Hi,
If you have more people reply 2 u'r personal EMail,
please forward it to the list. I have just completed
an upgrade on my Comp. and that subject is close to my
hart.
Thanks
Erez
--- Erez Boym <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2001 21:45:45 -0800 (PST)
> From: Erez Boym <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: hardware consumer report
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
> Hi,
>
>
> > Motherboard: ASUS CUV4x VIA 694X is offered.
> >
> > The question I have (besides "It's great" /
> "Run
> > away from it"
> > spectrum of reactions) is: How do motherboards
> > work with high-speed
> > CPUs? Will it support Pentium III above 866MHz?
>
> Those that will support CPU’s above 800Mhz are
> CUV4X-DLS - ~340$US, CUV4X-DLS ~110$US. They all
> support INTEL CPUs which is not bad but it is more
> expensive.
>
> I have to join the recommendation for AMD CPUs,
> You’ll
> get a faster chip for the same price and they work
> with Linux well.
>
> Another consideration - The ASUS boards are not
> cheep,
> so I can recommend the FIC AZ11 which is a simple
> but
> very reliable and Linux run on it with no problems
> with CPU’s up to 1Ghz (I use it with a AMD 900M
> CPU).
>
> Note that your going to get 5 PCI slots on that
> motherboard (Unless you have a specially ordered
> AISA). To install PCI cards you’ll have to play a
> little longer with your configuration until it
> works,
> and you’ll have to check that your PCI modem
> actually
> supports Linux as most of the PCI modems don’t.
>
>
> > U.S.Robotics 56K* Performance Pro Modem (Model
> > 3CP5610A)
> >
> > USR say it works with Linux (confirmed
> > independently, or so it
> > seems). Any common alternatives?
>
> Be aware that your going to have 5 PCI slots. It is
> not trivial to find a Linux PCI modem. The USR PCI
> modems do work with Linux and work well but they are
> VERY, expensive.
>
> Take a look at :
> http://www.archtek.com/pcv.html
>
> And there are several other PCI modems, which will
> work, but you do have to confirm that before hand.
>
> > Sound Card: Creative ViBRA 128
>
> If you have no special need for high-end sound, then
> consider an onboard sound card. Although you will
> most
> likely, have to install ALSA to use it, it will save
> you some $$$.
>
> Erez
>
>
>
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