Fedora Core 3 Motherboard Recommendations

[Alexander Spanke]

Hi,

try the Asus K8N, it has good performance values, an onboard SATA
controller and 1 onboard ethernet (100MBit) for around 70-80 €.
FYI, It's a Sockel 754 

Cheers
 Alex

Btw, in which contry you can still pay with 'mark' ?

On Thu, 2005-02-17 at 08:40 -0400, Rick Meyer wrote:
> I am looking for some recommendations for a stable and reliable
> motherboard for building five Fedora Core 3 systems.  My top concerns
> are:
> 
>  
> 
> Motherboard:
> 
> o     Reliability of the main motherboard.  
> 
> o     Chipset Support (i.e Easy Installation) from the kernel.
> 
> o     Price is some what important but not the deciding factor (no
> more than $140.00)
> 
> o     Nice to have features would be dual-lan on board.
> 
> o     I have no CPU preference, so it could be AMD or Intel solution.
> (CPU Speed is not important)
> 
> o     Chipset/Performance vs Price.  (I would prefer a newer chipset
> if it doesn’t break the $140.00 mark)
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
> Network Cards:
> 
> o     If the motherboard doesn’t have on-board Lan (I need two
> Ethernet connections in each system) Then what is a good and stable
> NIC card?
> 
>  
> 
> A typical system once built will contain:
> 
> o     200GB Hard Drive
> 
> o     DVD R/W
> 
> o     512 Megs of RAM
> 
> o     2 Ethernet Connections (Giga-Lan Optional)
> 
> o     ATX Case (Mini or Mid Tower)
> 
> o     Good Power Supply (Probably an Enermax..)
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
> Of course I have searched the NET for MFTB numbers from Manufactures,
> but haven’t really come up with anything solid yet. Some of the
> Manufacturers I have looked at include ASUS, MSI, Gigabyte, and DFI.
> I’m open to others as well.
> 
>  
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Rick Meyer
> 
>  
> 
> 
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