Hello there, I am about to get a new system and I have a couple of simple questions about hardware compatibility. 1. I am thinking about getting an ASUS K8N board with Athlon 64 processor. Do I have to install FC3 x86_64 or can I install 32bit FC3. If I can do both, which one is better, especially if I want to compile and run some 32bit applications. 2. I am thinking about getting just two SATA HDs. The motherboard has Sil3114 controller. Will FC3 installer recognize the disks and let me install the system? 3. Will I be able to use the Realtek ALC850 audio controller or should I buy a separate sound card (I was thinking about getting an Audigy card). 4. Similar things with the built-in gigabit LAN. I am not even sure what that is - it says "Chipset built-in Gigabit MAC with external Marvell PHY supporting 10/100/1000 BASE-T Ethernet" in the specs. Any thoughts and other recommendations are welcome. Thanks in advance for your time, Andy __________________________________ Andy Jaworski 518-1-01 Process Laboratory 3M Corporate Research Laboratory ----- E-mail: apjaworski@xxxxxxx Tel: (651) 733-6092 Fax: (651) 736-3122
