[lug] Motherboard recommendations?

Fri Oct 25 10:39:05 MDT 2002

Yeah, I just want to get a mb, memory, and processor.  I have the disks,
cards (RAID, video, network).  I also have the case with redundant power
supplies no less!

I agree on the weird compaq or hp stuff though.  The kind of right angle
configuations where there is one big slot and a daughter board plugs into
it with the real expansion slots sucks.

That's a good idea about ebay for a xeon based system too.

Chip

On Fri, 25 Oct 2002, j davis wrote:

> 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!"  |
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>
>
>
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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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