I couldn help but think that it all looked a bit pricey. I agree to go with aria, it is the best site Ive ever used, and it is SO cheap!! Also whats wrong with the on-board sound? <div class="gmail_quote"> On Dec 13, 2007 9:31 PM, Rob Beard <<a href="mailto:rob@esdelle.co.uk">rob@esdelle.co.uk</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div class="Ih2E3d">Farran wrote: > hi all > building a computer just for personal use, selected all the parts form > novatech: </div>> Hard <<a href="http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?WD-5AAKS" target="_blank"> http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?WD-5AAKS</a>> Drive > <<a href="http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?WD-5AAKS" target="_blank">http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?WD-5AAKS </a>> > Motherboard <<a href="http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?BB-Q660N" target="_blank">http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?BB-Q660N</a>> > Bundle <<a href="http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?BB-Q660N" target="_blank"> http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?BB-Q660N</a>> > Graphics <<a href="http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?NOV-86GT" target="_blank">http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?NOV-86GT </a>> > Card <<a href="http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?NOV-86GT" target="_blank">http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?NOV-86GT</a>> > Optical <<a href="http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?SAM-S203D" target="_blank"> http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?SAM-S203D</a>> > Drive <<a href="http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?SAM-S203D" target="_blank">http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?SAM-S203D </a>> > Sound <<a href="http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?NOV-SC51N" target="_blank">http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?NOV-SC51N</a>> Card > <<a href="http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?NOV-SC51N" target="_blank"> http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?NOV-SC51N</a>> > Keyboard <<a href="http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?LOG-967653" target="_blank">http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?LOG-967653 </a>> > Mouse <<a href="http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?LOG-931395" target="_blank">http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?LOG-931395</a>> <div class="Ih2E3d">> This costs Ł621.47. > > Wondered if anyone has used these parts or knows whether they work with > Linux - a friend reminded me that some of the newer hardware won't work, > for example, the quad core processor maybe? </div>> If any of these wouldn't be best and you have a better choice, please say :P > thanks, Farran > Looks okay to me, you'll probably need the NVidia drivers for the graphics card. Just wondering on two things... 1. Why did you choose a seperate sound card (I mean, isn't the onboard audio sufficient, because the card you've chosen as an extra wouldn't be much better than the on-board audio - would be different if you went for a Sound Blaster Audigy or something). 2. Do you plan on upgrading to two video cards in SLI?  If not, why spend the extra for an SLI board?  I think you'd probably save yourself a few quid not going for an SLI board which could be put to a board with an Intel Chipset. Quad core CPU should be fine, at least I would have thought so.  I would have thought it would be detected as 4 individual CPUs like a dual core would be detected as 2 CPUs.  I hope thats the case anyway as I'm considering an upgrade to quad core (although I haven't made my mind up yet if it's worth the extra money). Looks like a fairly good setup. Rob -- <div><div> </div><div class="Wj3C7c"><a href="mailto:ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com</a> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk </a> <a href="https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/" target="_blank">https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/</a> </div></div></blockquote></div>