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>>>>> "NG" == Nilesh Govindrajan <me@××××××××.com> writes: |
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NG> I'm searching for a mobo which is fully compatible with Linux and |
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NG> supports AMD FX 8350. Preferably, I'm looking for one with onboard |
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NG> GFX, since I don't have any need for a big GFX for now. |
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The only boards I've seen which have an AM3 socket and onboard video |
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have the older chipsets which lack support for 1600 MHz and 8Gig dimms |
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or the boards intended for the opteron 3000 series. |
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I do not know whether the latter will work with an FX. |
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Supermicro's line of opteron 3000 boards is at: |
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http://www.supermicro.com/Aplus/motherboard/Opteron3000/ |
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They seem to cost on the order of $300 w/o SAS o $400 with. |
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Otherwise onboard graphics means gx790 boards. |
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OTOH, it looks like a opteron 4300 chip or two with one of these boards: |
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http://www.supermicro.com/Aplus/motherboard/Opteron4000/ |
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makes for a great atx or micro-atx compute box for only a bit more than |
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one would pay for a piledriver FX chip and fx990 board. |
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-JimC |
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