Fedora Core 5 + Athlon 64 + Nvidia Motherboard

[Rick Sivernell]

On Sat, 13 May 2006 07:09:54 -0700
"Net Llama!" <netllama at linux-sxs.org> wrote:

> On 05/13/2006 03:44 AM, Chong Yu Meng wrote:
> > On Fri, 2006-05-12 at 19:08 -0700, Net Llama! wrote:
> > 
> >> I've heard mixed reviews of this board.  Are you tied to MSI for any 
> >> particular reason?
> >> 
> > <Shameless_plug>
> > Ever since I bought a Pentium Pro-200 from MSI that just REFUSED to die,
> > no matter how I abused it, I've stuck with MSI. I've never had problems
> > with MSI motherboards, and I've had bad experiences with other brands,
> > notably Abit. Gigabyte is a bit too cheap for me to trust it, while Asus
> > is always too expensive. 
> > </Shameless_plug>
> 
> That's understandable.  I've not used MSI boards very much, but overall 
> I've heard that some work well, and others are very unstable.  For me, 
> the same applies to Abit & Gigabyte.  Asus is pricey, although their 
> boards seem to be quite good, and I've used a few recently.
> 
> > 
> >> Here's a Biostar board that is roughly equivalent to the MSI you posted 
> >> above:
> >> http://www.biostar-usa.com/mbdetails.asp?model=tforce+6100-939
> >> I've personally been using this one at work for the past 6 months (first 
> >> with FC4, and now with FC5), and haven't had any problems with it.
> >> 
> > Thanks for the tip! I've checked with several shops at Sim Lim (that's a
> > popular electronics center in Singapore) and they don't seem to stock
> > Biostar AMD motherboards. Strange, but it could be because the brand is
> > not in demand. 
> 
> Oh well.
> 
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I have run Asus most of the time. Today I retired a P3b-F Asus mobo
after almost 10nyears of non stop work. Still have my webserver running
on a P3b and my wife is using a P2b-F now. All with PIII 660/700 cpu's.

Bought my first MSI board with AMD64 3000+ for $179.00 at compusa. add
2 gig mem totalcost $350.00 after rebaits. Did have to change PS to get
ATX. Got $30 rebait there too.

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Rick Sivernell
Dallas, Texas  75287
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ricksivernell at verizon.net
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