OT: Want to Build PC for Fedora Use - Hardware Questions Sound Card

[James Lawrence]

Jonathan S wrote:

> you shouldn't need a new sound card, but who knows, this is what 
> happend to me and my nVidia board no doubt, I installed drivers, and 
> suddenly fedora tells me it doesn't support my onboard sound. Lucky 
> for me I had an extra old sound blaster lying around, and I used it, 
> but I dont think this is a normal thing, just like what you were 
> saying I think it has a lot to do with nVidia, and there drivers.
>
>
> From: Clint Harshaw <clint at penguinsolutions.org>
> Reply-To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list at redhat.com>
> To: fedora-list at redhat.com
> Subject: OT: Want to Build PC for Fedora Use - Hardware Questions
> Date: Thu, 01 Jul 2004 13:36:22 -0400
>
> Hi all:
>
> I'm wanting to try to build my own computer for home/office use with 
> Fedora. I would like some help picking out some of the components to 
> ensure that I'll have a good experience with the build and that all 
> the things I typically use the computer for will work with a minimum 
> of fuss. Here's a list of the things I use the computer for on a 
> day-to-day basis:
>
> mozilla browswer/mail and mail, gaim, xmms, kaffeine, emacs, latex, 
> xdvi, xpdf, grip, ogg files, gimp, basic perl scripts, 
> mysql/php/phpmyadmin, apache
>
> I tend to like the fancier screensavers, like Ant Spotlight, just 
> because they look cool to me ;-) and enjoy an occasional game of Tux 
> Racer and Neverball. I'd like to be able to play DVD movies on this 
> new machine.
>
> So I've been poking around newegg looking for what would make a good 
> project for me to build and here's what I have come up with:
>
> ANTEC Life Style Series Black Case With 380W Power Supply, Model "SONATA"
>
> ASUS "P4P800-E Deluxe" i865PE Chipset Motherboard for Intel Socket 478 
> CPU
>
> ASUS nVIDIA GeForce FX5200 Video Card, 128MB DDR, 128-bit, DVI/TV-Out, 
> 8X AGP, Model "V9520/TD"
>
> Intel Pentium 4/ 2.8E GHz 800MHz FSB, 1MB L2 Cache, Hyper Threading 
> Technology
>
> Corsair Value Select (Dual Pack) 184 Pin 1G(512MBx2) DDR PC-3200
>
> Mitsumi Black 1.44MB 3.5inch Floppy Disk Drive, Model D359M3D/D359M3B
>
> Western Digital 80GB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive, Model WD800JD
>
> Logitech Black Internet Keyboard PS/2 104keys
>
> Logitech SBF69 Optical Wheel Mouse PS/2
>
> TEAC 52X32X52 Internal EIDE CD-RW Combo Drive Black Bezel, Model 
> DW-552G BLK
>
> I'd like some ideas about if this looks like a decent system, and if 
> there are some changes that I ought to make to save some headaches 
> and/or money. I have a couple of pre-built boxes that have nvidia 
> cards in them, so I have gotten accustomed to the driver issues, but 
> would really prefer something that was more in line with open source, 
> so I could simply upgrade a kernel without the additional nvidia 
> driver work.
>
> Do I even need a sound card, since the board comes with onboard audio?
>
> I sure would appreciate your opinions or suggestions. I'm horribly 
> out-of-place when it comes to hardware and really need some help 
> getting over this hurdle. Over the years, I have done individual 
> component changes on machines that go down, but I've not ever picked 
> out pieces from scratch.
>
> Thanks,
> Clint
>
>
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check out www. frozencpu.com for some real cool looking cases
check out http://www.jncs.com/ hardware
check ati for compatibility for a video card instead of "nvidia" 
http://www.ati.com/support/driver.html