[lug] Motherboard recommendations?

j davis davis_compz at hotmail.com
Fri Oct 25 10:08:30 MDT 2002 

i would really advise against some pos compaq or hp from best buy or 
wherever.
the way i see it, when and if my server goes down i want to be able to go
to joe-blow computers and get replacment parts. This is not easy for a 
pesario
or hp non-corparate stuff. So i reccomend any board with a VIA chipset...my
fav in particular is kt266 and its varients...i have found Linux to
support this chipset well.
  As stated earlier, on ebay and other places you can get a kick ass deal
on a xeon box. I think this is a good idea too, with high end hp and
compaq boxes its a little easier to get parts plus they are not
set to fail in 18 months like a persario.
Last suggestion....buy good hardrives. No western digital!

thanks,
jd

jd at taproot.bz           |  "MORE INPUT!"  |
http://www.taproot.bz   |    Johnny 5     |




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>On Friday, October 25, 2002, at 09:18 AM, Chip Atkinson wrote:
>
>>It sounds like it would be total overkill to get an "official" server type
>>mb, then.  I was wondering about that too.
>
>Well, if the system "absolutely, positively, can't ever go down or people 
>lose lots of money and start questioning what they get for paying your 
>salary" then an 'official server type' motherboard is worth every penny.  
>They really are better supported, even if they are just more expensive 
>versions of the consumer grade stuff. (Not, however, in my experience.)
>
>If it is just a matter of convenience (damn, i'll have to fix that when I 
>get home), you could easily buy 2 consumer grade parts for every server 
>grade part, and still save money on most things.
>
>If you want the best of both worlds, cheap and indestructable, go 
>refurbished.  I built a 4x400-1MB Cache Xeon w/768MB RAM and 3 SCSI 
>controllers, and space for 6 hot swap drives (and trays) for ~ $1300.
>
>Of course a new 2ish GHz setup could put it to bed on most tasks and could 
>be built for about the same money from consumer parts.  So it all depends 
>on what you want...I wanted a quad box. =]
>
>- -- Jason W. Strnad
>jstrnad at mac.com
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