I always use Intel materials so far no HW or SW problems neither newer nor old in Linux or M$. Mohan ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Wilkinson" <james@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "'For users of Fedora Core releases'" <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, February 18, 2005 3:06 AM Subject: Re: Fedora Core 3 Motherboard Recommendations > Rick Meyer wrote: > > Some of the Manufacturers I > > have looked at include ASUS, MSI, Gigabyte, and DFI. > > then, later: > > Reliability and stability of the main board is critical. > > Looks like you're looking at the right sort of brands, then. > > > I have had some not so nice experiences with > > the SIS chipsets > > How long ago was that? It's my experience that some of the chipsets they > were selling about five years ago, for the AMD K6-2, were *very* bad. > Since then, they seem to have got better (it would have been difficult > to have done otherwise and stayed in business). > > > - so are the NVIDIA chipsets better for Fedora? Or is a > > different chipset the way to go? > > As you've found, both chipset and motherboard manufacturers are > important (and, in my experience, the two biggest factors in the > stability of the system). Nvidia have a good reputation: Via also seem > to be pretty good. Intel, at least as a chipset manufacturer, has a very > good reputation. > > Most chipsets sold seem to come from one of these three manufacturers: > ATi seem to have a larger market share of the Intel CPU chipset market > than the AMD one. This is more important for ongoing compatibility than > anything else. > > > I think manufactures should release some > > MTBF rates for the motherboards. > > One can estimate MTBF rates for something like hard drives, which will > have one of two or three basic access pattens. But motherboards can be > used and abused in so many slightly different ways that the only way > that you can find out the MTBF with any accuracy is to actually wait > until a fair proportion of the motherboards fail (which should mean at > least five years). > > Details like the manufacturer of the capacitors and the way the > motherboard is mounted can make a big difference. > > > Also I have come across the NVIDIA SLI > > certification. It sounds close to what I want when I purchase a bunch of > > motherboards. > > Hmm. SLI implies PCI Express. I've got a new and very nice Athlon 64 PCI > Express system for personal use, and I'm very pleased with it, but I > think it's still a little new for a super stable system. On the other > hand, if you're expecting to keep the systems and upgrade them, PCI > Express will give you more flexibility in the future. > > You might find it worth looking at some of the overclocking features: > stuff like extra cooling of capacitors and better power distribution > helps motherboard stability even at normal speeds. > > Hope this helps, > > James. > > -- > James Wilkinson | "Now I've got the bead on you with MY disintegrating > Exeter Devon UK | gun. And when it disintegrates, it disintegrates. > E-mail address: james | (pulls trigger) Well, what you do know, > @westexe.demon.co.uk | it disintegrated." -- Daffy Duck > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > >
