2008-08-26, 01:40
Hi,
I'm putting together a machine on a tight budget and would appreciate anyone having a quick look at the following rig to make sure I'm on the right track.
I'm not interested in TV capture or doing much else on the setup other than watching the odd video file or DVD, and listening to music, so I hope the following will be OK for:
a) running Ubuntu Hardy
b) viewing 720p .mkv (and other), files on a Sony Bravia 37" screen:
I already have a disk and DVD drive I plan to shove in.
Thanks for any opinions - I'm a bit of a noob when it comes to hardware so I might have made some obvious mistakes
G
I'm putting together a machine on a tight budget and would appreciate anyone having a quick look at the following rig to make sure I'm on the right track.
I'm not interested in TV capture or doing much else on the setup other than watching the odd video file or DVD, and listening to music, so I hope the following will be OK for:
a) running Ubuntu Hardy
b) viewing 720p .mkv (and other), files on a Sony Bravia 37" screen:
Case: Sonata MATX MediaCenter Case - With 220W PSU
Board: M3N78-VM ATX LGA775 AM2 GeForce 8200
CPU: AMD ATHLON 64 4800+ AM2 DUAL CORE ENERGY EFFICENT 65w
RAM: 2GB Corsair DDR2 800 MHz
Remote: Microsoft MCE Remote Kit
Board: M3N78-VM ATX LGA775 AM2 GeForce 8200
CPU: AMD ATHLON 64 4800+ AM2 DUAL CORE ENERGY EFFICENT 65w
RAM: 2GB Corsair DDR2 800 MHz
Remote: Microsoft MCE Remote Kit
I already have a disk and DVD drive I plan to shove in.
Thanks for any opinions - I'm a bit of a noob when it comes to hardware so I might have made some obvious mistakes
G