Michael Acklin wrote:
Bob wrote:Eric Estes wrote:Can anyone recommend a good AMD (socket A2 - Athlon 64 X2) motherboard that has good Linux support? I'm sending back my Shuttle to newegg and need a replacement asap.I've been looking into MBs and really like the look of. Sapphire Pure CrossFire 3200 Adv. http://products.amd.com/en-us/MotherboardDetail.aspx?id=37I just got a great one a couple of days ago and works great with Etch. Have not tried any of the other versions but Etch works like a dream on the board.This one might be overkill but is well worth the money for what you get. It's the Asus M2A-VM and you can take a look at it here:http://www.asus.com/products4.aspx?modelmenu=1&model=1568&l1=3&l2=101&l3=496Hope this helps...
I like the AMD/ATI chipsets as they run quite a bit cooler than the nVidia ones, you're one looks good, except for the integrated graphics which I have an irrational aversion to. The MB I pointed out utilizes an AMD 580X CrossFire (previouslyy CrossFire Xpress 3200) chipset (as does the Asus M2R32-MVP) and has one of the most sensible layouts I've seen with the PCI-E x1 slots above the PCI-E x16s so you can have a dual graphics card setup with fairly exotic coolers and you still have access to 2 PCI-E x1 and 1 PCI, only loosing access to 1 PCI slot.
They're hard to find outside the US and Taiwan though, if you can find PCPartner boards they have one with the same layout and in fact I think they manufacture the Sapphire boards anyway.
Here are the MBs I found with that chipset, I like the MSI, Asus and Sapphire Advantage Boards
MSI K9A Platinum http://products.amd.com/en-us/MotherboardDetail.aspx?id=28 Asus M2R32-MVP http://products.amd.com/en-us/MotherboardDetail.aspx?id=26 ECS KA3 MVP http://products.amd.com/en-us/MotherboardDetail.aspx?id=29 DFI Infinity CFX3200-M2/G http://products.amd.com/en-us/MotherboardDetail.aspx?id=32 Jetway M2A580-GT5 http://products.amd.com/en-us/MotherboardDetail.aspx?id=33 Sapphire Pure CrossFire 3200 http://products.amd.com/en-us/MotherboardDetail.aspx?id=36 Sapphire Pure CrossFire 3200 Adv. http://products.amd.com/en-us/MotherboardDetail.aspx?id=37 PCPartner AA1D http://products.amd.com/en-us/MotherboardDetail.aspx?id=38 Good luck