Hi, try the Asus K8N, it has good performance values, an onboard SATA controller and 1 onboard ethernet (100MBit) for around 70-80 â. FYI, It's a Sockel 754 Cheers Alex Btw, in which contry you can still pay with 'mark' ? On Thu, 2005-02-17 at 08:40 -0400, Rick Meyer wrote: > I am looking for some recommendations for a stable and reliable > motherboard for building five Fedora Core 3 systems. My top concerns > are: > > > > Motherboard: > > o Reliability of the main motherboard. > > o Chipset Support (i.e Easy Installation) from the kernel. > > o Price is some what important but not the deciding factor (no > more than $140.00) > > o Nice to have features would be dual-lan on board. > > o I have no CPU preference, so it could be AMD or Intel solution. > (CPU Speed is not important) > > o Chipset/Performance vs Price. (I would prefer a newer chipset > if it doesnât break the $140.00 mark) > > > > > > Network Cards: > > o If the motherboard doesnât have on-board Lan (I need two > Ethernet connections in each system) Then what is a good and stable > NIC card? > > > > A typical system once built will contain: > > o 200GB Hard Drive > > o DVD R/W > > o 512 Megs of RAM > > o 2 Ethernet Connections (Giga-Lan Optional) > > o ATX Case (Mini or Mid Tower) > > o Good Power Supply (Probably an Enermax..) > > > > > > Of course I have searched the NET for MFTB numbers from Manufactures, > but havenât really come up with anything solid yet. Some of the > Manufacturers I have looked at include ASUS, MSI, Gigabyte, and DFI. > Iâm open to others as well. > > > > Thanks > > Rick Meyer > > > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list -- ======================================================= Alexander Spanke System Analyst NEC High Performance Computing Europe GmbH Prinzenallee 11 D-40549 Duesseldorf, Germany Tel: +49 211 5369 146 aspanke@xxxxxxxxxxxx Fax: +49 211 5369 199 http://www.hpce.nec.com =======================================================