[gentoo-user] Which motherboard ?

[gentoo-user] Which motherboard ?

[Jacques Montier]

Hi all,

I have some questions about hardware choice.
Do you think those two motherboards are working on Linux with i5 760 or
i7 920 processor ?
- GA P55 US3L GIGABYTE
- Asus P6X58D-E

Thank you very much,

cheers,


--
Jacques
Site web <https://sites.google.com/site/jacquesfr35/>

Re: [gentoo-user] Which motherboard ?

[Mark Knecht]

On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 9:12 AM, Jacques Montier
<jacques.montier@numericable.fr> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I have some questions about hardware choice.
> Do you think those two motherboards are working on Linux with i5 760 or
> i7 920 processor ?
> - GA P55 US3L GIGABYTE
> - Asus P6X58D-E
>
> Thank you very much,
>
> cheers,
>
>
> --
> Jacques


I couldn't fine the Gigabyte at Newegg. Maybe you can find it and
forward links to a product spec page?

The Asus looks nice for a 920 processor. One thing - the SATA ports
come out horizontally so make sure your case has enough room to route
the cables. I bought an Intel MB like that for my wife's system and
ended up only being able to use 4 of the 6 ports in the case I bought.

I'm using an Asus Rampage II Extreme with an i7-980x which seems to
have similar features. I suspect you'll be quite happy with the Asus.

- Mark

Re: [gentoo-user] Which motherboard ?

[Jacques Montier]

Le 17/12/2010 18:26, Mark Knecht a gentiment tapote:

--
Jacques
Site web <https://sites.google.com/site/jacquesfr35/>

> On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 9:12 AM, Jacques Montier
> <jacques.montier@numericable.fr> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I have some questions about hardware choice.
>> Do you think those two motherboards are working on Linux with i5 760 or
>> i7 920 processor ?
>> - GA P55 US3L GIGABYTE
>> - Asus P6X58D-E
>>
>> Thank you very much,
>>
>> cheers,
>>
>>
>> --
>> Jacques
>
> I couldn't fine the Gigabyte at Newegg. Maybe you can find it and
> forward links to a product spec page?
>
> The Asus looks nice for a 920 processor. One thing - the SATA ports
> come out horizontally so make sure your case has enough room to route
> the cables. I bought an Intel MB like that for my wife's system and
> ended up only being able to use 4 of the 6 ports in the case I bought.
>
> I'm using an Asus Rampage II Extreme with an i7-980x which seems to
> have similar features. I suspect you'll be quite happy with the Asus.
>
> - Mark
>

Thank you Mark,

Here are the specs :
http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3502#ov


Cheers,


Jacques

Re: [gentoo-user] Which motherboard ?

[Mark Knecht]

On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 10:57 AM, Jacques Montier
<jacques.montier@numericable.fr> wrote:
<SNIP>
>
> Here are the specs :
> http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3502#ov
>
>
> Cheers,
>
>
> Jacques

I have no real opinion on that MB. I've never owned a Gigabyte so I
don't have a real point of reference. I know other people here use
them so I suspect they are fine.

I personally like the Asus brand for flashing BIOS as it can be done
from a USB stick. If Gigabyte supports anything like that (i.e. -
doesn't require Windows or DOS or a floppy to flash BIOS) then it's
probably a good candidate.

Asus support isn't great. Their websites are slow and everyone seems
to complain about lack of communication when they have problems.
Again, I don't know anything about Gigabyte on that account.

Good luck.

- Mark

Re: [gentoo-user] Which motherboard ?

[Jacques Montier]

Le 17/12/2010 20:18, Mark Knecht a gentiment tapote:

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Jacques
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> On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 10:57 AM, Jacques Montier
> <jacques.montier@numericable.fr> wrote:
> <SNIP>
>> Here are the specs :
>> http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3502#ov
>>
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>>
>> Jacques
> I have no real opinion on that MB. I've never owned a Gigabyte so I
> don't have a real point of reference. I know other people here use
> them so I suspect they are fine.
>
> I personally like the Asus brand for flashing BIOS as it can be done
> from a USB stick. If Gigabyte supports anything like that (i.e. -
> doesn't require Windows or DOS or a floppy to flash BIOS) then it's
> probably a good candidate.
>
> Asus support isn't great. Their websites are slow and everyone seems
> to complain about lack of communication when they have problems.
> Again, I don't know anything about Gigabyte on that account.
>
> Good luck.
>
> - Mark
>
Thank you Mark,

--
Jacques

Re: [gentoo-user] Which motherboard ?

