[gentoo-user] Mainboard Suggestion Intel Core 2 Duo

[gentoo-user] Mainboard Suggestion Intel Core 2 Duo

[Helge Kaltenbach]

Hey everybody...

i'm planning to get a dual core cpu soon, the smallest Core 2 Duo from 
Intel actually: Intel Core 2 Duo E6300

now i'm looking for mainboards..the ones i had in mind so far:

Intel P965 Chipset:

MSI P965 Platinum:
+ cheap :)
+ passive cooling mainboard -> silent
- hard to get here in germany...

ASUS P5P Deluxe
+passive cooling
+- more expensive than the MSI, but still ok
+- easier to get, but still most shops show me a wait time...


Intel 975X Chipset:

Intel D975XBX "Bad Axe"
- expensive
+ good for overclocking (what i hardly do...)

ASUS P5WD2-E Premium
- expensive
+ available in most shops



Anyone got experience with one of these boards, especially driver issues 
are interesting.
I'm not sure how much I should give on the overclocking 
possibilities...I usually don't do that, wouldn't mind having the option 
though (no extreme overclocking for sure, but perhabs a little)
Cheapest of all is the MSI...had good experience with MSI as well...

any else suggestions/ideas/experiences?

thx in advance

helge
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Re: [gentoo-user] Mainboard Suggestion Intel Core 2 Duo

[Thomas Harold]

brettholcomb@bellsouth.net wrote:
> I've never used MSI.  I'm shopping for a board, too but for AMD
> processor and my choices are
> 
> 1. Gigabyte first 2.  Asus next - I used Asus some years ago and
> still have one dual PIII 933 in service.  However, their quality on
> new and exchange went bad so I stopped using them.  I don't know how
> they are now.
> 

I tend to go with Asus first, Gigabyte second.  I've had good luck with 
my Asus boards (starts counting... maybe 6 or 7 in the past few years 
for various sytems).  Boards like the SK8N, SK8V, A7N8X, A8N-VM CSM, A8V 
(not all of those were Linux systems though).
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