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 -- Give us your money, we are MicrosoftBorg, we will make it better later...maybe.

Lourens replying to "Robert C. Paulsen Jr." <robert@paulsenonline.net> wrote: I have used a number of mobos exclusively with 7.2/7.3 Prof (I normally only keep mobos for around 4 months or so). I have been running the EP-8KHA+ mobo with 1600+ and PC266 RAM and am very happy with it. It has been used with both 3Com 3c905B and Intel Pro 100+ nics, I am currently using an inexpensive Gainward TNT2 M64 32MB AGP card in it. I do not however use the onboard pseudo-audio-thingy, instead I have a real audio card. I can highly recommend this mobo. BTW: If you can, try to get hold of the EP-8KHAL mobo, it has 5 PCI rather than the 6 of the 8KHA+ and is even cheaper. I am thinking about the EP-8K3A (KT333 chipset), no RAID, only about 20% more than the 8KHA+ ... need to sell my little server and, hmmm, ... I have not tried the ABIT board so I cannot compare them. HTH > 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! > > -- > Robert C. Paulsen, Jr. > robert@paulsenonline.net > old -> paulsen@texas.net > > -- > To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com > For additional commands send e-mail to > suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the archives > at http://lists.suse.com *** Free your mind and your Operating System will follow. *** Powered by SuSE Linux 7.3 Professional and AMD Athlon XP1600+ Registered Linux User Lourens Steenkamp R.S.A.