Some considerations: For your money the 890FX from AMD with an AM3 socket is the way to go right now;
1. The MSI 890 FX GD 70 is the best value for the money on the market 2. Get at least 850W of power (1KW can be had for $169 if you shop around) 3. if speed is your goal, get the Phenom II X6 1090T As for drives and cases, the OCZ Vertex 2 in raid 0 will run blazingly fast. Get 4 drives in raid 5, 2TB can be had for about 80. I've been running 64 bit gentoo for a while yet, some minor issues with flash and a couple of others but those are probably my compile time settings on these applications. On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 6:53 AM, Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dale wrote: > >> I'm planning to build a new rig. My current rig is about 7 or 8 years old >> now and it needs to be updated. Current rig is AMD 2500+ with 2Gbs of ram >> and a Abit NF7 v2.0 mobo. Couple hard drives too. >> >> >> This is build #2: >> >> I'll be using the same case, power supply, video card etc so I won't list >> them all twice. Just listing the things that have to be changed. >> >> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128431 >> >> GIGABYTE GA-770T-USB3 AM3 AMD 770 USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard. The only >> thing I don't like about this is that it doesn't have a com port for my UPS. >> I guess a adapter will be found somewhere. >> >> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103675 >> >> AMD Phenom II X4 945 Deneb 3.0GHz 4 x 512KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache Socket >> AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor. This should fit the mobo according to the >> website. Agree? >> >> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148325 >> >> Crucial Ballistix 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) >> Desktop Memory. According to newegg this fits the mobo. Agree? >> >> I only plan to build one or the other not both. I would like to make sure >> everything should fit fine but I would also like to get a opinion. I would >> like a opinion on whether build #2 would be better in the long run? It >> appears to be a bit faster although the price is not much different. Build >> #1 is $611.92. Build #2 is $637.92. That doesn't include shipping but a >> lot of the items have free shipping anyway. Basically, I need this to last >> me several years since I can't afford to rebuild every few years. Also, one >> reason for the HUGE CPU cooler, I run folding in the winter. Helps heat the >> place up a bit. lol My current rig with a Volcano 12 runs at about 90F at >> full load. I would like to run pretty close to that since it just makes the >> CPU last longer. >> >> I'm open to ideas, discussion, problems and opinions. I mostly want to >> make sure each build will work and which I should build. >> >> Thanks for your time and replies. If you need more info, let me know. >> >> Dale >> >> :-) :-) >> >> > I ordered the parts for the rest of my build yesterday. I changed the CPU > to a 3.2Ghz version and the memory to a single stick of 4Gb instead of two > 2Gb sticks. Easier to upgrade later. Since I live only a few hours from > the newegg warehouse, I get most of it today. I been reading the install > guide and have been trying to keep up with amd64 threads on here as well. I > still have a few questions tho. > > I usually use Knoppix to boot from but want to know if it supports a 64 bit > CPU? I Googled and found a 64 bit version of Knoppix but it says it is > discontinued. If the current version does support 64 bit, will it see all > the cores so that emerges move along pretty swiftly? > > If knoppix doesn't work, could someone recommend something else to use? I > found Kanotix while doing my searches but still not sure if that is what I > need either. It looks like it is made to install on a hard drive or > something. I basically need to boot to install Gentoo on the new rig. I > also want to test the ram before installing as well. > > All this assumes that I need to install Gentoo with amd64 of course. Has > it got stable enough and everything working well enough to install it as > amd64 instead of 32 bit? > > Thanks. > > Dale > > :-) :-) > >
