Looking at long-term reliability is the issue. As Q stated, Asus is a good choice in motherboards. I'd also go with Abit or Gigabyte. Gigabyte has been in the process of moving all their boards to solid state capacitors which should help with stability. I've seen far too many failed Asus boards for them to be my number one pick but if you're going AMD you can't go with an Intel motherboard. As long as you use ALL good quality parts (especially the power supply), use a UPS that at least has AVR if not line conditioning as well, and don't run Windows you will likely have a reliable box.
One thing about warranty/RMA, a few companies are offering three year warranties these days which is good BUT the typical turn-around time is 2 to 3 weeks as most will NOT cross-ship unless it is a server board or possibly a workstation class board. Intel ships replacements on ALL qualified boards within 48 hours when purchased from the right distributors. Just my $0.02. Mr O. --- Mike Cherba <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > AMD problems? What have you been building with? I'm getting > ready ro > build a NEW box in the next several months and I'd like to > know what you > think I should avoid since I will be going with a Dual core > Athlon64 > setup. > -Mike > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
