Hardware compatibility: NVIDIA Nforce 570 Ultra MCP and SATA

[Jamon Camisso]

Meng Cheah wrote:
> Jamon Camisso wrote:
>> Hi Meng, that's a good board, fairly inexpensive and very compatible. 
>> Don't forget your smp i686 kernel or, if you're feeling adventurous or 
>> want to take advantage of that blazing fast 5800+ processor, use a 
>> 64-bit distro. You've got 4GB of low-latency RAM too right ;)
> Thanks, Jamon :-)
> I'll probably go with a 65W Athlon 64 X2 and 2G RAM.
> The budget does not allow for a 5800+ :-)

As would I. I think you can pick up the 65W 4800+ for $123 at Filtech, 
and they also have some low(ish) latency 4-4-5-4 OCZ RAM (2GB PC-6200) 
for $89 after a $40 mail in rebate (good luck with that).

Put that all together and you're talking ~$375 for a decent enough system.

Jamon
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