-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 03/23/07 18:34, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: > This past week my motherboard died. Again. In fact, for the third > time in three years. All were BioStar M7NCD Pro or Ultra boards. I > think it is time for a change (especially since apparently only one > place in the world has any and those are open box with only a 15-day > warranty). > > So, I am looking for recommondations on a new motherboard (and processor > and memory, while we're at it). I have searched the list archives, but > the most recent threads discussing different motherboards were from > 2004. > > I am planning on running either 32-bit or 64-bit (doesn't make that much > difference to me). I'd like to start with 2 GB RAM (maybe going to 4 GB > later on), so 64-bit might be better. The hard drives currently have > Sarge installed. However, I think that I may have lost some data in the > failure and will likely do a clean install of Etch. The components > which I currently have that I'd like to carry over are: > > - AGP nVidia GeForce 5900 (unless there's good dual-head onboard video) > - 3Com PCI NIC (for dual-homed network, unless dual-LAN is available) > - 2 x IDE HDDs > - 1 x IDE DVD-ROM & 1 x IDE DVD+-RW > > The other parts (Athlon XP CPU and 184-pin DDR memory), I imagine are > a loss. I was actually hoping to get another M7NCD Ultra (as I have the > other times it has failed) so that I could reuse everything. At this > point, I'll go for a new board. > > The case I have is an Antec with a 300W power supply, but I can upgrade > the case and/or power supply if necessary.
Next time I build a machine, I'm going to see if it's possible for a x86-64 system in 64-bit to have 32-bit VMs (using xen, or whatever) and still get good performance. If that's possible, that's what I'll do. - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day. Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGBKyyS9HxQb37XmcRAr4jAKC1PrlY7MNsZV+s+owqDdVirQdvjACgqUhU Iu+EjXQQJwQXlSiaEuoLu/w= =TagZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]