hardware advice

[Robin Laing]

Craig Tinson wrote:
> On Thu, 2004-06-10 at 20:36, srb wrote:
> 
> 
>>I have an Asus A7N8X-X (the "-X" series does not have dual-channel memory)
>>and really like it. I've got an AMD 2500+ with 512MB OCZ Performance DDR400
>>that works great. The NVidia chipset is really good, solid and stable...
>>lots of bandwidth. I've tried many Linux distros that work without any
>>problems (Fedora Core 2, Knoppix 3.4 to name just two). I've heard many
>>people say that NVidia has the best chipset for AMD systems. If you plan to
>>use Firewire or Serial-ATA you might want them to give you the A7N8X-Deluxe
>>board instead which includes those goodies. :-)
>>
>>I hope that helps!
>>
>>-Steve.
>>
> 
> 
> well.. that sounds hopeful :)
> 
> actually it *is* the deluxe version they are offering.. and have just
> found out (since posting the original post) that that mobo indeed *does*
> have SATA Raid.. so was happier than I originally was..
> 
> good to know it works well though.. am planning on using it for a Myth
> machine so performance and, more importantly, stability is high on the
> priority list..
> 
> thanks again
> 
> Craig
> 

On mine I have played a movie (no audio), music, surfing the 
web/newsgroups and SETI at Home and I don't even notice a hickup.  I want 
to start playing with myth but I have to find a remote video 
capture/player box.  Something like this.
http://www.canopus.us/US/products/advc-100/pt_advc-100.asp

I read a page that says it will work with Linux.

-- 
Robin Laing