Brian,
What motherboard you choose depends on what you're planning on doing
with your computer. If you're doing lots of graphics work you'll find
64mb of RAM to be pretty slim. And the Intel TX chipsets are limited to
being able to effectively cache only 64mb of RAM.
Personally, I don't think the motherboard is the area to cut a corner on
a new system. It is the basis of the system. Buy something that's
gonna be flexible and expandable. Soyo make a nice quality Super 7
motherboard (the SY-5EH, based on VIA's MVP3 chipset, has 1 mb of L2
cache, 4 PCI, 2 ISA, and 1 AGP slots, 2 SIMM and 2 DIMM slots) that will
cache more than 64mb of RAM and you should be able to pick it up for
less than $100.00. And it's easy to setup and has good documentation.
If you want something that's proven, stable, and somewhat exapandable
and you're on a budget then I'd recommend the Abit TX5. Nice board.
Setting up your CPU will be a snap as well because it's a jumperless
board. Just make sure you get revision 1.2 so that it has the 2.2v
jumper on board which will enable it to support the new AMD chips (K6
266 and 300's). You should be able to pick this board up for about
$65.00 now. And you should be able to get 64mb of SDRAM for it for
about the same price as the board ($65.00).
Also you didn't mention whether you need an AT or ATX form factor
board. If you're using an existing case from an old system, then more
than likely it's AT form. ATX is the "newer" form factor though it's
been out for awhile. It might not be a bad idea to get a board that can
handle the ATX power supply and an ATX case. In the future most boards
will probably be ATX form.
Hope this helps a little,
James
Corrigan, Brian wrote:
>
> I am building an AMD k6233 computer. I want 64mb of ram and 4.3 gig
> disk. as well as at least a 2mb video card. I have a question as to
> what motherboard to buy.
> I am looking at one that has a 512k cache the TX chipset and accomodates
> the amd chip and costs 82.00. On top of that I am buying an s3Virge
> Based Video Card with 2 mb of ram for $32.00
> I was looking around today and saw the Amptron 9100 Super TX3. This MB
> one has on board video and sound card. It uses UMA. It costs only
> $60.00 (And the video is built in!) Has anyone used this MB in linux?
> Based on my desired system, can anyone reccommend a motherboard to me?
> Thanks alot for all the help...
>
> Brian Corrigan
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