I'm partial to AMD CPUs and shopping at NewEgg.com You can always look at their CPU/Motherboard combos and save some money. Considering what you are currently on, a bleeding-edge quad core may not be needed. I'm currently using a pair of dual-core AMD machines (one Linux, one WinXP). I think they are both over 18 months old and running great. Both have 4GB of RAM (yeah I know, WinXP doesn't support 4GB) and a good video card. I figure that's more than enough 'juice' for the current Linux and Windows desktops. ---------- Todd Young ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom" <chrome at real-time.com> To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2010 9:55:22 AM Subject: [tclug-list] choosing a new computer case So I'm finally breaking down and going to get myself a new desktop machine, because Youtube is unusable on a 1.1GHz K7, and Gmail is pretty doggy sometimes when editing. Thing is, I don't have a clue what's good hardware on the market these days. I figured I'd start with a case and go from there; but perhaps I'm being backward and should start with a CPU and narrow down my choices that way. I'd really like a nice big case with lots of room to work in; ideally very quiet. I've been using a Yeong Yang YY-022 for the past 10 years or so; it's a scaled-down version of a double-wide server case. Looks like a black cube-ish thing about 13"x13"x16". It's a bit of a pain to route cables tho; so I'd be happy enough to go back to a conventional layout. Anyone have any good experiences with cases they want to relate? Any good advice on which CPU is at the sweet price point these days? In case you didn't know, I'm not physically in the Twin Cities area (I'm in New Hampshire) so telling me to go down to Tran Micro is not useful. :) -- Carl Soderstrom Systems Administrator Real-Time Enterprises www.real-time.com _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota tclug-list at mn-linux.org http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list