Re: [TCLUG:21925] New mainboard recommendations

[Jason J <jasonj@innominatus.com>]

I just ordered an MSI 694D Pro. (Didnt want to wait for the ABIT VP6) Since I
havent installed it yet I cant make a recommendation based on personal experiance
but only the specs and Tomshardware review.
http://tw.msi.com.tw/showroom/mainboard/eng/694dpro.htm
http://www.tomshardware.com/mainboard/00q3/000911/index.html

It has some pretty impressive specs.
Dual Processors
up to 2gb ram
4 ATA/66 drives 4 ATA/100 drives
no ISA
5 PCI/1AGP/1CNR
4 USB!
2 Firewire!
Onboard sound that can be disabled

if you get the -AR version the ATA/100 is also a RAID controller. (no linux
support for this promise raid controller yet!)
This board has alot of stuff going for it. Toms hardware did a review of it and
it faired pretty well.
I ordered this and a PIII 850 I hope to clock atleast to a Gig. Then I can just
add another PIII850 later on.

Kent Schumacher wrote:

> I came home last night to a dead motherboard.  Terribly sad.
> Now I have to upgrade!!!
>
> Anyone have any recommendations?  I would like to get something
> this week so possibly I need to purchase locally.
>
> At any rate, I want to keep my hard drives, sound, video, and ethernet cards.
> I guess I'm looking for a motherboard, with processor and memory installed
> in a new case (my current case is circa 1990, and it doubles as
> my helicopter landing pad...).
>
> Case: Midtower w/ accessible bays for 2 CD drives and a floppy
>
> CPU: Something in the 650Mhz or better range
>
> Memory: 128Mb or better
>
> Mainboard: I don't need any ISA slots, all PCI is good.  I want an AGP port
> and good USB support...
>
> Anyone have recommendations about what works well with Linux, and where to
> buy it.  This system will never run Windows (or CPM, or other legacy OS's)...
>
> Whoo Hoo!!!  A new toy^H^H^Hcomputer system!
> Kent
>
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