Re: The LINUX box

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From: Matt Jenkins
Date: Wed, 23 Jul 1997 00:00

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Sylvano (sylvano@magna.com.au) wrote:
: hello everyone. 
: 
: I am just about to upgrade my computer, and found that the comparison
: of technical data about chipsets and motherboards just didn't do it 
: for me.  So I decided it would be smarter to consult the linux community.
: What would one find under the hood of the best value for money PC system
: ro run linux?
: 

Well - it depends very much on what you *want* to do with you Linux box, or
course - however, the only chip on the market at the moment that seems to
have a reasonable price/performance ratio (IMHO of course) in the Cyrix
6x86 P200+. These can be obtained quite cheaply. Motherboard quality varies
a great deal - but if you stick with known brands eg. Asus, Tyan, Gigabyte
you should be fine.


The biggest thing you should be looking at for a good performance level if
ram. The more you have the better Linux runs. Although Linux runs
reasonably nicely on 16m - the extra investment in 32meg yields massive
performance increases in X - allowing you to open heaps of programs without
swapping. Don't get too carried away with the ram tho - fitting more than
64meg is a bad idea with Intel chipsets due to level 2 cache limitations.



Well - I'm rambling on too much - if you have any other questions, I'd be
happy to answer them privately.



Matt

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