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    Lookng for recommendation for Intel based setup

    What's a reliable/cheap Intel based solution?
    Order of importance: run Linux (Fedora distro), cheap, cheap, and reliable.
    Looking for:
    mobo, chipset, intel P4, 512 MB DDR, case.
    Friend of mine asked, and I have no clue on Intel based solutions.
    RC Agent
    AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ Brisbane 2.6GHz, MSI 785GT-E63, 6 GB(2x1GB, 2x2GG) DDR2 800 Corsair XMS2, Asus EAH4850 TOP
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    Intel D875PBZ + Samsung/Infineon/Crucial 512MB PC3200 RAM + P4 CPU + Antec case

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    • #3
      Or, NOT an Antec case, if you think it's stupid that they're enforcing a patent on LEDs in fans.
      Gigabyte P35-DS3L with a Q6600, 2GB Kingston HyperX (after *3* bad pairs of Crucial Ballistix 1066), Galaxy 8800GT 512MB, SB X-Fi, some drives, and a Dell 2005fpw. Running WinXP.

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      • #4
        Originally posted by dZeus
        Intel D875PBZ + Samsung/Infineon/Crucial 512MB PC3200 RAM + P4 CPU + Antec case
        That your idea of cheap?

        @RC Agent: try Intel D865G mobo (everything integrated) + P4 2.8C (northwood - best bang for the buck ATM) + 2x256MB *quality* DDR400 + Aopen case with 300/350W PSU - or get any cheap cheap case + 300/350W Fortron Source PSU (or Aopen , Zalman, etc).

        If you want it cheaper, just plug a Celeron but expect performance to take a serious hit, unless you're (or your friend is) using office-like apps.

        Also, for better performance, use 2 DIMMs otherwise the chipset will work in single-channel mode and again you'll loose a bit of performance.

        You could also go for an Asus mobo based on the new SIS 661FX chipset - also all integrated, but the Intel mobo is plenty cheap already...

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        • #5
          you're right, the 875 doesn't offer best bang for the buck, but I wasn't sure wether the Intel 865 board offerings had the ICH5R southbridge which will be usefull if/when you want to use IDE RAID. Seems like the D865PERL series has it (not 865G series though).

          I wouldn't recommend anything SiS if a *nix variant is going to run on it though. Stick to intel chipsets for intel CPUs for servers (and preferrably even Intel branded boards, they do very timely bios updates/support)

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          • #6
            one or two of the asus 865 offerings come with ICH5R but not sure whether they would qualify as cheap
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            • #7
              an Asrock+Sis P4 Solution?
              found a review at http://www.extremereviews.net/data.p...=1&type=review
              Life is a bed of roses. Everyone else sees the roses, you are the one being gored by the thorns.

              AMD PhenomII555@B55(Quadcore-3.2GHz) Gigabyte GA-890FXA-UD5 Kingston 1x2GB Generic 8400GS512MB WD1.5TB LGMulti-Drive Dell2407WFP
              ***Matrox G400DH 32MB still chugging along happily in my other pc***

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