Hi! Thanks for all the feedback - it's only going to be a regular PC, not a server/workstation so I think I'll go with my initial thought which was to go with Asus (A8N-SLI Deluxe). I may end up running Linux through VMware anyway, so the hardware is sort of irrelevant.... Best wishes, Jon. Mike Marion wrote:
On Wed, Mar 22, 2006 at 11:43:34AM +0000, Jonathan Brooks wrote:
I Xposted on suse-linux-e, and consensus seemed to place Tyan somewhere near the top, and Asus rock bottom. That's a shame about Asus since they are nice boards to work with :( Anyone else got a view on this?
Running an Asus A8N-SLI Delux that's working like a charm. Running Gentoo though.
I tend to take most motherboard talks with a grain of salt.. too many people's opinions are based on one bad experience. I've had nothing but good experiences with Asus mobo's (a video card a few years ago is another story).
I've got experience with opterons now on Asus, Tyan, HDAMA (rev F and G), VIA (I think It's VIA), HP's own, etc.. they're all about the same really.
My experience in motherboards is that I've only had one actually fail on me.. and it was a Tyan. Of course I tend to upgrade my personal computers too often to see failures (other then hdd, fdd or CD drives). At work.. I'd say it's pretty even across the brands.
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