[Dale]

Mark Knecht wrote:
> I have no real opinion on that MB. I've never owned a Gigabyte so I
> don't have a real point of reference. I know other people here use
> them so I suspect they are fine.
>
> I personally like the Asus brand for flashing BIOS as it can be done
> from a USB stick. If Gigabyte supports anything like that (i.e. -
> doesn't require Windows or DOS or a floppy to flash BIOS) then it's
> probably a good candidate.
>
> Asus support isn't great. Their websites are slow and everyone seems
> to complain about lack of communication when they have problems.
> Again, I don't know anything about Gigabyte on that account.
>
> Good luck.
>
> - Mark
>
>    

I recently bought a Gigabyte mobo and it has Q-Flash.  It will update 
the BIOS without needing a OS.   According to the book, you just 
download the update and put it on a USB stick, must be FAT32/16/12, and 
hit the end key when the BIOS screen comes up.  It sounds pretty easy.  
I have not done this yet tho.

Hope that helps.

Dale

:-)  :-)

Re: [gentoo-user] Which motherboard ?

[Jacques Montier]

Le 17/12/2010 21:45, Dale a gentiment tapote:

--
Jacques
Site web <https://sites.google.com/site/jacquesfr35/>

> Mark Knecht wrote:
>> I have no real opinion on that MB. I've never owned a Gigabyte so I
>> don't have a real point of reference. I know other people here use
>> them so I suspect they are fine.
>>
>> I personally like the Asus brand for flashing BIOS as it can be done
>> from a USB stick. If Gigabyte supports anything like that (i.e. -
>> doesn't require Windows or DOS or a floppy to flash BIOS) then it's
>> probably a good candidate.
>>
>> Asus support isn't great. Their websites are slow and everyone seems
>> to complain about lack of communication when they have problems.
>> Again, I don't know anything about Gigabyte on that account.
>>
>> Good luck.
>>
>> - Mark
>>
>>    
>
> I recently bought a Gigabyte mobo and it has Q-Flash.  It will update
> the BIOS without needing a OS.   According to the book, you just
> download the update and put it on a USB stick, must be FAT32/16/12,
> and hit the end key when the BIOS screen comes up.  It sounds pretty
> easy.  I have not done this yet tho.
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> Dale
>
> :-)  :-)
>
Thank you  Dale,

The Asus P6X58D-E motherboard seems ready for USB-3.0
Does Linux support USB-3.0 technology ?

--
Jacques
 

Re: [gentoo-user] Which motherboard ?

[Paul Hartman]

On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 3:52 PM, Jacques Montier
<jacques.montier@numericable.fr> wrote:
> The Asus P6X58D-E motherboard seems ready for USB-3.0
> Does Linux support USB-3.0 technology ?

Yes. I have the Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R with i7 920 and it has USB 3.0
(xhci) and SATA 6.0Gbps ports and everything seems to work. I don't
have any actual USB 3.0 devices to try, but it's detected & I've read
mailing list discussions of people using USB 3.0 devices in linux so
I'm confident about it.

Re: [gentoo-user] Which motherboard ?

[Dale]

Jacques Montier wrote:
> Le 17/12/2010 21:45, Dale a gentiment tapote:
>
> --
> Jacques
> Site web<https://sites.google.com/site/jacquesfr35/>
>
>    
>> Mark Knecht wrote:
>>      
>>> I have no real opinion on that MB. I've never owned a Gigabyte so I
>>> don't have a real point of reference. I know other people here use
>>> them so I suspect they are fine.
>>>
>>> I personally like the Asus brand for flashing BIOS as it can be done
>>> from a USB stick. If Gigabyte supports anything like that (i.e. -
>>> doesn't require Windows or DOS or a floppy to flash BIOS) then it's
>>> probably a good candidate.
>>>
>>> Asus support isn't great. Their websites are slow and everyone seems
>>> to complain about lack of communication when they have problems.
>>> Again, I don't know anything about Gigabyte on that account.
>>>
>>> Good luck.
>>>
>>> - Mark
>>>
>>>
>>>        
>> I recently bought a Gigabyte mobo and it has Q-Flash.  It will update
>> the BIOS without needing a OS.   According to the book, you just
>> download the update and put it on a USB stick, must be FAT32/16/12,
>> and hit the end key when the BIOS screen comes up.  It sounds pretty
>> easy.  I have not done this yet tho.
>>
>> Hope that helps.
>>
>> Dale
>>
>> :-)  :-)
>>
>>      
> Thank you  Dale,
>
> The Asus P6X58D-E motherboard seems ready for USB-3.0
> Does Linux support USB-3.0 technology ?
>
> --
> Jacques
>
>    

I think mine does here.  I don't have anything that is USB 3 to test it 
tho.  I don't think the mobo you selected supports it hardware wise 
tho.  I think that was what I read in the link you posted.  May want to 
check and make sure.

Dale

:-)  :-)

Re: [gentoo-user] Which motherboard ?

