[gentoo-user] Selecting a Linux compatible mobo for FX8350

[Nilesh Govindrajan]

Hi,

I'm searching for a mobo which is fully compatible with Linux and
supports AMD FX 8350.
Preferably, I'm looking for one with onboard GFX, since I don't have
any need for a big GFX for now.

Any pointers?

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Nilesh Govindrajan
http://nileshgr.com

Re: [gentoo-user] Selecting a Linux compatible mobo for FX8350

[Jens Reinemuth]

Am Dienstag, 12. Februar 2013, 10:07:42 schrieb Nilesh Govindrajan:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm searching for a mobo which is fully compatible with Linux and
> supports AMD FX 8350.
> Preferably, I'm looking for one with onboard GFX, since I don't have
> any need for a big GFX for now.
> 
> Any pointers?

Hi Nilesh...

i just recently upgraded to an AMD8350-Bundle with the Gigabyte 78LMT-
USB3 Mainboard... There were 16GB of RAM included in the bundle, not the 
highend-type, but as i simply wanted to have enough ressources to develop 
and do other things in backgroud, that one perfectly meets my requirements.

There is some AMD-Chipset onboard, but as i had an older NVidia Card, im 
using this currently, without any problems. 

I really don't think there should ba any issues with mainboards that are 
"incompatible" to linux... USB3 works, SATA works, ... What else should work?

regards, 

Jens


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Re: [gentoo-user] Selecting a Linux compatible mobo for FX8350

[Nilesh Govindrajan]

On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 4:22 PM, Jens Reinemuth  wrote:
> Am Dienstag, 12. Februar 2013, 10:07:42 schrieb Nilesh Govindrajan:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm searching for a mobo which is fully compatible with Linux and
>> supports AMD FX 8350.
>> Preferably, I'm looking for one with onboard GFX, since I don't have
>> any need for a big GFX for now.
>>
>> Any pointers?
>
> Hi Nilesh...
>
> i just recently upgraded to an AMD8350-Bundle with the Gigabyte 78LMT-
> USB3 Mainboard... There were 16GB of RAM included in the bundle, not the
> highend-type, but as i simply wanted to have enough ressources to develop
> and do other things in backgroud, that one perfectly meets my requirements.
>
> There is some AMD-Chipset onboard, but as i had an older NVidia Card, im
> using this currently, without any problems.
>
> I really don't think there should ba any issues with mainboards that are
> "incompatible" to linux... USB3 works, SATA works, ... What else should work?
>
> regards,
>
> Jens
>
>
> --
> jens reinemuth
> leonhard-eckel-siedlung 4
> d-67483 edesheim
> mobil:  +49.(0)176.63613420
> mail:   j...@reinemuth.info
> jabber: j...@jabber.reinemuth.info
> --
>
>

I researched on various motherboard with the 9-series chipset.
Everything seems to work properly on Linux. So that is ruled out.
What I'm now looking for is, a motherboard with on-board GFX since a
discrete GFX is going out of budget for me now.

-- 
Nilesh Govindrajan
http://nileshgr.com

Re: [gentoo-user] Selecting a Linux compatible mobo for FX8350

[Nilesh Govindrajan]

On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 5:16 PM, Nilesh Govindrajan  wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 4:22 PM, Jens Reinemuth  wrote:
>> Am Dienstag, 12. Februar 2013, 10:07:42 schrieb Nilesh Govindrajan:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I'm searching for a mobo which is fully compatible with Linux and
>>> supports AMD FX 8350.
>>> Preferably, I'm looking for one with onboard GFX, since I don't have
>>> any need for a big GFX for now.
>>>
>>> Any pointers?
>>
>> Hi Nilesh...
>>
>> i just recently upgraded to an AMD8350-Bundle with the Gigabyte 78LMT-
>> USB3 Mainboard... There were 16GB of RAM included in the bundle, not the
>> highend-type, but as i simply wanted to have enough ressources to develop
>> and do other things in backgroud, that one perfectly meets my requirements.
>>
>> There is some AMD-Chipset onboard, but as i had an older NVidia Card, im
>> using this currently, without any problems.
>>
>> I really don't think there should ba any issues with mainboards that are
>> "incompatible" to linux... USB3 works, SATA works, ... What else should work?
>>
>> regards,
>>
>> Jens
>>
>>
>> --
>> jens reinemuth
>> leonhard-eckel-siedlung 4
>> d-67483 edesheim
>> mobil:  +49.(0)176.63613420
>> mail:   j...@reinemuth.info
>> jabber: j...@jabber.reinemuth.info
>> --
>>
>>
>
> I researched on various motherboard with the 9-series chipset.
> Everything seems to work properly on Linux. So that is ruled out.
> What I'm now looking for is, a motherboard with on-board GFX since a
> discrete GFX is going out of budget for me now.
>
> --
> Nilesh Govindrajan
> http://nileshgr.com

I just saw the specifications of GA-78LMT-USB3. It has integrated ATI
Radeon HD 3000 and search results reveal that it works in Ubuntu (so
it should in Gentoo as well).
Thanks a lot man.

