Re: Fedora Core 3 Motherboard Recommendations

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To: "'For users of Fedora Core releases'" <fedora-list@redhat.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 13:17:13 -0400

BTW I'm in Canada on the East Coast. So price does matter because this is
the first five of probably twenty systems I'm going to build. I would like
to build these for around (now don't laugh!) $500.00 However I will need to
build a couple of high-end servers so recommendations on 64 bit system
boards would also be appreciated.
 
Reliability and stability of the main board is critical. Obviously price is
of concern. I have used some ECS all-in-one boards and have had a high
failure rate, so that's out. I have had some not so nice experiences with
the SIS chipsets - so are the NVIDIA chipsets better for Fedora? Or is a
different chipset the way to go? I think manufactures should release some
MTBF rates for the motherboards. Also I have come across the NVIDIA SLI
certification. It sounds close to what I want when I purchase a bunch of
motherboards.
 
Rick
 
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From: fedora-list-bounces@redhat.com [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@redhat.com]
On Behalf Of Rick Meyer
Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2005 8:41 AM
To: 'For users of Fedora Core releases'
Subject: Fedora Core 3 Motherboard Recommendations
 
I am looking for some recommendations for a stable and reliable motherboard
for building five Fedora Core 3 systems. My top concerns are:
 
Motherboard:
* Reliability of the main motherboard.
* Chipset Support (i.e Easy Installation) from the kernel.
* Price is some what important but not the deciding factor (no more than
$140.00)
* Nice to have features would be dual-lan on board.
* I have no CPU preference, so it could be AMD or Intel solution. (CPU
Speed is not important)
* Chipset/Performance vs Price. (I would prefer a newer chipset if it
doesn't break the $140.00 mark)
 
 
Network Cards:
* If the motherboard doesn't have on-board Lan (I need two Ethernet
connections in each system) Then what is a good and stable NIC card?
 
A typical system once built will contain:
* 200GB Hard Drive
* DVD R/W
* 512 Megs of RAM
* 2 Ethernet Connections (Giga-Lan Optional)
* ATX Case (Mini or Mid Tower)
* Good Power Supply (Probably an Enermax..)
 
 
Of course I have searched the NET for MFTB numbers from Manufactures, but
haven't really come up with anything solid yet. Some of the Manufacturers I
have looked at include ASUS, MSI, Gigabyte, and DFI. I'm open to others as
well.
 
Thanks
Rick Meyer
 

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