New Machine

[Alma J Wetzker]

Michael Hipp wrote:
> Kurt Wall wrote:
> 
>> Hello, list,
>>
>> Never having built a machine from scratch, I'd appreciate if
>> a wiser or more experienced head than mine confirmed for me that the 
>> following components will play nicely together:
>>
>> Mobo: MSI MS-9130 Dual Socket 940 VIA K8T800 ATX Server Mobo
> 
> 
> I've always considered MSI to be, at best, a 2nd tier board maker.
> 
> The 1st tier consists of - in no particular order - Intel, Gigabyte, 
> ASUS, Tyan, SuperMicro.
> 
> Corrections welcome.

ASUS produce pretty good boards, but not always standard.  In some 
cases, linux will not work well due to incomplete implementation of some 
part of the board (NIC, sound, etc).  If you run into problems, ASUS is 
usually linux hostile.  If it works on Windoze, that is all that 
matters.  (Meaning M$ has added code in the drivers to compensate for 
hardware not implemented.)  Research carefully.

     -- Alma