[CS-FSLUG] Motherboard recomedations

[Dommy E. Hamid]

Fred A. Miller wrote:
> On Thursday 30 June 2005 7:14 pm, Frank Bax wrote:
> 
>>At 06:57 PM 6/30/05, Fred A. Miller wrote:
>>
>>>On Thursday 30 June 2005 9:41 am, Nigel Ridley wrote:
>>>
>>>>I'm thinking of getting a new computer (amd processor) and am confused
>>>>by all the different makes of motherboards.
>>>>I don't really like all the *onboard* stuff which most systems come
>>>>with nowadays.
>>>>The names that are popular here in Israel are Foxconn, Asus, Gigabyte,
>>>>Albatron and Abit.
>>>>
>>>>Any suggestions or cotchas?
>>>
>>>LOOKOUT for Asus.....void, if you can.
>>
>>Why?  I've used ASUS motherboards for several years - Win98, WinXP, MDK91,
>>OpenBSD.  Never had any problems or complaints.
> 
> 
> 'Glad you haven't. I have, and I know a LOT of Linux people who've had more 
> quality control problems with ASUS than any other!! NOT to mention their less 
> than friendly attitude towards Linux......NO thanks. With all due respect, 
> the best is Tyan.....hands down the best quality. If I couldn't get one, for 
> whatever reason, I'd get an Abit or Gigabyte.
> 
> Fred
> 

I have to semi-agree with Fred. Like I said, Asus is overrated for its 
price. On average, their quality is just about higher than second-tier 
motherboard maker, yet their price is usually at the top.

I have heard of Tyan, I thought they make server motherboards only. If 
they do, no wonder their quality is really good. Server motherboards are 
made for stability. I still have my SuperMicro + P3-450 computer running 
along. The CPU, memory, and power supply for that computer has been 
changed, but the motherboard stay. The stability puzzled me until I 
found out that Supermicro produce server motherboards too.

Dommy


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