[Eug-lug] Dell Optiplex 740 experience?

[Mike Cherba]

AMD problems?  What have you been building with?  I'm getting ready ro
build a NEW box in the next several months and I'd like to know what you
think I should avoid since I will be going with a Dual core Athlon64
setup.
			-Mike

On Tue, 2007-04-24 at 19:56 -0700, Mr O wrote:
> So you want a proprietary machine with a proprietary motherboard
> you can only get through Dell, a CPU cooler designed for use
> ONLY with Dell motherboards, quite possibly a proprietary power
> supply that.. wait.... IS ONLY AVAILABLE from DELL? 
> 
> Eww. Oh well, the only thing they have going for them is you
> can't beat their prices on their base machines. Add a little
> here and there and I can usually build a better box for your
> money. Although, if you want AMD I'd build it but can't stand
> behind it. I've become a hardware nazi over the last 6 years and
> I know what works and what doesn't. 
> 
> 
> --- Quentin Hartman <qhartman at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > I'm shopping for some new machines for work, and I just
> > discovered that an
> > Optiplex 740 costs $270 less than the HP 5750 machines we've
> > been getting.
> > Both of these machines are custom configured to be as
> > comparable as
> > possible. The biggest difference is that the Dell uses NVidia
> > Quadro NVS
> > 210S for it's onboard video, and the HP uses an ATI R300. Both
> > only work
> > properly with proprietary drivers, and the NVidia is likely to
> > work
> > substantially better than the ATI. Anyone have any real-world
> > experience
> > with the 740 and Linux? I'm also considering the 745, which is
> > the Intel
> > Core brother to the 740, but I would prefer to reward Dell for
> > finally
> > offering AMD...
> > 
> > -- 
> > -Regards-
> > 
> > -Quentin Hartman-
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