[CLUE-Tech] Motherboard Recommendations

[Chris Ernst]

Matt,

In order to answer that question, I think we'd need to know a little more.  Most imortantly:

What will the system do?  How will it be used?

What are the requirements for CPU support? Storage? RAM?

Otherwise, you'll just get a bunch of "this board rocks!" responses without much depth or useful information.

	- Chris


On Fri, 22 Nov 2002 18:41:53 -0700
Matt Gushee <mgushee at havenrock.com> wrote:

> Hi, Folks--
> 
> Well, I thought I was helping somebody with a fairly routine Linux
> installation, and I've ended up getting roped into helping him find a
> new motherboard ... which is a bit beyond my expertise: I generally
> don't pay a whole lot of attention to hardware, and I've never bought a
> motherboard, period; I guess it's mainly because I have a working
> Internet connection.
> 
> Anyway, the priorities are reliability and support; performance is
> definitely secondary. The gentleman thinks highly of ASUS products,
> though he's not dead set on the brand. One product that I thought looked
> good is the Asus A7V333 ... but I can't find any information on how well
> it works with Linux. In fact, overall I'm finding that there are almost
> no motherboards that 1) are currently available, 2) have been reviewed
> by sources that I believe to be trustworthy, and 3) are reported to work
> well with Linux. So I'm at a loss here.
> 
> Anybody out there have experience with recent motherboards? I'd
> appreciate your recommendations.
> 
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