[HLUG] motherboards

[j michaelson]

hi ben, thanks for the advice.

the on board sound card isn't a worry. i'll be using a pci soundcard.
your comment about the fans is more of a worry. if it is a problem
then i could replace the fan with a coolermaster copper finned thing i
bought for my existing pc (it came with a range of mounting plates,
one of which is for a 939 chip). the only problem with that would be
that it's a pretty big. it might be worth my while looking at how much
space these motherboards have around the processor.

that's something for me to take into account.

thanks again.
john michaelson.


On 12/19/05, Benjamin Weber <b.weber at warwick.ac.uk> wrote:
> Hey John
>
> > even the cheapest one seems to fit the bill, but i am worried that
> > there might be other factors to take into consideration. i don't want
> > to get a cheap board and then find that it's lacking something
> > important. equally i don't want to pay for a board with loads of
> > gadgets that i will never use.
> >
>
> Most boards should have everything you need, one thing you might want to bear
> in mind is that many of the nforce4 boards ( certainly the asus ) have a very
> small (30-40mm) fan for the chipset and i've seen several fail within one or
> two months. Both the nforce4 and via K8Vt800/890 work well with Linux, with
> exception of the onboard sound. You might want to steer clear of the Abit
> Fata1ity boards, seen problems with them and linux.
>
> Benji
>
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