[Discuss] [POSSIBLE SPAM] Re: I need a recommendation for a Linux-compatible high-end PC builder

[Deryk Barker (Honorary Colleague)]

I recently bought (via newegg.ca) an Intel Skull Canyon (where do they get the names), which has a quad-core seventh generation i7, together with 32GB G.Skill DDR4 RAM and a Samsung 500GB "gum stick" SSD.

Total, including taxes etc $1650.

Aside from one of the two DIMMs being faulty everything "just worked",  booted Mint from a USB stick and installed it in about 10 minutes.

This is to replace my 4-year old machine, a quad-core i5 with 16GB, which started to get hardware-related errors just before Xmas. Replacing it seamlessly in our home network is taking rather more than 10 minutes, but that's not Intel's fault.

BTW the machine is a SFF and about the size of a paperback book. VESA mounting is an option which I will be exploring.

I am very plaesed with it.

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Deryk Barker, Faculty Emeritus
Computer Science Department
Camosun College, Victoria BC

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From: Discuss [discuss-bounces at vlug.org] on behalf of Murray Strome [wmstrome at shaw.ca]
Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2018 5:05 AM
To: discuss at vlug.org; Alan W. Irwin
Subject: [POSSIBLE SPAM]  Re: [Discuss] I need a recommendation for a Linux-compatible high-end PC builder

I would suggest that you stop in at Mother Computers (Saanich Mall,
north end near the Tim Hortons) and talk to the technical staff there. I
have had very good luck with anything they have done for me, and at
reasonable, competitive prices. I am pretty much in the same situation,
and recently got a quote from them on a system close to what you are
seeking. If I can find it, I will pass it on to you. Other places you
might want to check out are Boomers, Sneakers and Gizmos (I have also
found them to be helpful at times in the past). Make sure that you get a
Main Board that has a long support life expectancy - I think the high
end ASUS ones are probably a good bet.
Murray
On 2018-01-08 02:54 PM, Alan W. Irwin wrote:
> Our current principal PC is low end by today's standards, i.e., it has
> a 2.4GHz clock rate and only two real cpu cores. However, a much
> larger concern with this system is its age which is a decade old. It's
> a tribute to ASUS motherboard quality back then that the capacitors
> and connectors on this MB are still doing well, but there are limits.
> Therefore, I would not be surprised if I have a sudden need for a new
> system at any time.  However, I have been saying that for the last 7
> years!  So a more important concern is that system is rather low end
> for my current needs.  So in anticipation that I will buy a PC
> sometime this year I am looking for a Linux-compatible high-end ($1500
> price range) PC builder with a good reputation.  So your comments
> on that would be much appreciated (other than "build it myself" since
> I really don't have that skill set).
>
> I am primarily interested in your recommendations for Linux high-end
> box builders, but debate over the above design characteristics would
> be interesting as well.
>
> Alan

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