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inoldc
Anyone know of a currently available Socket 462 with 3 RAM slots and SATA at
a reasonable price??????
a reasonable price??????
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Blinky the Shark
inoldc said:
New to the group, but not to building. I just picked up a Soyo
KT880 Dragon2 $59.99 US: FSB to 400, 4 RAM slots, SATA. Haven't
tossed it into the case, yet.
J
John Doe
Blinky the Shark said:
Somehow I think it's common enough and cheap.
Like my MSI K7N2 Delta2 at about the same price.
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Blinky the Shark
John said:
That seems to be toward the top end of a pretty common range for
late Socket A boards. Plenty from about $45 US to $65 US. I
actually ordered a similar Biostar for something like $47, and
then discovered it didn't have any real, honest-to-God serial
ports, at least one of which I wanted. Sent it back in favor of
the Soyo, which has one -- and gigabit Ethernet and, IIRC, another
RAM slot and more audio channels, not that I actually *need* any
of those last things. I'm running Linux[1], and I'll be happy if
I can just get the basics out of that board since the CD is all
Windows crap.
[1]Haven't decided between the current SuSE and Mandriva distros.
I've been using Mandrake. I have a copy of SuSE on the shelf, and
a copy of the Mandrake PowerPack coming. I'm posting with a tired
old 400Mhz laptop while the desktop box awaits my attention.
C
Conor
Abit AN7.inoldc said:
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Carlos
Blinky said:
I use various distros at home and have been a Mandrake/Mandriva user for
some time now, but I'm getting more and more frustrated with the "Club"
crap. More and more my cheap ass is feeling like a second class user by
not becoming a club member but "free os" was one of the things that drew
me to linux since I didn't want to pay for an MS license.
I think I'm migrating to Ubuntu.
Sorry for the rant.
R
Ruel Smith
inoldc said:
I just bid on an MSI K7N2 Delta2 Platinum on ebay, but was mistakenly sent a
K7N2 Delta ILSR. The seller and I worked it out, and it's a terrific board.
I suggest ebay, and like the K7N2 Delta2 Platinum and the Asus A7N8X
boards.
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Blinky the Shark
Carlos said:
Yeah, I'm not loving that, either, and that influence seems to be
getting more pervasive with Mandriva.
Since buying two Mandrake versions from Mandrake, I've got the
last two from cheapbytes.com. I'm obviously not against
supporting one's distro (see first two purchases, above), but
Mandrake seems to be pushing me to the resellers with the lines
they keep drawing in the sand between clubbies and other users.
R
Ruel Smith
Carlos said:
First, let me point out, as I'm sure you've already had pointed out, that
Linux is free as in "freedom" and not as in "beer". However, there are free
as in "beer" distros like Mandrake. However, companies such as them that
earn a profit and pay employees like them and Novell/Suse have to draw the
line somewhere, and give paying customers something more than they can get
free. You just have to work a little harder to get your system setup, and
wait a little longer before it's released. However, you'll get the same
distro in the end.
I'm currently using Kubuntu, the KDE version of Ubuntu, 5.10 Breezy Badger.
It's a great OS, and the Debian package management system is miles ahead of
any other method of installing software on a Linux distro. However, it
absolutely lacks the spit and polish of either Mandrake or Suse.
Kubuntu/Ubuntu will setup your system for you just about automatically, but
if you want something different than default, expect to hack some files.
Unlike polished distros like Mandrake and Suse that use wonderful GUI tools
to setup things like WiFi, video, sound, etc. Kubuntu, Ubuntu has no such
utilities. It's better to have at least some working knowledge of Linux
before using such a distro. With that said, I've converted to Kubuntu, and
never looked back. Like I said, the Debian package management system is
absolutely great and I just can't live with rpm based systems anymore.
URPMI let me upgrade part of KDE without meeting all dependencies, and I
ended up with a broken KDE. That has never happened in either Debian or
Kubuntu.
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nihoa
Blinky the Shark said:
I'm satisfied with my Biostar M7NCD 400 Ultra - FSB to 400; 3 memory slots;
SATA. I got this particular MB
because the reviews for this board was above average at time of purchase.
nihoa
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Blinky the Shark
Coincidentally, I also ordered a Biostar, but returned it
(unopened) in favor of the Soyo. I'd tried to cancel the Biostar,
calling the day before it was supposed to ship, but it had shipped
a day early (can't win! <g>), so I had to send it back.