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System 1: Home/Office desktop system.
Intel Core 2 Duo E4400 2.0 GHz PC with Mandriva 2008.1 installed.
Proccessor: Intel Core 2 Duo E4500 2.2 GHz
RAM: 1024 MB (1x 1024MB)
Hard Drive: 160GB WD
Graphics: 7600GT PCI-e
Optical Drive: Liteon DVD-Writer
Motherboard: ASUS P5N-E SLI
Case: Gigabyte with 360W PSU
Peripherals: Optical wheel mouse and Logitech keyboard.
OS: Mandriva 2008.1
Speakers: All speakers should work, except maybe USB. (not supplied).
Display: Most displays work out the box. (not supplied).
Modem: Trendnet serial modem.(not supplied).
UPS: 600VA (not supplied).
This is an example of hardware compatible with Fedora 7, works no problem with Mandriva 2008, openSUSE 10.3, PCLinuxOS 2007, Ubuntu 7.04.
You can choose a faster proccessor if you prefer.
System 2: Video editing, gaming & number crunching system.
Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 2.67 GHz PC with Mandriva 2008.1 installed.
Proccessor: Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 2.67 GHz
RAM: 2048 MB (2x 1024MB)
Hard Drive: 500GB WD
Graphics: Gigabyte 8600GTS PCI-e
Optical Drive: Liteon DVD-Writer
Motherboard: Asus Striker Extreme nForce 680i
Case: Antec Lanboy
Power supply: Thermaltake Toughpower 650W
CPU cooling: Zalman LED CPU Cooler
Peripherals: Logitech MX1000 mouse and Logitech keyboard.
OS: Mandriva 2008.1
Speakers: All speakers should work, except maybe USB. (not supplied).
Display: BenQ 22" LCD.
Modem: Trendnet serial modem.(not supplied).
UPS: 1000VA (not supplied).
System 3: Not so much for gaming as for number crunching.
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4 GHz PC with Mandriva 2008.1 installed.
Proccessor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4 GHz
RAM: 4096 MB (4x 1024MB)
Hard Drive: 500GB WD
Graphics: 7600GT PCI-e
Optical Drive: Liteon DVD-Writer
Motherboard: ASUS P5N-E SLI
Case: Antec Lanboy
Power supply: Thermaltake Toughpower 750W
CPU cooling: Zalman LED CPU Cooler
Peripherals: Optical wheel mouse and Logitech keyboard.
OS: Mandriva 2008.1
Speakers: All speakers should work, except maybe USB. (not supplied).
Display: Most displays work out the box. (not supplied).
Modem: Trendnet serial modem.(not supplied).
UPS: 1000VA (not supplied).
System 4: Almost the fastest there is.
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 2.66 GHz PC with Mandriva 2008.1 installed.
Proccessor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 2.66 GHz
RAM: 4096 MB (2x 2048MB)
Hard Drive: 1 TB WD
Graphics: 8800GT PCI-e
Optical Drive: Liteon DVD-Writer
Motherboard: ASUS P5E3 Deluxe
Case: Armor
Power supply: Thermaltake Toughpower 750W
CPU cooling: Zalman LED CPU Cooler
Peripherals: Optical wheel mouse and Logitech keyboard.
OS: Mandriva 2008.1
Speakers: All speakers should work, except maybe USB. (not supplied).
Display: Most displays work out the box. (not supplied).
Modem: Trendnet serial modem.(not supplied).
UPS: 1000VA (not supplied).
When using 4x 1 Gig DDR2 800 on the P5N-e Sli, reduce memory speed to 667 Mhz
This site is for information purposes only, when you build your own machine your results may vary.