Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Homebuilt Mobo bundles

[Denis <denis.che@gmail.com>]

I always build my own PC, and over the years I used a few power
supplies made by PC Power and Cooling
(http://www.pcpower.com/index.html).  They make a superb product, and
I never had a problem with it - quality and reliability.  I used that
for my main Core 2 Duo computing machine at work, and I use it for my
water-cooled rig at home that has the famously hot and power-hungry
dual P4 Extreme Edition.  I used Antec PSUs also, but those little
fans in those quit on me a couple times, and I wasn't thrilled about
that.

As far as motherboards, I've had great luck with Intel boards and will
recommend them over all others.  They come well-packaged,
well-explained, seem to be well-built, well-supported in Linux and
never gave me any trouble over the years.  Please don't flame me for
voicing this opinion - I am just saying what worked well for me.  My
main objective in building a computer has been "stable performance",
and that's what I've been getting with Intel.

I think you can definitely reuse your Antec case, but I must echo
Volker's suggestion about a new power supply, unless yours is very
recent.