Local system builders? preferably North York or Thornhill

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 08:13:42PM -0400, CLIFFORD ILKAY wrote:
> On 06/17/2010 07:57 PM, Walter Dnes wrote:
>> * it has PS/2 ports.  WOOHOO!!!!  I have a couple of genuine IBM PS/2
>>    "clickety-clack" keyboards that I was getting ready to tearfully throw
>>    away, because I couldn't buy new machines with PS/2 ports anymore.
>
> For future reference, you can get a PS/2 to USB converter. I use my  
> genuine IBM keyboard with any system, PS/2 or USB.
>
>>    When I saw the VGA/HDMI and especially the PS/2 ports, I knew I was
>> going to be buying it.  Does anybody know of any linux-compatability
>> show-stoppers with Intel i3 motherboards?  If not, I'm buying.
>
> I have an ASUS P55D running an i5-750. It does not have an integrated  
> video card so I use an nVidia GeForce 9600GT (a.k.a. G94) fanless video  
> card. It works perfectly well with the nouveau (open source) driver.  
> I've had the binary driver working before too. The only issue was the  
> built-in Intel HDA sound card. I had no end of problems with PulseAudio  
> with that until I disabled on-board card and plugged in an ancient  
> SoundBlaster.
>
> The power supply I bought was the OCZ Stealth XStream 500W ($66 last  
> September). That is on sale right now at NCIX for $20. It might include  
> shipping. If you purchase one of their specials that has shipping  
> included, they ship everything else free.

hardwaresecrets.com consideres that one an OK power supply.  It can just
provide it's labeled power, it stays within spec, and it is pretty cheap
to buy, but there are much better choices out there (in fact better
choices with the same internals but more power connectors provided,
such as the SilverStone ST50F).  So it has no problems, but it could be
much better and the efficiency is a bit low.  Certainly not award worthy
by any means.

-- 
Len Sorensen
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