Well - I think that I prefer Gigabyte with AMD - in my experience (admitidly mostly with Microsoft based networks) they are more stable. I freely admit that I have only been using linux solidly for the past couple of months - and I am using a simple distribution, Mandrake 8.1 in my AMD K6-500 based system), but I have noticed something, there seems little point in buying the fastest processor around at the expense of overkilling RAM.
Is this something that the list would agree with? I think that if one has a choice between a cutting edge Intel Chip and RAM - one should take the extra RAM. If one is using AMD and has the choice between a ASUS/ABIT motherboard or more RAM, one should take the more RAM. It seems to me also that AMD chips outperform equivilant Intel chips, and are cheaper, even without overclocking, especially when you have more RAM then God, or throw your savings from not buying intel into more RAM. Is this a bang-for-bucks rule of thumb which holds true or is there something under linux that I am still to run into? Regards, James. On Wednesday 28 November 2001 06:09 pm, you wrote: > Because they just work... > > -----Original Message----- > From: Matt - [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 6:35 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [SLUG] OT: Budget AMD System / Cheap Motherboards ! > > > Hi Group ! > > I am looking to upgrade my current system (P2 350) > to an AMD system and am wondering why people who > are not interested in overclocking, purchase expensive > ABIT/ASUS motherboards. They seems to be approximately > $100 MORE than GigaByte motherboards which is pretty > substantial when single processor MBs range from $200 > to $350. Still everyone seems to prefer ABIT/ASUS boards. > > They aren't any faster, they don't really have any special > features over cheaper boards, etc etc .. so why do people > buy them ? Should I just go with a Gigabyte board ? > > I'd also like to know everyone's opinions on places to > buy hardware, the popular "North Rocks Computer Market" > is currently my top pick due to their prices. > > Matt > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