[Volker Armin Hemmann]

On Friday 17 December 2010 22:52:30 Jacques Montier wrote:
> Le 17/12/2010 21:45, Dale a gentiment tapote:
> 
> --
> Jacques
> Site web <https://sites.google.com/site/jacquesfr35/>
> 
> > Mark Knecht wrote:
> >> I have no real opinion on that MB. I've never owned a Gigabyte so I
> >> don't have a real point of reference. I know other people here use
> >> them so I suspect they are fine.
> >> 
> >> I personally like the Asus brand for flashing BIOS as it can be done
> >> from a USB stick. If Gigabyte supports anything like that (i.e. -
> >> doesn't require Windows or DOS or a floppy to flash BIOS) then it's
> >> probably a good candidate.
> >> 
> >> Asus support isn't great. Their websites are slow and everyone seems
> >> to complain about lack of communication when they have problems.
> >> Again, I don't know anything about Gigabyte on that account.
> >> 
> >> Good luck.
> >> 
> >> - Mark
> > 
> > I recently bought a Gigabyte mobo and it has Q-Flash.  It will update
> > the BIOS without needing a OS.   According to the book, you just
> > download the update and put it on a USB stick, must be FAT32/16/12,
> > and hit the end key when the BIOS screen comes up.  It sounds pretty
> > easy.  I have not done this yet tho.
> > 
> > Hope that helps.
> > 
> > Dale
> > 
> > :-)  :-)
> 
> Thank you  Dale,
> 
> The Asus P6X58D-E motherboard seems ready for USB-3.0
> Does Linux support USB-3.0 technology ?

linux was the first OS to have usb3 drivers.

I own an Asus and it is crap. Which might be bad luck. But from all I read 
over the web and all the experiences in my social circles point to Gigabyte 
boards as the most stable, troubleless boards at the moment, while Asus' 
quality went down a lot.

Re: [gentoo-user] Which motherboard ?

[Mark Knecht]

On Sat, Dec 18, 2010 at 10:55 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann
<volkerarmin@googlemail.com> wrote:
> On Friday 17 December 2010 22:52:30 Jacques Montier wrote:
>> Le 17/12/2010 21:45, Dale a gentiment tapote:
>>
>> --
>> Jacques
>> Site web <https://sites.google.com/site/jacquesfr35/>
>>
>> > Mark Knecht wrote:
>> >> I have no real opinion on that MB. I've never owned a Gigabyte so I
>> >> don't have a real point of reference. I know other people here use
>> >> them so I suspect they are fine.
>> >>
>> >> I personally like the Asus brand for flashing BIOS as it can be done
>> >> from a USB stick. If Gigabyte supports anything like that (i.e. -
>> >> doesn't require Windows or DOS or a floppy to flash BIOS) then it's
>> >> probably a good candidate.
>> >>
>> >> Asus support isn't great. Their websites are slow and everyone seems
>> >> to complain about lack of communication when they have problems.
>> >> Again, I don't know anything about Gigabyte on that account.
>> >>
>> >> Good luck.
>> >>
>> >> - Mark
>> >
>> > I recently bought a Gigabyte mobo and it has Q-Flash.  It will update
>> > the BIOS without needing a OS.   According to the book, you just
>> > download the update and put it on a USB stick, must be FAT32/16/12,
>> > and hit the end key when the BIOS screen comes up.  It sounds pretty
>> > easy.  I have not done this yet tho.
>> >
>> > Hope that helps.
>> >
>> > Dale
>> >
>> > :-)  :-)
>>
>> Thank you  Dale,
>>
>> The Asus P6X58D-E motherboard seems ready for USB-3.0
>> Does Linux support USB-3.0 technology ?
>
> linux was the first OS to have usb3 drivers.
>
> I own an Asus and it is crap. Which might be bad luck. But from all I read
> over the web and all the experiences in my social circles point to Gigabyte
> boards as the most stable, troubleless boards at the moment, while Asus'
> quality went down a lot.

I agree that from reading these lists most people who buy Gigabyte
seem to report being happy.

It's strange about Asus. I read all this negative stuff on lists about
people having trouble with Asus motherboards. However I've used them
for years, having bought at least 10-12 different motherboard models
in the last 15 years, and every one of them has worked great. They are
still my #1 brand.

I purchased 3 Intel MBs in 2010 and they have all worked fine also.

Cheers,
Mark

[gentoo-user] Re: Which motherboard ?

[masterprometheus]

Jacques Montier wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> I have some questions about hardware choice.
> Do you think those two motherboards are working on Linux with i5 760 or
> i7 920 processor ?
> - GA P55 US3L GIGABYTE
> - Asus P6X58D-E

The Asus one with an i7. Both the X58 chipset and i7 CPUs are fairly aged 
products and should be well supported by the recent linux kernels.