Building my PC: Choosing a Motherboard
Ow my head hurts.
Should I get onboard video because of less things I will have to install or not and then I won’t have it sharing my oodles of RAM and it might be a better solution?
So, I need a Socket 754 motherboard and onboard video, onboard audio, onboard NIC, (modem not necessary)…what else?
I don’t know whether I want ATX or MicroATX or whatever.
Well, here is one option:
BIOSTAR TForce6100 Socket 754 NVIDIA GeForce 6100 Micro ATX AMD Motherboard – Retail for $68.99
It is MicroATX I think. No modem.
Gah! Some reviews say the onboard video, audio and lan don’t work with linux.
EEEEP
Will have to come back to this.
Actually, Lily, Foxcom, Asue and most other mother boards that I have worked with, have on-board video, sound and Ethernet, and they all work quite well with Linux. The Latest Kernel, 3.2.whatever… seems to be right up-to-date with most major manufactures. Depending on how old the review is, usually within a couple of months, patches are posted at places like http://www.sourceforge.net and Linux.org, that fix and update the Kernel.
Building Computers is Fun!
Enjoy :)
Comment by Thomasso — Thursday 11th, May 2006 @ 7:26 pm
Alright, recommendations are highly appreciated.
I guess, the processor is okay? :)
I think I am convincing mom to get an iMac too!!!
Comment by Lily — Friday 12th, May 2006 @ 12:38 am
Onboard will be less expensive. However, the onboard sound went out on my Asus motherboard and I ended up putting a card in anyway. And now I have two sets of sound input output on the back to my dear wife’s endless confuselment.
Comment by webjones — Friday 19th, May 2006 @ 10:36 pm
Oh my Lord!
At least your wife is only confuseled!
My mom…gah!
Somedays I still dream of her hooking the mike up herself. If that ever happened, perish the dream :(
Comment by Lily — Saturday 20th, May 2006 @ 12:05 am