On Fri, Sep 22, 2006 at 01:00:27PM -0400, Lennart Sorensen wrote: > On Fri, Sep 22, 2006 at 12:27:38PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Well if you don't need video for anything other than the console and > setting up, then onboard video certainly makes sense. Unfortunately it > appears you have to get either firewire and audio or on onboard video on > the tyan. Not sure why the one with onboard video has no firewire. > Of course you may decide it makes more sense to add a seperate firewire > card since then you can get 800Mbps firewire, rather than have to add > a video card. The tyan also uses the nforce pro chipset, rather than a > consumer level chipset. >
The Tyan Tomcat n3400B (S2925) has both video and 2 firewire (and floppy, ,4 USB, 1 serial, 1 paralell, sound, 2 GB LAN, 6 SATA 3.0, 1 IDE). I'll use the video for most things most of the time and for Xwidown running Mozilla, Xcdroast, and eventually video editing, only having to add a capture card (or USB dongle?). > > Given the price similarity, I'm assuming at this point that while Asus > > puts the value in making it stable for overclocking, Tyan puts the value > > in making it stable for the long-run. > > > > Whatever board I go with, it will be mounted in a CoolerMaster stacker > > with cross-flow fan with drives in the 4-in-3 fan cooled modules. The > > processor will be the last thing I buy because of all the components > > in a computer, the processor drops in price fastest. > > > > Comments on my assumptions are greatly appreciated. > > Well I see no problem with either. > > -- > Len Sorensen > > The Tyan Tomcat n3400B s2925 uses the nVIDIA nForce Pro 3400 chipset (it also mentions SMSC DME 5017, but I don't recognize that). Is there any reason to think that it wouldn't work? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]