New computer

[kbk]

Well it isn't actually here yet, but I ordered all my parts yesterday. I can't wait for it to get here so I can put it all together. What I got was:

Motherboard: MSI P965 Neo-F
Graphics card: PNY Geforce 7300 GT 256MB
Hard Drive: Seagate Barracuda 320GB SATA 3.0gb/s
DVD burner: Lite-on SATA DVD burner
RAM: US Modular 512MB PC4200 DDR2
Case: Logisys Area 51 w/450 Watt PS
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6300

Well that's it, what do ya'll think? I also have a 80GB HDD that I'm going to put Windows on for dual booting, and I'm putting Gentoo on the 320GB drive. Think it'll work well? Keep in mind that I'm broke as a joke, I payed for this entirely with christmas/birthday money (plus some of it was a gift from my parents), so I can't afford a uber top of the line type system.

[jens]

Cool.
That should keep any bloated desktop running for an other few years.
Just make sure you'll use a modern kernel(2.17 or above) and you'll be fine(I'm no fan of the Gentoo hype though.).
You'll probably have more problems installing Windows XP.

[kbk]

Would I have to configure the kernel myself or could I use Genkernel. If I could do either, which do you reccommend? I could probably figure out the manual config, but if I could I'd probably rather do Genkernel.

[placeb0]

I got a similar system

core 2 duo e6300
512 ddr2
gefore 6100
120 sata2

[tom-tjtech]

Whatever you do I suggest you load Windows first
then install linux distro (using GRUB/Lilo loader for instance)
refer to many Distros "Boot Loader" for information.
Dont worry the installation of Linux as optional dual-boot is straight
forward these days.

If you try to install linux then windows afterwords it is the harder option
but can still be done.

Stick to mainstream distros if you are a new user as they have all
the stuff you are likely to need with minimum configuration problems.

Good luck

[gruven]

I run Gentoo on a similar setup, but mine is a laptop:
Core 2 Duo T5600 (1.83GHz)
2 Gig RAM
80GB SATA HDD
GeForce 7200 Go

I don't see a problem with you using Gentoo on that setup. You can use either genkernel or manual config yourself a kernel. I suggest you manually configure one, but that is up to you.

Gentoo has enough documentation to help you along the way.

[kbk]

Yeah I think I might give it a try this time around. Worst that happens is I screw up and have to re-install, which is no big deal. I've got nothing but time , especially now, being off school and all.

[easuter]

Thats a pretty sweat machine!
Mine is mostly recycled parts...

[groovygroundhog]

I'm forever down with your configuration. You're a little light on ram, but that shouldn't pose too much of a problem. I use gentoo at work on my piece-of-crap amd x64 that I inherited and it's my distro of choice (fedora sucks. sorry). Definitely install windows first (I like lilo, so shoot me). I have little-to-no experience with genkernel because I feel that it's best to configure your kernel manually. A little lspci should help. Why let a program do it for you when you can be much more efficient doing it yourself? Just a thought.

Understanding, courage, brotherhood.

[kbk]

Well, it's running . Installing XP as I type (on my mom's laptop), space is a bit tight in the case, but everything seems to be going well.