Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (3378 mails)

[John B <Yonaton@xxxxxxxx>]

On Sunday 31 March 2002 20:42 pm, you wrote:
> I am considering an upgrade to my system and have been recommended the
> following motherboards and processor:
>
>     motherboards:
>         EPOX EP-8KHA+ (cheaper)
>         ABIT KG7-RAID (better?)
>
>     processor:
>         AMD ATHLON XP 2000+
>
> These were recommended by someone who does not run Linux so I am asking
> here to see if anyone has any comments or warnings from a Linux/SuSE
> perspective.
>
> I don't think I care too much about the raid since I will be moving my
> SCSI adapter and drives from my current system.
>
> Also, any recommendations about memory? I see the following listed as
> possibilities:
>
>     DDR 266mhz 64x64 PC2100 non-parity Unbuf DIMM 2.5v DDRAM (cheaper)
>     DDR        64x64 PC266  non-parity Unbuf DIMM 2.5v CL2.5 (better?)
>
> The second choice is about $43 more. What is the advantage?
>
> Any info appreciated!

  Hey Robert,

  I've not had Linux long (about 9 months now), but I've got an ECS K7S5A 
MOBO, w/ 512MB of PC2100 RAM and a 1GHz Athlon TB...it works just fine for 
me. IIRR also, you're better off not using hardware RAID anyway, the Linux 
software RAID does a much better job.
  I can't say anything about the PC266 RAM, but I don't see any problems with 
it, but that's not saying much either.

  John
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