New System

[Bob Fletcher]

Next week I will be going over to Malaysia for holiday and I intend to buy my friend a computer. I also intend to put Linux on it. Preferably Sabayon 3.4 it looks really great but some problems on my machines here.

What I am looking for is hardware that will let Sabayon run out of the box. No ACPI problems and no 3D problems.

For those users who have just installed Sabayon and it runs perfectly, can you list me your hardware as I may follow this?

Thanks
Bob…..

[joost]

Nvidia based videocard!!

[Blind Bear]

Nvidia 7600 GS PCI-X
AMD AM2 5200+
Gigabyte mobo GA M55 SLI -54
2 x 1Gb TwinMos DD2 PC2-5300 ram modules
Antec SLK 1650 case and p/s
WD 320Gb KS-7200 rpm 16Mb SATA drive

Sabayon 3.4 installed and worked "out of the box".
It is "the ants pants"

[joost]

If you are going to buy a laptop, make sure the wireless-device is supported.

Perhaps a laptop user can reply on that.

[Bob Fletcher]

Thats great, certainly in my price range and system config that I had in mind. What actual brand of NVidia 7600 GS did you get? Probably they all work the same but I am taking no chances.

I have the GA-M57SLI-S4 but very temperamental on Linux Sabayon runs but lots of apps won't it may be the ATI X1300 that I have. Fedora 7 just won't run.

Great to get a reply from Brisbane.

Bob........

Nvidia 7600 GS PCI-X
AMD AM2 5200+
Gigabyte mobo GA M55 SLI -54
2 x 1Gb TwinMos DD2 PC2-5300 ram modules
Antec SLK 1650 case and p/s
WD 320Gb KS-7200 rpm 16Mb SATA drive

Sabayon 3.4 installed and worked "out of the box".
It is "the ants pants"

[Bob Fletcher]

It does seem that NVidia is the way to go. Blind Bear's config looks great especially as he is using AMD CPU.
Bob....

Nvidia based videocard!!

[Fitzcarraldo]

^If you're going to KL and don't already know the place, then Imbi Plaza is the place to buy a PC. It's an old mall behind BB Plaza and Sungai Wang. It's well-known, so just ask a local when you're walking on Bukit Bintang (the main shopping street in KL). By the way, do bargain on price. And do plenty of research on prices in your home country before you go. KL still has some good prices, but I've found that hardware in Bangkok and Singapore can be more expensive than in e.g. the UK and Germany,

For Europeans reading this: These days it is a mistake to assume that prices in South East Asia are always cheaper than Europe: economies of scale and Internet shopping in e.g. the UK and Germany have made PC (and other electronic) hardware prices very competitive. I have several times bought hardware in the UK that was significantly cheaper than in Asia (even taking into account the bargaining).

[edgevision]

Intel 2200 wireless chipset (using the ipw2200 driver) is the best way to go for wireless. The only card I have seen work well with KNetworkManager.

As for graphics, NVIDIA blows everything else out of the water. If you can't afford it, go Intel 915G/GM. Best of luck.

[Blind Bear]

It is an ASUS EN7600GS SILENT -- DDR2 256Mb no fan, it runs between 49 and 59 C most times.
I am not a games man but it has no problems with any of the games on the Sab DVDs, no problem running 2 or 3 movies at the same time on the cube desktop etc.
Cheers

[Bob Fletcher]

Once again thanks for the info. I will build the system along your config. whilst I have Sab running on my other machine I have yet to see the 3D desktop. My friends are not heavy into computers but I wanted to give them a look at Linux that they will never want to touch Windows. I will let you know how it all goes.
Bob........

It is an ASUS EN7600GS SILENT -- DDR2 256Mb no fan, it runs between 49 and 59 C most times.
I am not a games man but it has no problems with any of the games on the Sab DVDs, no problem running 2 or 3 movies at the same time on the cube desktop etc.
Cheers