To: Still Thinking; ShadowAce
2 posted on
11/02/2008 5:38:44 PM PST by
rabscuttle385
("If this be treason, then make the most of it!" --Patrick Henry)
To: Still Thinking; ShadowAce
Ping to the rest of the nerd herd. Join me in the nerdery with your calculators, please.
3 posted on
11/02/2008 5:39:18 PM PST by
Still Thinking
(Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
To: Still Thinking
These guys are pretty good w/their recommendations.
ARS Technica
4 posted on
11/02/2008 5:40:19 PM PST by
Bosco
(Remember how you felt on September 11?)
To: Still Thinking
5 posted on
11/02/2008 5:41:44 PM PST by
TomServo
To: Still Thinking
I’d go with dual CERN processors in a ring drive
and Tokamak power supply......if I had the money.
6 posted on
11/02/2008 5:45:42 PM PST by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: Still Thinking
Personal productivity machine? Home theater usage? Business-grade workstation? What’s the purpose?
MM
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14 posted on
11/02/2008 7:32:43 PM PST by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: Still Thinking
I recently built three M3A78-EMH HDMI systems, all with Athlon 4400s and 2x1GB. Two are now running XP Pro and one either runs OpenSuse Linux or OpenBSD depending on which drive I connect. So far they all work fine. The board is designed for home theater use, but I just wanted the cheapest Asus board that would run ECC RAM.
If you go with the M3A78, you should of course use the latest Asus motherboard drivers from their website, though you may do better to get the latest graphics drivers direct from AMD instead. For the 780G chipset you use the Integrated/Motherboard driver for the Radeon HD3200.
17 posted on
11/02/2008 8:23:58 PM PST by
TChad
To: Still Thinking
I forgot to mention that some people complain about noise from the M3A78 onboard NICs. I installed Intel Pro/1000 desktop adapters to avoid that problem.
18 posted on
11/02/2008 8:34:39 PM PST by
TChad
To: Still Thinking; TomServo
Agreed. Asus makes good stuff. And their doc and support is quite good.
19 posted on
11/02/2008 8:39:36 PM PST by
djf
(I have dimes. Brother, can you spare a dame?)
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