[CLUE-Talk] Re: Motherboard Recommendation

[Chris Terry]

Suprisingly enough, I would have said the exact same thing if I had seen
it first.  I've got the same model (with all the optional extras) and I
have to say it's treating me nicely.  It's stable, it's fast, it's not
too hot, and it's got more ports than I know what to do with.  I'm
definitely a satisfied customer.  Like Evan said, it's probably better
to go with the A7V8X instead of the -N8X due to drivers, but that's all
up to you.  Here's hoping you have fun with whatever you end up with.


Evan Widger wrote:

 > I'd recommend the Asus A7V8X motherboard (or most anything with a
 > Kt400/400A chipset, Abit is another good brand but I have never
 > personally owned any of their products)
 >
 > I own one, it's highly compatable with linux (even though i'm using
 > FreeBSD) and I've never had problems with Asus motherboards.
 >
 > it has: -3 ddr333 (pc2700) ram slots OR 2 ddr400 (pc3200, select
 > brands only) slots -4/8x AGP -6 PCI slots -6 channel audio (i've
 > never cared for onboard audio, as it's largely software driven,
 > mine's disabled in favor of a SB Live!) (optional, included on mine)
 > -2 firewire ports, one powered(6pin), one not(4pin)(optional,
 > included on mine) -6 USB 2.0 ports -2 SATA connections (optional,
 > included on mine) -an extra ATA133 connection to be use in
 > conjunction with the SATA for optional RAID 0 or 1 (optional,
 > included on mine) -the usual parallel/serial/kb/mouse ports for an
 > ATX motherboard -gigabit ethernet (optional, included on mine,
 > default is 100BaseT) - slot A for athlons from 800Mhz to Athlon XP
 > 3000+ w/barton core (newer revisions and BIOS versions, almost all
 > the ones you'd buy today are 333Mhz bus speed)
 >
 > to get all these you need to make sure you get the board that's
 > marked RAID/SATA/1394/GbL/... etc.
 >
 > the only reason i suggest this one and specifically not an A7N8X or
 > other nForce2 chipset motherboard is that the only drivers for the
 > onboard NIC and other things are from nvidia and rumoured not to work
 >  perfectly, though that may just be freeBSD and not linux, i don't
 > remember anymore.
 >
 > should be about $100-$125 depending where you get it and how much
 > it's dropped since i got mine.
 >
 > hope this helps, Evan Widger PsychoI3oy at linkline.com
 >
 > ruben avalos wrote:
 >
 >>
 >>
 >>
 >> maybe you can help me i'm looking for a  reliabe yet good
 >> motherboard that has usb 2 firewire 6ch sound at least ddr pc2700
 >> 8x apg and as many open expanton slots as avalible and works with
 >> linux red hat 9.0 and amd processers
 >>
 >
 >
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