Fedora Core 3 Motherboard Recommendations

[Rick Meyer]

BTW I'm in Canada on the East Coast.  So price does matter because this is
the first five of probably twenty systems I'm going to build.  I would like
to build these for around (now don't laugh!) $500.00  However I will need to
build a couple of high-end servers so recommendations on 64 bit system
boards would also be appreciated.  
 
Reliability and stability of the main board is critical.  Obviously price is
of concern. I have used some ECS all-in-one boards and have had a high
failure rate, so that's out.  I have had some not so nice experiences with
the SIS chipsets - so are the NVIDIA chipsets better for Fedora? Or is a
different chipset the way to go?  I think manufactures should release some
MTBF rates for the motherboards.  Also I have come across the NVIDIA SLI
certification.  It sounds close to what I want when I purchase a bunch of
motherboards.
 
Rick
 
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From: fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com]
On Behalf Of Rick Meyer
Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2005 8:41 AM
To: 'For users of Fedora Core releases'
Subject: Fedora Core 3 Motherboard Recommendations
 
I am looking for some recommendations for a stable and reliable motherboard
for building five Fedora Core 3 systems.  My top concerns are:
 
Motherboard:
*   Reliability of the main motherboard.  
*   Chipset Support (i.e Easy Installation) from the kernel.
*   Price is some what important but not the deciding factor (no more than
$140.00)
*   Nice to have features would be dual-lan on board.
*   I have no CPU preference, so it could be AMD or Intel solution.  (CPU
Speed is not important)
*   Chipset/Performance vs Price.  (I would prefer a newer chipset if it
doesn't break the $140.00 mark)
 
 
Network Cards:
*   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:
*   200GB Hard Drive
*   DVD R/W
*   512 Megs of RAM
*   2 Ethernet Connections (Giga-Lan Optional)
*   ATX Case (Mini or Mid Tower)
*   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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