[SOLVED] Will this rig work well with 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

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04-13-2008	#2 (permalink)
daark.child Trusted Penguin Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: South Yorks, UK Posts: 3,899	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.

04-13-2008	#3 (permalink)
MasterOfNothing Just Joined! Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 4	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

04-13-2008	#4 (permalink)
ozar Super Moderator Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 11,200	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. __________________ oz New Members: * click here *

04-13-2008	#5 (permalink)
MasterOfNothing Just Joined! Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 4	Thank you very much! I think I'll just go for it and cross my fingers :P

04-17-2008	#6 (permalink)
MasterOfNothing Just Joined! Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 4	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

04-17-2008	#7 (permalink)
ozar Super Moderator Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 11,200	Glad to hear it's working out well for you. Don't hesitate to post new threads with any other questions. __________________ oz New Members: * click here *

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