New computer, recommendations?

Tyler Aviss tjaviss-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org
Tue Aug 21 03:56:01 UTC 2012


I've been looking at some of the socket fm1 boards with amd cpu/gpu
combined. can anyone comment on how those work in 'nix? any driver issues?
On Aug 20, 2012 1:30 PM, "Peter King" <peter.king-H217xnMUJC0sA/PxXw9srA at public.gmane.org> wrote:

> On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 04:46:26PM -0400, Lennart Sorensen wrote:
>
> > I got an Asus X79 Sabertooth with an intel core-i7 3820 and a 4x8GB pack
> > of Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1333 ram.  I got a SCBSK-2100 cpu fan since it has
> > to fit in an HTPC case and height is a slight problem sometimes.
>
> I got something quite similar: Asus Sabertooth X79, Intel core-i7 3930k,
> and the same memory pack; I added an Intel 240G SSD and a CPU thermal
> cooler, all in a CoolerMaster HAF 951 (currently on sale). It runs very
> fast, reasonably quiet, and very cool. So far stable as can be. Haven't
> tried anything with USB3 yet. Thanks to all for advice!
>
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