--
Nilesh Govindrajan
http://nileshgr.com

Re: [gentoo-user] Selecting a Linux compatible mobo for FX8350

[Helmut Jarausch]

On 02/12/2013 12:56:31 PM, Nilesh Govindrajan wrote:

I just saw the specifications of GA-78LMT-USB3. It has integrated ATI
Radeon HD 3000 and search results reveal that it works in Ubuntu (so
it should in Gentoo as well).
Thanks a lot man.



But keep in mind that the Radeon HD 3000 is a bit old and not supported
by the recent ati-drivers. The lastest version working with that old
graphics chip is 12.6_beta_pre897 which does work with xorg-server
up to 1.12.x and the recent kernels (3.8) with some patches.

But there is no promise that xorg-server 1.13.x or future kernels
will be supported.

I haven't tried recently but e.g. googleearth didn't play well
with any other drivers in the past (at least).

Helmut.

Re: [gentoo-user] Selecting a Linux compatible mobo for FX8350

[Nilesh Govindrajan]

On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 5:34 PM, Helmut Jarausch
 wrote:
> On 02/12/2013 12:56:31 PM, Nilesh Govindrajan wrote:
>>
>> I just saw the specifications of GA-78LMT-USB3. It has integrated ATI
>> Radeon HD 3000 and search results reveal that it works in Ubuntu (so
>> it should in Gentoo as well).
>> Thanks a lot man.
>>
>
> But keep in mind that the Radeon HD 3000 is a bit old and not supported
> by the recent ati-drivers. The lastest version working with that old
> graphics chip is 12.6_beta_pre897 which does work with xorg-server
> up to 1.12.x and the recent kernels (3.8) with some patches.
>
> But there is no promise that xorg-server 1.13.x or future kernels
> will be supported.
>
> I haven't tried recently but e.g. googleearth didn't play well
> with any other drivers in the past (at least).
>
> Helmut.
>
>

That would hurt. By not supported you mean there are no bugfixes or it is buggy?

-- 
Nilesh Govindrajan
http://nileshgr.com

Re: [gentoo-user] Selecting a Linux compatible mobo for FX8350

[Nilesh Govindrajan]

On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 5:39 PM, Nilesh Govindrajan  wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 5:34 PM, Helmut Jarausch
>  wrote:
>> On 02/12/2013 12:56:31 PM, Nilesh Govindrajan wrote:
>>>
>>> I just saw the specifications of GA-78LMT-USB3. It has integrated ATI
>>> Radeon HD 3000 and search results reveal that it works in Ubuntu (so
>>> it should in Gentoo as well).
>>> Thanks a lot man.
>>>
>>
>> But keep in mind that the Radeon HD 3000 is a bit old and not supported
>> by the recent ati-drivers. The lastest version working with that old
>> graphics chip is 12.6_beta_pre897 which does work with xorg-server
>> up to 1.12.x and the recent kernels (3.8) with some patches.
>>
>> But there is no promise that xorg-server 1.13.x or future kernels
>> will be supported.
>>
>> I haven't tried recently but e.g. googleearth didn't play well
>> with any other drivers in the past (at least).
>>
>> Helmut.
>>
>>
>
> That would hurt. By not supported you mean there are no bugfixes or it is 
> buggy?
>
> --
> Nilesh Govindrajan
> http://nileshgr.com

It seems AMD recently released a driver for those cards
http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/linux/legacy/Pages/legacy-radeon_linux.aspx
21 Jan 2013 is fairly recent.

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Nilesh Govindrajan
http://nileshgr.com

Re: [gentoo-user] Selecting a Linux compatible mobo for FX8350

[Alecks Gates]

On Feb 12, 2013 6:26 AM, "Nilesh Govindrajan"  wrote:
>
> On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 5:39 PM, Nilesh Govindrajan 
wrote:
> > On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 5:34 PM, Helmut Jarausch
> >  wrote:
> >> On 02/12/2013 12:56:31 PM, Nilesh Govindrajan wrote:
> >>>
> >>> I just saw the specifications of GA-78LMT-USB3. It has integrated ATI
> >>> Radeon HD 3000 and search results reveal that it works in Ubuntu (so
> >>> it should in Gentoo as well).
> >>> Thanks a lot man.
> >>>
> >>
> >> But keep in mind that the Radeon HD 3000 is a bit old and not supported
> >> by the recent ati-drivers. The lastest version working with that old
> >> graphics chip is 12.6_beta_pre897 which does work with xorg-server
> >> up to 1.12.x and the recent kernels (3.8) with some patches.
> >>
> >> But there is no promise that xorg-server 1.13.x or future kernels
> >> will be supported.
> >>
> >> I haven't tried recently but e.g. googleearth didn't play well
> >> with any other drivers in the past (at least).
> >>
> >> Helmut.
> >>
> >>
> >
> > That would hurt. By not supported you mean there are no bugfixes or it
is buggy?
> >
> > --
> > Nilesh Govindrajan
> > http://nileshgr.com
>
> It seems AMD recently released a driver for those cards
>
http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/linux/legacy/Pages/legacy-radeon_linux.aspx
> 21 Jan 2013 is fairly recent.
>
> --
> Nilesh Govindrajan
> http://nileshgr.com
>

