All;
I'm thinking about getting a GIGABYTE P34Gv2-CF4 with these specs:
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14.0” FHD 16:9 LED IPS Backlit Wide screen
(1920x1080) Anti-Glare Matte Type Screen
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4th Generation Intel® Haswell Core™ i7-4710HQ
(2.5GHz - 3.5GHz, 6MB Intel® Smart Cache)
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NVIDIA® GeForce™ GTX 860M (4.0GB) GDDR5
PCI-Express DX11 w/ Optimus™ Technology
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16GB DDR3 1866MHz [SKU-444BX]
(Crucial Ballistix Sport Dual Channel Memory (2x8GB SODIMMS))
- 512GB Crucial M550 Solid State mSATA
III (Read 550MB/s - Write 500MB/s)
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1TB Crucial M550 SSD (Read 550MB/s - Write
500MB/s (SATA III))
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Smart Li-ion Battery (4-Cell)
Most of the hardware seems compatible enough, I only have 2
concerns:
1) the 512GB Crucial M550 Solid State
mSATA III, can I install the OS & boot off this drive?
2) the NVIDIA® GeForce™ GTX 860M
(4.0GB) GDDR5, I've seen some posts of folks having issues with
this card,
will it work with the open source nouveau drivers (even if I
get less functionality)? Or with the kmod-nvidia packages?
Thoughts?
Thanks in advance...