Re: [SLE] Dual CPU motherboards
This is very helpful and the detail is appreciated. I was not planning on using any VIA-based boards for this system. Thank you for the feedback. Jack A. ================================ On Friday 05 September 2003 14:05, David Krider wrote:
On Fri, 2003-09-05 at 11:00, Jack Alderson wrote:
Any other recommendations would be appreciated.
I prefer NOT to have any integrated components, so my choices reflect this. I have both a Tyan 2466 and an MSI K7D Master, and I'd easily buy either again. To my surprise, SuSE 8.2 even set up lm_sensors automatically on both machines (something Red Hat 8 wasn't able to do). (I'm sure this has to do with the distro "leapfrogging" effect, but it was nice, since NOT getting auto configuration is a pain.) I have an Adaptec 39160 in the former, and a 2940 U2W in the latter. Again, both give me no problems. I also have a GeForce 4Ti 4600 in both, but I get X lockups on the former with the latest drivers. I don't know why. It's probably AGP related, but I don't care enough to fool with it. I've just checked into this, and the MSI board will take up to 2800's. (I only have 1200's in it now.) I plan on doing that (and doubling the RAM to 1 GB) sometime in the near future. I have 1800's in the Tyan.
I've not kept up in this market. I only do so when I'm ready to buy. From what I understand, just stay away from VIA chipsets when going "dual."
Regards, dk
On Friday 05 September 2003 11:42, Jack Alderson wrote:
On Friday 05 September 2003 14:05, David Krider wrote:
On Fri, 2003-09-05 at 11:00, Jack Alderson wrote:
I prefer NOT to have any integrated components, so my choices reflect this. I have both a Tyan 2466 and an MSI K7D Master, and I'd easily buy either again.
I have to disagree with David on the No Integrated components idea for server class machines. Since you can get very good 10/100/1000 meg ethernet built onto the Mobo, as well as useable ABP video (especially for server use) as well as AGP slots, and sometimes built in SCSI it makes sense to investigate these. After you slap three nics into a box and a scsi controller, and perhaps a couple multi-port modem cards you can start running out of slots in a hurry. The built in nics are just as useable as the pci slot ones, and I've never had a bit of trouble with any of them. Some of them tend to be realtec chipsets which had a reputation for useing more CPU than others. But in the class of machine being proposed this is just NOT a problem. Further, these onboard nics, Video and SCSI can be disabled if you have something better to add. -- _____________________________________ John Andersen
On Sat, 2003-09-06 at 02:11, John Andersen wrote:
Further, these onboard nics, Video and SCSI can be disabled if you have something better to add.
The thought of paying for something that I later disable gives me the willies. I like to buy best-of-breed components for all my peripherals. Adaptec SCSI controllers, Intel NIC's, etc. Yes, there's some debate about which is exactly "best," but you know what I'm saying. I find that staying with the industry leaders in every category is a little more expensive, but well worth it in the long run because of the better driver support. I suppose I got this way because of modems. I wish I could get the part of my life back that I've wasted fooling with dime-store knock-off modems that basically had no drivers. I loved the expressions on my friends' faces when I'd tell them -- after they wiped their preinstall of Windows and asked me to set everything back up -- that they'd have to go buy a new modem because I couldn't find a driver for their modem. And I'd always tell them to get a nice $50 3Com. They just couldn't understand why they couldn't go get _another_ $10 modem. I just asked them if they wanted to be without a driver after they lost the disk, again, and had to reinstall Windows, again, a year later. Anyway. Still makes me giggle. I need to get one of these: http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts/frustrations/388b/ Regards, dk
On Saturday 06 September 2003 05:31, David Krider wrote:
The thought of paying for something that I later disable gives me the willies. I like to buy best-of-breed components for all my peripherals. Adaptec SCSI controllers, Intel NIC's, etc.
Well, LOTS of folks might argue with your definition of BEST... but I digress. ;-) More often than not, if you encounter scsi on a mobo it will be Adaptec, and now days intel nics are very often built in, especially if the chipset is intel. Actually, SSCI is one of the things I'd rather not have built in, because its usually a low-end chipset if its there. But I have to say I've never had an occasion to complain about a built in nic or usb. As for modems, you seldom find this anymore, and I've purchased the last internal modem for linux I will ever buy, and its still sitting here un-used. -- _____________________________________ John Andersen
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