M. Simons on Mon, 6 Dec 1999 20:24:53 -0500 (EST) |
Greetings I am trying to throw together a box for a webserver and am looking for suggestions on motherboards. Here's the basic principles: I am a little bit frugal when it comes to price... well, let me correct that... a LOT frugal. ;) As it is a webserver I do not need: AGP On-Board Sound On-Board Video Many slots (As far as I can see it, I need a slot for a network card (PCI) and a slot for a video card (ISA).. of course, I'd accept extra slots, one never knows what is coming in the future, but I don't need many.) What I do need/want: SCSI (ultra wide 2 or whatever is current enough) [I am not using this right now, but will in the future, and it seems a lot cheaper to get it on-board than with an add-on card.] IDE (of course.) AT/ATX powersupply connectors [I have been thinking about just starting with an AT Desktop Case, as I have a few of them, and can cut costs, at least temporarily here and put it into RAM or CPU.] Processor Preference: I would PREFER to go with AMD (Super Socket 7), but I actually think it might make more sense at this point to go with a Slot 1 Motherboard with a Socket 370 Adapter for a celeron, and ramp up to a higher speed celeron or P-II when it becomes neccessary. But, I am open to all suggestions. Anyways, I am open to all suggestions, and all suggestions and pointers are greatfully appreciated, thanks. msimons@caip.rutgers.edu _______________________________________________ Plug maillist - Plug@lists.nothinbut.net http://lists.nothinbut.net/mail/listinfo/plug
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