clock speed. However, the Intels have the advantage of under-clocking themselves in case the cooling fan ever went out.
I went with AMD on this computer because it was cheaper for the same power I would have gotten with Intel.
Zombie9920:
quote:Originally posted by emh:
Well, I've got an Athlon XP, and it goes extremely fast. I'm not sure how much faster you can get than instantaneous.
I'm of the belief that neither Intel nor AMD are better than the other. Benchmarks I've seen put the AMD with the lower clock speed as actually faster than the Intel with the same clock speed. However, the Intels have the advantage of under-clocking themselves in case the cooling fan ever went out.
I went with AMD on this computer because it was cheaper for the same power I would have gotten with Intel.
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Now I would be lying if I were to say that Athlons were slow(because they aren't)...they just aren't the best for your money anymore and they certainly are far from the fastest(unless you spend over $1100 on a Athlon FX/mobo/Registered Ram setup).. Back when you got your Athlon the P4c probably didn't exist. Back in those days the Athlon was the best price/performance chip. Intel created a real winner with the 2.4c It offers an excellent price and it is capable of running as fast as their top of the line P4c(non-extreme edition). you can't beat really high-end performance for a budget level price.
[ September 30, 2003: Message edited by: Viper ]
preacher:
$164 - Pentium 4 2.4GHz 800
YES
$183 - RADEON 9800 Pro 128MB
YES
$126 - ASUS P4P800 Motherboard P4P800 Deluxe
YES
$122 - PC2100 DDR 1GB
YES
$69 - 17in Monitor
YES
$6 - V.92 Modem
YES, Even if it is a winmodem, Mandrake made a huge effort getting winmodems to work with 9.1.
$53 EIDE 60.0GB
YES
$18 - IDE 48X CD-Rom Drive
YES
$12 - Natural Pro keyboard
YES, However it may take some extra effort to get special keyboard keys working.
$4 - Optical mouse
YES, However I have yet to get my mouse scroll to work on any mouse Ive used with linux.
All of the equipment you have listed will probably work.
[ October 03, 2003: Message edited by: ThePreacher ]
Faust:
quote:YES, However it may take some extra effort to get special keyboard keys working.
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"hotkeys" for me was very usable and easy if that helps anyone. I just "apt-get install hotkeys" but I'm sure google should find an installer. Really fun cos I can rig up the squishy keys for anything, so now I have quick xterms, mozilla, konqueror and audio controls. :) Still trying to make the Internet Explorer key display a BSOD screensaver though. :)
Zombie9920:
quote:Originally posted by ThePreacher:
$122 - PC2100 DDR 1GB
[ October 03, 2003: Message edited by: ThePreacher ]
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For that setup you would be better off with 512MB of PC3200 than you would with 1GB of PC2100. That PC2100 memory won't get near the 6.4gbps that the system is capable of. I don't even know if PC2100 is supported by that board.
Get 2 identicle sticks of Ram so you can put them in Dual Channel DDR mode and get twice as much memory bandwidth and performance(2x256MB sticks for 512MB, 2x512MB sticks for 1GB, etc.).
[ October 03, 2003: Message edited by: Viper ]
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