[Gllug] Quad Core Desktop Motherboard

[Karanbir Singh]

Ken Smith wrote:
> My desktop system is due for a new life and I'd like to replace it with 
> something quickish. I plan to run Centos 5 on it plus VMware. I have 
> used several ASUS MB's before and they seem OK.

I have a q9450 running on a SuperMicro X7SB4 mobo with no issues. Isnt a 
desktop machine though, its hosted far far away in a remote DC, runs 
CentOS-5 fine ( rather quick too ). [1]

Ofcourse this might not help, since I have no idea about sound card, 
grfx interface etc.

The onboard sata interfaces ICH9R do work, just as sata ports - mdraid 
later for raid.

I've also been told that the gigabyte p35-ds4 is a good desktop host for 
a core2quad proc on CentOS-5, and might even fit into what people 
consider 'desktop budgets'.

Finally, you might also want to keep in mind that 5.2 had a major ICH 
and sata interface layer upgrade in the kernel, so if you go with 
anything pre 2.6.18-92.x kernels - all bets are off :D

HTH

[1] the lower power phenom's are what I am looking at for my next 
desktop upgrade from the amd64x2 4800 that is in use at the moment.

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