The in-kernel Radeon drivers should work great with that card as well,
assuming you don't need accelerated 3d.

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Re: [gentoo-user] Selecting a Linux compatible mobo for FX8350

[James Cloos]

> "NG" == Nilesh Govindrajan  writes:

NG> I'm searching for a mobo which is fully compatible with Linux and
NG> supports AMD FX 8350.  Preferably, I'm looking for one with onboard
NG> GFX, since I don't have any need for a big GFX for now.

The only boards I've seen which have an AM3 socket and onboard video
have the older chipsets which lack support for 1600 MHz and 8Gig dimms
or the boards intended for the opteron 3000 series.

I do not know whether the latter will work with an FX.

Supermicro's line of opteron 3000 boards is at:

http://www.supermicro.com/Aplus/motherboard/Opteron3000/

They seem to cost on the order of $300 w/o SAS o $400 with.

Otherwise onboard graphics means gx790 boards.

OTOH, it looks like a opteron 4300 chip or two with one of these boards:

http://www.supermicro.com/Aplus/motherboard/Opteron4000/

makes for a great atx or micro-atx compute box for only a bit more than
one would pay for a piledriver FX chip and fx990 board.

-JimC
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Re: [gentoo-user] Selecting a Linux compatible mobo for FX8350

[Nilesh Govindrajan]

On Wednesday 13 February 2013 01:53:18 AM IST, James Cloos wrote:
>> "NG" == Nilesh Govindrajan  writes:
>
> NG> I'm searching for a mobo which is fully compatible with Linux and
> NG> supports AMD FX 8350.  Preferably, I'm looking for one with onboard
> NG> GFX, since I don't have any need for a big GFX for now.
>
> The only boards I've seen which have an AM3 socket and onboard video
> have the older chipsets which lack support for 1600 MHz and 8Gig dimms
> or the boards intended for the opteron 3000 series.
>
> I do not know whether the latter will work with an FX.
>
> Supermicro's line of opteron 3000 boards is at:
>
> http://www.supermicro.com/Aplus/motherboard/Opteron3000/
>
> They seem to cost on the order of $300 w/o SAS o $400 with.
>
> Otherwise onboard graphics means gx790 boards.
>
> OTOH, it looks like a opteron 4300 chip or two with one of these boards:
>
> http://www.supermicro.com/Aplus/motherboard/Opteron4000/
>
> makes for a great atx or micro-atx compute box for only a bit more than
> one would pay for a piledriver FX chip and fx990 board.
>
> -JimC

I discussed this with a hardware expert friend of mine, and he said on 
board GPU could interfere with certain features of the FX8350. 
Additionally, no support for 1600 Mhz DDR3 could slow down the system.
Going by his suggestion, I'll get a HD Radeon 7750 and a 970 series 
motherboard.

Thanks  :-)

--
Nilesh Govindarajan
http://nileshgr.com

Re: [gentoo-user] Selecting a Linux compatible mobo for FX8350

[Volker Armin Hemmann]

Any am3+ board should work. know of no feauture intetferemce.
Am 12.02.2013 10:09 schrieb "Nilesh Govindrajan" :

> Hi,
>
> I'm searching for a mobo which is fully compatible with Linux and
> supports AMD FX 8350.
> Preferably, I'm looking for one with onboard GFX, since I don't have
> any need for a big GFX for now.
>
> Any pointers?
>
> --
> Nilesh Govindrajan
> http://nileshgr.com
>
>

Re: [gentoo-user] Selecting a Linux compatible mobo for FX8350

[Nilesh Govindrajan]

On Wednesday 13 February 2013 11:01:01 AM IST, Volker Armin Hemmann 
wrote:
> Any am3+ board should work. know of no feauture intetferemce.
>
> Am 12.02.2013 10:09 schrieb "Nilesh Govindrajan"  >:
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm searching for a mobo which is fully compatible with Linux and
> supports AMD FX 8350.
> Preferably, I'm looking for one with onboard GFX, since I don't have
> any need for a big GFX for now.
>
> Any pointers?
>
> --
> Nilesh Govindrajan
> http://nileshgr.com
>

Which one?

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