[SGVLUG] The "ultimate linux box for 2009" -- what would you put into it?

[Rod Morison]

I've been pretty happy with ShuttlePCs. Built my current unit 11/08. The 
mobo specs are typical microatx, but the cooling system is nice and 
quiet. Not t-o-l gaming system, but plenty fast for the s/w dev I do, 
w/  3-4 guest OSs usually up.

Cost $1180 from newegg, n/i rebates, tax & ship...I'm still waiting for 
rebates *grrrr*, but in theory, they cancel tax+ship.

What I _would_ have added was a PCI raid 1 card, extra 10k Raptor for 
the raid. There's another PCI Express x16 slot, if the GeForce 8200 
isn't fast enough for yah.

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Emerson, Tom (*IC) wrote:
> OK, the last time I put together a desktop from scratch, I was actually
> following a "recipe" from the UK mag "Linux Format" -- at the time, the
> "ultimate" machine was an AMD-64 with an MSI "Neo" motherboard, about a
> gig of ram, a coolermaster case, and an
> "I-cant-remember-if-it-was-nvidia-or-ati" video card  [since replaced,
> though, with an nvidia...]
>
> Now I'm considering an updated system -- I see there are great new
> choices for processor, memory, cooling [a recent PC mag featured an
> OIL-cooled system -- completely immersed...] video (multiple cards
> even), and so on [terrabyte+ drives, solid state drives, etc.]
>
> If you were to build your fantasy/ultimate/dream-machine today, what
> would you put into it?
>
> (and why)
>
> What would you avoid (and why...)
>
>
>