Re: Which AM2 motherboard and chipset do you use?

Douglas A. Tutty(dtutty@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) is reported to have said:
On Wed, Nov 21, 2007 at 12:39:58AM +0800, Augustin wrote:
Hello Augustin, I'll try to put comments in-line where they'll make
sense.

I am set to buying a socket AM2 mainboard, with a slow CPU, a minimum
amount of RAM and use the onboard graphic unit, but I would like to
buy a fairly good/excellent mainboard + very good power supply unit,
so that I can over time, as prices drop, upgrade CPU, RAM and buy a
good, dedicated video card.

For the power supply, I am thinking to buy a 500~550 Watt, 80plus
certified unit.

If you're thinking long-term, start with a good case. One with lots of
room (more room means more airflow with less noise, easier to swap stuff
around). I have lots of room in my room so have a CoolerMaster Stacker.
Takes any MB you like, has two PSU bays (I put the PSU in the lower bay
and two 80 mm fans in the upper bay), and 11 5.25" bays all at the
front, and comes with one 4-in-3 fanned 3.5 drive adapter.

For power, I went with a CoolerMaster 600W iGreen. Lots of power
available for the drives.

For main board, I went with Asus M2N-SLI Deluxe: lots of SATA and USB
ports, great sound (for me), etc. It doesn't have integrated video but
an Asus EN7300GT Silent cost $40. Everything works with standard Debian
Etch and stock kernel. I choose to use the pre-packaged nVidia X driver
for a bit better DVD playback but its only slightly noticeable on my 21"
drafting CRT during movement; I don't know if it would show up on an LCD.
The issue is the mpeg conversion: the nVidia driver does this in
hardware whereas the nv driver does it in software and the result isn't
as clear, especially if its deinterlacing/blending while showing
full-screen.

A bit OT Doug but I have the same MB and I yesterday tried to get sound
working. Sound does not show up in lspci. What does your box show in
lspci?

[VT1 root@dj-TESTING]
lspci
00:00.0 Memory controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 Memory Controller (rev a3)
00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 ISA Bridge (rev f3)
00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation CK804 SMBus (rev a2)
00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 USB Controller (rev a2)
00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation CK804 USB Controller (rev a3)
00:06.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation CK804 IDE (rev f2)
00:07.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation CK804 Serial ATA Controller (rev f3)
00:08.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation CK804 Serial ATA Controller (rev f3)
00:09.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCI Bridge (rev f2)
00:0a.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 Ethernet Controller (rev f3)
00:0b.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge (rev f3)
00:0c.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge (rev f3)
00:0d.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge (rev f3)
00:0e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation CK804 PCIE Bridge (rev a3)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
01:01.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. IEEE 1394 Host Controller (rev c0)
05:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G70 [GeForce 7300 GT] (rev a1)

TIA

Wayne

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