Hi.
I'm using a Gigabyte (http://www.giga-byte.com/) GA-7ZXR. Most of the
gigabyte boards have very nice features, and are very well priced. I think
some people say that gigabyte boards are 'cheap', but their latest boards
have gotten very positive reviews (I did plenty of research before
deciding). They are still nowhere near the status of Asus though.
I can say that I have had no problems whatsoever, and have run both
2.2.something and 2.4.3 with no problems. (The optional irda port works
great aswell).
However, I did have issues with the hardware RAID support. There is an
onboard Promise Controller (www.promise.com), which, depending on jumper
selection, is either an Ultra100 (ATA-100 controller) or a FastTrak100
(ATA-100 w/RAID). When I used their binary linux RAID driver, I ended up
with an unrepairable e2fs partition after like a day or so. The guy who
does all the linux-ide stuff (whose Promise drivers works fantastically when
the board is not in RAID-mode) (and lots of other people) consider the
FastTrak to be "fake raid" and strongly reccomend against using it. (you
can see lengthy discussions on the linux-ide list, if u want :)).
I have no idea about availability or support for Gigabyte in Israel (I got
my board when I was still living in South Africa). There are also some nice
DDR SDRAM boards (7DXR) and probably some other nice series out by now.
Check out the site if you are interested.
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