Building a new rig to Run ArchLinux,check hardware compability ?

cool · 2009-09-05 23:06:43

Hi,
I am buying a basic rig for my daily work like Movies,Internet,music etc.

Option 1
Intel based
CPU: Intel Pentium E5200 Wolfdale 2.5GHz LGA 775
Mobo: GIGABYTE GA-G31M-ES2L Intel Micro ATX

Option 2
AMD based
CPU: AMD Athlon II X2 240 Regor 2.8GHz
Mobo: BIOSTAR A785GE AM3/AM2+/AM2 AMD 785G Micro ATX

I plan to run this rig on Archlinux + KDE4.

Which one to choose?

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Anonymo · 2009-09-06 02:15:31

GIGABYTE GA-G31M-ES2L Intel Micro ATX
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions … 2l-736323/
http://www.ubuntuhcl.org/browse/product … 2l?id=6674
http://kmuto.jp/debian/hcl/Giga-byte/G31M-ES2L/

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fukawi2 · 2009-09-06 06:19:38

Personally, I'd go the Gigabyte mobo with the Intel chip. But that's just my preference. I've got an AMD at the moment, and will be going Intel very shortly

Edit: spelling.

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.:B:. · 2009-09-06 06:58:31

I'd go with the AMD .

fukawi2 · 2009-09-06 09:23:06

B wrote:

I'd go with the AMD .

Go wash your mouth out

.:B:. · 2009-09-06 09:40:38

Seriously - Intel has good stuff but a motherboard/CPU combo is a lot cheaper when you pick an AMD setup, and unlike on laptops there isn't a huge difference in Linux compatibility (AMD laptops often sporting Broadcom wireless cards and having inferior battery life than Intel offerings).

Zariel · 2009-09-06 09:48:11

Ive just gone with an AMD Phenom II 720 with an AM3 mobo, cost about £230 inclusive which is awesome considering AM3 is going to be around for a long time. And i got a free quad core unlock

Anonymo · 2009-09-06 14:09:44

Personally I don't know about Biostar. Never heard of the brand.

I trust Gigabyte and ASUS
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductLi … 5g&x=0&y=0

userlander · 2009-09-06 14:38:50

I'm in the same position, building a computer for some proprietary windows stuff I have to do, and I'm going with AMD. 775 is at end of life, but AM3 will give more flexibility for the future.

I plan on using this motherboard:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a … 6813157160

Biostar is a good brand, btw (imho). I have two of their boards, one intel and one AMD, and they have been great to work with and no problems (so far ). This one is cheaper though, and has gotten a lot of good reviews, seems like a safe bet.

skottish · 2009-09-06 15:35:53

The only thing to watch out for with AM3 motherboards is that a lot of them ship with a BIOS that doesn't recognize the hardware. When I built my workstation, I had to upgrade the BIOS and set all of the voltages and timings for the RAM manually. Until I got that figured out, I had a 3200Mhz quad-core processor that ran at 800Mhz on an incredibly unstable system. By the way, I bought a "budget" motherboard -- ECS A790GXM-AD3 -- that has worked flawlessly since I got it set up properly.

.:B:. · 2009-09-06 16:24:34

Anonymo wrote:

Personally I don't know about Biostar. Never heard of the brand.
I trust Gigabyte and ASUS
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductLi … 5g&x=0&y=0

I would go for Gigabyte too though, the colour of the Biostar reminds me of my Gigabyte boards somehow... Biostar has been around for a while though, but they're not high-profile.

userlander · 2009-09-06 16:34:45

Asrock is a subsidiary of Asus. Not the same boards, but fwiw some of my worst boards have been Asus - maybe just fluke situations. I've never tried asrock before, but that one seems to get good reviews and good linux compatibility. All this hardware is probably made in the same 1 or 2 factories in SEA somewhere anyway - I usually just get the cheapest board that has the features I want, install it and forget it, and they're usually fine.

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Zariel · 2009-09-06 16:44:31

Gigabyte are great boards, MA785GMT-UD2H Is what I have, such an overclockeds board and such a great price.

dunc · 2009-09-06 17:38:51

userlander wrote:

Asrock is a subsidiary of Asus.

I don't follow these things very closely, but from what I've heard, it isn't any more.

Interesting thread. Not least because the GA-G31M-ES2L is exactly the board I've been looking at recently. (I think. Mobo model numbers do my head in.) I've certainly heard Very Good Things of Gigabyte.

userlander · 2009-09-06 19:33:01

dunc wrote:

userlander wrote:
Asrock is a subsidiary of Asus.
I don't follow these things very closely, but from what I've heard, it isn't any more.

Lol, the one time I don't say "I think." Shows you how closely I follow these things anymore, too. ;-)

Btw, that gigabyte board is what I run my quad 6600 on, it's a great board. But I still think AM3 is the better way to go!

dunc · 2009-09-06 21:58:20

userlander wrote:

dunc wrote:
userlander wrote:
Asrock is a subsidiary of Asus.
I don't follow these things very closely, but from what I've heard, it isn't any more.
Lol, the one time I don't say "I think."

Well, I might be wrong, but I think I read it somewhere.

Shows you how closely I follow these things anymore, too. ;-)

Heh! The blind leading the blind...

techprophet · 2009-09-06 22:30:02

Core i7. GO!!

But...does it run Linux?

Yes. Wery Speedy Winux.

Arch Linux

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