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From: Nilesh Govindarajan <contact@××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Motherboard support?
Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2011 01:10:12
Message-Id: 4E83C52F.40201@nileshgr.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Re: Motherboard support? by masterprometheus
1 On 09/29/2011 03:21 AM, masterprometheus wrote:
2 > Nilesh Govindarajan wrote:
3 >
4 >> I'll be soon getting a new desktop.
5 >> I've fixed the CPU as AMD Phenom II 1075T
6 >>
7 >> These two motherboards came to my notice which support the above
8 >> processor: Gigabyte 880GM - GA 880GM-USB3L & 880GM-USB3
9 >
10 >
11 >> How good is Linux support with those? If bad, what other mobos support
12 >> 1075T and Linux support is awesome?
13 >
14 > Neither 880G nor SB710 is a new chipset, so they should work out of the
15 > box. But you may want to wait. Bulldozers will be out at October 12, and
16 > their prices won't very different than Phenom II's. And FX-8120, expected
17 > to be priced around $200 will be an 8-core, faster and better
18 > overclocker.
19 >
20 >
21 >
22 >
23
24 Bulldozers coming out in October 12, I'll better wait then. It has much
25 better virt support.
26
27 --
28 Nilesh Govindarajan
29 http://nileshgr.com