Is this tower Ubuntu compatible?

[Rashkae]

Brittany wrote:
> I'm saving my money to buy myself a gaming PC but before I buy I must
> have a tower that will run on Ubuntu without any problems (obviously).
> 
> Here's the spec of what my computer will mostly have (for now until I
> find something else)
> 
>    * *CPU:* Intel® Core^(TM) i7-920 2.66 GHz 8M L3 Cache LGA1366
>    * *COOLING FAN :* Intel LGA1366 Certified CPU Fan & Heatsink
>    * *MOTHERBOARD:* Asus P6T SE Intel X58 Chipset CrossFireX Mainboard
>      Triple-Channel DDR3/1600 SATA RAID w/ eSATA, GbLAN, USB2.0,
>      IEEE1394a, &7.1Audio
>    * *MEMORY:* 3GB (1GBx3) PC1333 DDR3 PC3 10666 Triple Channel Memory
>      (Corsair or Major Brand)
>    * *FREEBIES:* None
>    * *VIDEO CARD:* NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT 1GB 16X PCI Express (Major
>      Brand Powered by NVIDIA)
>    * *VIDEO CARD 2:* None
>    * *VIDEO CARD 3:* None
>    * *MULTIPLE VIDEO CARD SETTINGS:* Non-SLI/Non-CrossFireX Mode
>      Supports Multiple Monitors
>    * *LCD Monitor:* NONE
>    * *2nd Monitor:* NONE
>    * *HARD DRIVE:* Single Hard Drive (500GB SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 16MB Cache
>      7200RPM HDD)
>    * *Data Hard Drive:* NONE
>    * *HARD DRIVE COOLING FAN :* None
>    * *USB PORTABLE DRIVE:* NONE
>    * *Optical Drive:* (Special Price) LG 22X DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW DRIVE
>      DUAL LAYER (Black Color)
>    * *Optical Drive 2:* NONE
>    * *SOUND:* HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO
>    * *SPEAKERS:* NONE
>    * *NETWORK:* Onboard Gigabit LAN Network
>    * *MODEM:* NONE
>    * *KEYBOARD:* Logitech Deluxe 250 USB Keyboard (Black Color)
>    * *MOUSE:* XtremeGear Optical USB 3 Buttons Gaming Mouse
>    * *Extra Thermal Display :* NONE
>    * *Wireless 802.11B/G Network Card:* NONE
>    * *Flash Media Reader/Writer:* None
>    * *VIDEO CAMERA:* NONE
>    * *PRINTER:* None
>    * *PRINTER CABLE:* None
>    * *IEEE CARD:* NONE
>    * *USB PORT:* Built-in USB 2.0 Ports
>    * *FLOPPY:* NONE
>    * *OS:* NONE - FORMAT HARD DRIVE ONLY
>    * *FREEBIES:* None
>    * *Media Center Remote Control & TV Tuner:* None
>    * *SERVICE:* STANDARD WARRANTY: 3-YEAR LIMITED WARRANTY PLUS
>      LIFE-TIME TECHNICAL SUPPORT
> 
> Will this tower run on ubuntu without a hassle? Sorry for the dumb
> question but I'm ignorant.
> 
> Brittany
> 

Sorry that i can't give a deffinative answer, but I'll have to go with
probably.. in as much as I'm not aware those hardware components having
any particular difficulties.

However, if I may comment on your build in particular, you're spending a
fortune on the best cpu and memory money can buy (way over the
price/performance sweets spot, last I checked, which admittedly was long
ago.) while going relatively on the Video card and hard drive
components, which would likely be your immediate bottlenecks on a gaming
pc to begin with.  If money is really no object, upgrade those (video
should at least be 9800, though I believe Nvdia has new 200 series that
are even higher performance cheap) and hard drive should be 1tb, or a
10,000 rpm drive.  (remember, larger drives offer not only more
capacity, but a near proportional improvement on max throughput simply
because of the increased data density.)  If you are pushing the budget,
it would be worth trading down to a the fastest Core 2 Duo with DDR2 ram
or AMD Phenom II to upgrade those components.