<div dir="ltr">I would recommend the Intel Core2Duo E8400 LGA775 processor with the GA-EP35-DS3L motherboard. Pick up whatever PCI16 Nvidia card you can afford, they come in all kinda of price points. Same for RAM, get the fastest up to 1066 you can get. Surprisingly enough, I've only talked about 300 bucks with a decent case and most of the way to the hard drive. If you can't afford the above, drop to an el cheapo LGA775 Celeron, as most of the cost up there is in that processor, which will set you back about 180 bucks last time I picked them up on Newegg. <div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 11:14 AM, Avi Greenbury <<a href="mailto:avismailinglistaccount@googlemail.com">avismailinglistaccount@googlemail.com</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">Glenn Sellmer wrote: > Hello All, > > I am putting together a new machine to use with Linux exclusively. > Anyone have any recommendations > regarding motherboards/processors/chipsets to use, or not use ? > Anything I should look out for ? > </div>The only things you're likely to have issues with now are Wifi and sound chipsets. I've had good experiences with Intel for both. In fact, I generally go with mostly-intel chipsets because of this. -- Avi Greenbury :) <a href="http://aviswebsite.co.uk" target="_blank">http://aviswebsite.co.uk</a> -- ubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> </blockquote></div> </div>