Re: [PLUG] [OT ... umm not really ] Buying New Hardware, Suggestions Please!

[Jason Schadel <jasonschadel@comcast.net>]

McLinux wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I am planning to upgrade my humble P-III 450 Mhz with P-IV, however I am 
> very much willing to experiment and I have heard that AMD Athlon is 
> doing really great. Due to this I am confused and am seeking advice as 
> which Motherboard, CPU and RAM I should opt for.

I was recently shopping for a replacement to my current desktop machine 
and I came across some inexpensive AMD motherboards that use the nforce2 
chipset.

This is the one I was thinking of getting.
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=13-136-139&catalog=22&manufactory=BROWSE&depa=0

A friend of mine runs Gentoo on the higher end version of that board(the 
one with all the bells and whistles) and loves it.

Jason
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