[LUNA] new build

[Michael W. Hall]

You are welcome.  Yeah I was checking out there Raspberry pi offerings
also.  I have one and got another.  I am running my bitcoin miners with
them.  They are great!  I would love to do something else with one.


On Sat, 2014-07-26 at 19:19 -0500, Allen Krell wrote:
> Thanks for the reminder on GigaParts, hadn't been there in quite some time.
>  I had got used to online ordering.   They have a combo deal where they
> have already populated a motherboard with a CPU and memory.  All I have to
> do is find a case I like (I didn't run across one there) and I should be
> set.  I was really impresed with their helpfullness.
> 
> I didn't realize they carry raspberry pi and accessories either!
> 
> To should you how out of date my PC building skills are, I didn't realize
> modern power supplies are 24 pins (instead of 20) and have the second 8 pin
> connector on the 12v power rail.  Case and power supply should be here
> later this week.   Glad I learned something new this week (as well the
> meaning of consortium from a certain news article)
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 7:31 PM, Michael W. Hall <hallmw at att.net> wrote:
> 
> > Allen, GigaParts out in Providence is a great place.  I have been out
> > there recently and they have a nice selection of MB, PSU, RAM, etc.  May
> > want to go check them out and you can see what it out there.  I know for
> > me sometimes holding the box and reading is better than reading on a
> > webpage.
> >
> >
> >
> > On Fri, 2014-07-25 at 15:57 -0500, Allen Krell wrote:
> > > I haven't done a new desktop build in several years, anything to watch
> > out
> > > for?  Purpose is routine desktop work, perhaps adding a blue ray .
> > >
> > > Here is what I am thinking about in general, haven't selected vendors yet
> > >
> > > - mini-itx board and new case
> > > - intel 1150 socket
> > > - SSD drive for booting
> > > - motherboard with included bluetooth/802.11 mini-card
> > >
> > >
> > > In the old days, I was carefull about vendors with Linux drivers, but I
> > am
> > > guessing most any of the popular bluetooth/802.11 cards will have driver
> > > support?
> > >
> > > Any recent experience?
> > >
> > > Also, anything to watch out for UEFI
> > >
> > >
> > > Allen
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