Best Chip Set(s) for AMD Phenom?

[Lonni J Friedman]

On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 8:07 AM, Leon Goldstein <metapsych at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Ken Moffat wrote:
>
> Thanks, Ken.  You brought up another point that bothers me.  It is almost
> impossible today to find a mobo with 2 IDE channels.  That makes my
> inventory of IDE drives  almost worthless.

IDE is legacy hardware, whether or not you like it.  No major mobo
manufacturer is going to have any IDE support within 5 years.
Everything is moving to SATA.   Also, PS/2 ports will start
disappearing in the next few years as well.

>
> Anyhow, let me rephrase my original question a bit:   should I be looking
> more at the board rather than its chip set, i.e. are there no significant
> funtionality/stability issues ?

Decide which chipset(s) you want (or do not want), then look at the
brands that match up with your criteria.


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