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.