Intel Core 2 Duo // Absolute consensus in #secondlife

nVidia GeForce 7900 GT //Everyone agrees to go with nVidia for Linux. 7900 GS is apparently just an overclock of 7800

2GB (Corsair, if motherboard takes it)

ASUS Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131177

Creative X-Fi = cheap // No onboard; onboard = line noise

Seagate HDD or Hitachi //NO WESTERN DIGITAL. Gigs says no Hitachi, but Aesop says Hitachi = 1TB drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148138

<Gigs> just don't get the 400gb ES seagate
<Aesop> Get a SATA drive
<Aesop> Anyone planning on telling him that?