Maybe try the new Tyan Tiger MP?  Resonably priced K7 dual processor 
board. <drool/>

Steve wrote:

> If you were asked by someone to build two linux workstations where one 
> had to be pentium 4 based and the other athlon based, what two 
> motherboards would you use?
>
> For the pentium 4, I was considering the Abit TH7II-Raid (i850 
> chipset). I am not for certain if there are any known issues with 
> mandrake 8.1 and the i850 chipset.  From what I have read I think it 
> will run fine.
>
> For the Athlon, I am unsure which board to use.  Which board does not 
> have any known problems?  I know some VIA chipsets have known 
> problems. If these problems have been addressed with the newest 
> Mandrake release then great, if not I would like to know which board 
> to use and which to stay away from.  I would like to be able to run 
> the harddrives at the desired speeds of ATA/66 or ATA/100 without any 
> data corruption resulting from VIA bugs.  I would also like a board 
> with more than two DIMM slots.  Any input would be appreciated as I 
> would like to order the hardware as soon as possible.  Thanks.
>
>
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