[SOLVED] Will this rig work well with linux?

[MasterOfNothing]

Hi!

I just wanted to know if anyone knows whether this combination will work when assembled and whether all parts are supported by linux:

*Corsair Powersupply 550W Bulk, black, ATX/EPS, 120mm fan, 4xSATA, SLI
*Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L, P35, Socket-775, ATX, GbLAN, DDR2, ICH9, PCI-Ex16
*Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300 2.5GHz 1333Mhz
*Corsair TWIN2X 6400 DDR2, 4096MB CL5, Kit w/two matched CM2X2048-6400 Dimm
*Western Digital Raptor 74GB SATA 16MB 10000RPM
*Western Digital Caviar GP 500GB SATA2, 16MB 7200RPM
*XFX GeForce 8800GT 600M 512MB GDDR3,PCI-Express 2.0,2xDVI,8-layer,black PCB
*Optiarc / NEC DVD-brenner AD-7191S-0B / SATA LightScribe, bulk

I am especially worried about the mobo

Any suggestions are highly appreciated.
Thank you very much in advance

[daark.child]

I can't give you a definite answer, but I suggest you try a live cd. If the live cd works, then its mostly likely that a hard disk install will work.

[MasterOfNothing]

Thank you for your reply!

Although, I haven't bought the above rig yet. I just wanted to check the compatibility with linux so I am sure to buy something that actually works

[oz]

I've read on other Linux boards that the motherboard works fine with Linux. I don't really see any problem with the other hardware, either, but like daark.child, I can't give a definitive answer.

[MasterOfNothing]

Thank you very much! I think I'll just go for it and cross my fingers :P

[MasterOfNothing]

I just got the rig, assembled it and tested it with Ubuntu (since it has the best HW-detection out of the box).

I just made a couple of adjustments: Instead of Seagate I got a 500GB WD (7200 rpm) and baught a Samsung DVD-burner.

Everything works and is *amazingly* fast and responsive.

The nvidia 8800GT card was nothing the latest driver couldn't fix (although it is still listed as "unknown device" in lspci). glxgears gives me ~21000 fps at default window size.

Compiz is fast most of the time, unless you stress the system - then the animation gets a bit choppy.

Harddisks work fine. Setting AHCI-mode in BIOS was not necessary for the HDDs to work. I have not tested IDE though. Compiling is now unbelievably fast on the Raptor with 10k rpm.

Sound works fine too.

So, thanks for the help everyone

[oz]

Glad to hear it's working out well for you.

Don't hesitate to post new threads with any other questions.