Re: [tlug] Building a new box

[javajunkie <javajunkie@??>]

>   Just for note, I built a core 2 duo system a
> few months ago using the Intel P965-based chipset (MSI MS-7235
> motherboard to be exact) and I can tell you it wasn't a cakewalk
> getting it setup as the JMicron controller caused a lot of headaches.

Support for JMicron came in at kernel 2.6.18 I believe.  I have that
controller too and Fedora Core 6 handled it fine though centOS 4.4
(which is 2.6.9?) didn't.

I ordered a core 2 duo from Dospara (actually I ordered through Prime PC
which is the english dept. but the box itself was off the dospara site
and not the linked prime pc site.  Dospara has more selections...) after
reading performance / energy consumption reviews at tom's hardware.

Then a friend needed a cheap box and I ran across a W sys admin (really
nice guy) with a roomfull of stuff in his daughter's room.  8laptops -
11 desktops with monitors.  Near Shinjuku -- a list is at:

http://www.koyuru.com/forsale/available_boxes.pdf

Shawn