Re: [gentoo-user] new machine : proposed design

2012-08-03 Thread Paul Hartman
On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 12:13 AM, Philip Webb wrote: > 120803 Michael Mol wrote: >> http://www.samsung.com/us/computer/solid-state-drives > > They have just 1 desktop at 128 GB & it costs USD 230 ... ! > I'm grateful to VAH for getting me to check out the OCZs, > but I suspect he's shooting f

Re: [gentoo-user] new machine : proposed design

2012-08-03 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am Freitag, 3. August 2012, 01:13:45 schrieb Philip Webb: > 120803 Michael Mol wrote: > > http://www.samsung.com/us/computer/solid-state-drives > > They have just 1 desktop at 128 GB & it costs USD 230 ... ! > I'm grateful to VAH for getting me to check out the OCZs, > but I suspect he's sho

Re: [gentoo-user] new machine : proposed design

2012-08-02 Thread Philip Webb
120803 Michael Mol wrote: > http://www.samsung.com/us/computer/solid-state-drives They have just 1 desktop at 128 GB & it costs USD 230 ... ! I'm grateful to VAH for getting me to check out the OCZs, but I suspect he's shooting from the hip re Samsung. -- ,,

Re: [gentoo-user] new machine : proposed design

2012-08-02 Thread Michael Mol
On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 8:58 PM, Philip Webb wrote: > 120802 Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: >> Am Mittwoch, 1. August 2012, 16:33:21 schrieb Philip Webb: >>> There are no Samsung SSDs available at the store (do they make them ? ). >> are you joking? Samsung is one of the big ones - >> a lot of laptops

Re: [gentoo-user] new machine : proposed design

2012-08-02 Thread Philip Webb
120802 Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > Am Mittwoch, 1. August 2012, 16:33:21 schrieb Philip Webb: >> There are no Samsung SSDs available at the store (do they make them ? ). > are you joking? Samsung is one of the big ones - > a lot of laptops run with rebranded Samsung SSDs. > Samsung produces flash

Re: [gentoo-user] new machine : proposed design

2012-08-02 Thread pk
On 2012-08-02 18:25, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > If you want quality: buy something else. > If you are concerned about the prize: seriously, buy something else. Hm, your experience with Kingston seems different than mine; I've had nothing but problems with other brands _but_ Kingston and I've b

Re: [gentoo-user] new machine : proposed design

2012-08-02 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am Mittwoch, 1. August 2012, 16:33:21 schrieb Philip Webb: > 120801 Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > > Kingston is way too expensive for their low quality products. > > You can just buy some cheapo 'almost' noname brand and get better results. > > At my regular store (no, I'm not schlepping all over

Re: [gentoo-user] new machine : proposed design

2012-08-02 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am Mittwoch, 1. August 2012, 15:57:25 schrieb Dale: > > I think memory is like hard drives, one or two people have something go > wrong and they have to be all bad for everyone. no, it is like: no correct SPD rom ever. Just because most mobos work around it, is not an excuse. Or like an entire

Re: [gentoo-user] new machine : proposed design

2012-08-01 Thread Dale
Philip Webb wrote: > 120801 Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: >> Kingston is way too expensive for their low quality products. >> You can just buy some cheapo 'almost' noname brand and get better results. > At my regular store (no, I'm not schlepping all over town), I see : > > AMD Entertainment 4 GB D

Re: [gentoo-user] new machine : proposed design

2012-08-01 Thread Mark Knecht
On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 8:47 PM, Philip Webb wrote: > Thanks for all the advice so far. Here is the list of proposed pieces : > > CPU : AMD Bulldozer X4 FX-4170 4-Core 4,2 GHz 8 MB: 149.99 (CAD) > Mobo : Asus M5A97 AM3+ DDR3 2133 6xSATA3 2xUSB3 USB2 : 99.99 > Memory : Kingston Value

Re: [gentoo-user] new machine : proposed design

2012-08-01 Thread Philip Webb
120801 Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > Kingston is way too expensive for their low quality products. > You can just buy some cheapo 'almost' noname brand and get better results. At my regular store (no, I'm not schlepping all over town), I see : AMD Entertainment 4 GB DDR3 1600 MHz CL9 Optimized

Re: [gentoo-user] new machine : proposed design

2012-08-01 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am Mittwoch, 1. August 2012, 08:33:39 schrieb Daniel Petre: > On Wed, Aug 01, 2012 at 07:25:10AM +0200, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > > Eithout looking it up With that prize the case is crap. The psu even > > more so. And Kingstonugh... noname quality > > actually ValueRam is pretty de

Re: [gentoo-user] new machine : proposed design

2012-07-31 Thread Dale
Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > > Eithout looking it up With that prize the case is crap. The psu > even more so. And Kingstonugh... noname quality > > Quoting will be shot, blame phone. > > << SNIPPED out nasty phone quote >> I don't tend to say much on case other than making sure it

Re: [gentoo-user] new machine : proposed design

2012-07-31 Thread Adam Carter
>> CPU : AMD Bulldozer X4 FX-4170 4-Core 4,2 GHz 8 MB: 149.99 (CAD) I don't know your use case, but the only thing that is CPU intensive for me is software compilation, and since that uses more cores nicely, i'd go an 8150 to get 8 cores. >> Case : Canada Computer NA-680 ATX Tower 450 W

Re: [gentoo-user] new machine : proposed design

2012-07-31 Thread Daniel Petre
On Wed, Aug 01, 2012 at 07:25:10AM +0200, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > Eithout looking it up With that prize the case is crap. The psu even > more so. And Kingstonugh... noname quality actually ValueRam is pretty decent, i ran ddr2 modules in some old machines without problems in the

Re: [gentoo-user] new machine : proposed design

2012-07-31 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Eithout looking it up With that prize the case is crap. The psu even more so. And Kingstonugh... noname quality Quoting will be shot, blame phone. Am 01.08.2012 05:52 schrieb "Philip Webb" : > Thanks for all the advice so far. Here is the list of proposed pieces : > > CPU : AMD Bul