New Machine

[Kurt Wall]

On Saturday 18 June 2005 01:38, James McDonald enlightened us thusly:
> Kurt Wall wrote:
> >On Thursday 16 June 2005 03:00, A. Khattri enlightened us thusly:
> >>On Wed, 15 Jun 2005, Kurt Wall wrote:
> >>>Mobo: MSI MS-9130 Dual Socket 940 VIA K8T800 ATX Server Mobo
> >>
> >>The hardwareguys recommend nForce-based boards over VIA-based ones.
> >>
> >>You may also want to look at boards that support dual-core Opterons for
> >>future upgradeability.
> >
> >Honestly, I don't upgrade often enough to worry about that. I'm
> >not usually one to buy bleeding edge technology, and dual Opterons
> >is about as bleeding edge as I can stand. But I *will* consider
> >nForce chipsets instead of VIA if the latter are problematic, as
> >several respondents have suggested.
> >
> >Thanks, Ajai,
>
> I can second the problematic VIA chipset thing. My problems have been
> with the VIA Rhine NIC drivers *VERY* low throughput.

This is why I've asked the list for input. I've already changed the
parts list as a result of the excellent input I've received here.

Kurt