Re: Recommendations for cheap Linux-compatible Opteron mobo

2004-10-15 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Thu, Oct 14, 2004 at 08:11:33PM -0700, Alex Perry wrote: If you want a AMD64 3000+, 60 GB hard drive, 512 MB memory basic server, two hour UPS, keyboard, scrollwheel mouse, etc ... the e-machines M6805 laptop is available from best buy for $1100 or so at the moment. Does it have

Re: Recommendations for cheap Linux-compatible Opteron mobo

2004-10-15 Thread Alex Perry
Lennart Sorensen wrote: On Thu, Oct 14, 2004 at 08:11:33PM -0700, Alex Perry wrote: If you want a AMD64 3000+, 60 GB hard drive, 512 MB memory basic server, two hour UPS, keyboard, scrollwheel mouse, etc ... the e-machines M6805 laptop is available from best buy for $1100 or so at the moment.

Re: Recommendations for cheap Linux-compatible Opteron mobo

2004-10-14 Thread Peter Cordes
On Wed, Oct 13, 2004 at 08:47:09PM +0200, Roland Fehrenbacher wrote: Ron What's ASRock? Could you please keep this spam of the list??? In that spirit, I'll reply to another message from this thread here, instead of in a separate message: I said you could use ECC RAM with Athlon64,

Re: Recommendations for cheap Linux-compatible Opteron mobo

2004-10-14 Thread Alex Perry
If you want a AMD64 3000+, 60 GB hard drive, 512 MB memory basic server, two hour UPS, keyboard, scrollwheel mouse, etc ... the e-machines M6805 laptop is available from best buy for $1100 or so at the moment. The complexities of accelerated 3D, wireless networking and other desktop

Re: Recommendations for cheap Linux-compatible Opteron mobo

2004-10-13 Thread Ron Johnson
On Wed, 2004-10-13 at 17:24 +0200, Sven Krahn wrote: Peter Cordes wrote: On Wed, Oct 13, 2004 at 09:13:55AM +0800, Paolo Alexis Falcone wrote: [snip] Do also check ASRock when looking for a Athlon boards w/ socket 754. Works well with the amd64 port. What's ASRock? --

Re: Recommendations for cheap Linux-compatible Opteron mobo

2004-10-13 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Wed, Oct 13, 2004 at 07:31:29PM +0200, Andreas Bittner wrote: Ron Johnson wrote: What's ASRock? asrock is a sister of asus, but 4 cheap and lowcost stuff. As in rock bottom stuff? :) Real Asus boards don't cost that much so I will stick to buying those (as I have been for 12 years now).

Re: Recommendations for cheap Linux-compatible Opteron mobo

2004-10-13 Thread Roland Fehrenbacher
Ron == Ron Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Ron On Wed, 2004-10-13 at 17:24 +0200, Sven Krahn wrote: Peter Cordes wrote: On Wed, Oct 13, 2004 at 09:13:55AM +0800, Paolo Alexis Falcone wrote: Ron [snip] Do also check ASRock when looking for a Athlon boards w/

Re: Recommendations for cheap Linux-compatible Opteron mobo

2004-10-13 Thread Sven Krahn
Ron Johnson wrote: On Wed, 2004-10-13 at 17:24 +0200, Sven Krahn wrote: Peter Cordes wrote: On Wed, Oct 13, 2004 at 09:13:55AM +0800, Paolo Alexis Falcone wrote: [snip] Do also check ASRock when looking for a Athlon boards w/ socket 754.

Re: Recommendations for cheap Linux-compatible Opteron mobo

2004-10-13 Thread Levi Bard
For dual opteron, Tyan boards (esp S2881 and 2) aren't cheap, but they're nice. (Tyan even _supports_ LinuxBios on them, and has an lm_sensors config you can download.) The older Tyan opteron boards are very cheap now - I have the S2875 ANRF, and I have not a single complaint.