[LAU] new computer hardware for linux

Niels Mayer nielsmayer at gmail.com
Sat May 1 16:45:17 UTC 2010


On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 4:11 AM, Peiman Khosravi <peimankhosravi at gmail.com>
 wrote:
>
> I am thinking of replacing my macbook pro with a desktop. What's more, I
> would like to try a linux system this time. Not only to save money but also
> because I use less and less commercial stuff every day (ardour, csound and
> audacity are my main applications).
>

In the USA,
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/category/category_tlc.asp?CatId=31
you can find various "kits" to build computer from parts w/o paying for MS
Windows. ALso they sell various manufacturers like Visionman
http://www.visionman.com/  and Cybertron http://www.cybertronpc.com/ that
sell computers w/o any OS installed.

If you want to build one that's quieter, consider putting together your own
from powersupply/case suggested at
http://www.silentpcreview.com/ . You potentially get better reliability as
the power supply is usually skimped-on in low-cost PCs. There are companies
that sell overpriced music PC's: http://www.rainrecording.com/
http://www.sweetwater.com/creation_station/ ... not clear what advantage
these would provide...

I'm planning on recovering an asus matx mobo and amd opteron 1212 dual
core (overclocks to 2.8G easy)  from a server i'm upgrading into my portable
music computer (laptop died, only have desktops now). I'll be using a case
like http://www.thermaltakeusa.com/Product.aspx?C=1320&ID=1428 or
http://www.silentpcreview.com/article1033-page1.html ...

I too am and will be running the awesome PlanetCCRMA distro (
http://ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/ ).

Niels
http://nielsmayer.com
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