[Novalug] Motherboard Choices

[Igor Birman]

I don't know about the high end, but we have been building alot of systems based on the ASUS M2N-MX SE (AM2 socket).  This is very low cost ($55) and does not have SLI, but it runs Ubuntu perfectly and the on-board Nvidia 6100 graphics work great with Beryl.  We have been using them for about a year and have not had any come back yet...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131249

Now that 2GB RAM is about $40, you can put together a dual core chip, motherboard, ram, and hard disk for under $200!

Igor

----- Original Message ----
From: Mike Shade <mshade at mshade.org>
To: NOVALUG <novalug at calypso.tux.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 8:48:03 PM
Subject: [Novalug] Motherboard Choices


Hi all,

I'm faced with a dying motherboard.  Well, a dying chipset fan to be 
exact.  It's an Asus A8N SLI Deluxe.  I've been a fan of Asus for a
 long 
time as far as hardware goes, but I've been disappointed lately.  This 
is the second Asus board in a row to have the chipset fan die with just
 
over a year of operation.

The first one was turned on all day after the fan died on its own.  I 
came home to a crispy north bridge :)
Luckily, I caught this one in time and have given it some TLC to keep
 it 
alive until I can either replace the board or the fan itself.  I'm not 
sure whether the fan uses a proprietary connector, though.

My question is this -- what boards and other manufacturers do you 
suggest?  Perhaps staying away from a chipset fan is the better idea 
here, and if I decide to go that route with a new board, I'll likely 
choose Asus again.

Existing hardware is an AMD 4200X2, socket 939.  2GB DDR400 RAM, 
PCI-Express graphics.

I haven't yet decided whether to take this as a sign to upgrade the
 rest 
of the hardware as well or not.

Thoughts?

-- Mike




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