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[65.0.115.33]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id q130sm736474ywb.36.2015.09.07.13.55.40 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Mon, 07 Sep 2015 13:55:40 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <55EDF9CB.8040106@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 07 Sep 2015 15:55:39 -0500 From: Dale User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:36.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/36.0 SeaMonkey/2.33.1 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] new computer : any advice ? References: <20150907195624.GC1081@ca.inter.net> In-Reply-To: <20150907195624.GC1081@ca.inter.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: 72465f1d-c76a-496a-9ff0-08db00dc1dcf X-Archives-Hash: 5e2e075729be689da8019a64c505e09b Philip Webb wrote: > * MBGA002794 GA-970A-UD3P : Downtown 6 : $ 120 > GIGABYTE GA-970A-UD3P (rev. 1.0) Socket AM3+ AMD 970+SB950 Chipset > Dual Channel DDR3 2000(O.C.) MHz, 2x PCI-Express x16 > GLAN, 6x SATA 6.0 Gb/s, 4x USB 3.0, 14x USB 2.0 > ATX I have this mobo in my current rig. So far, no problems. I've had it for a few years now. It has a 4 core 3.2 GHz CPU in it and 16GBs of ram. I put it in a Cooler Master HAF-932 case, very large full tower with HUGE fans. It can hold 32GBs of ram tho. I plan to upgrade one of these days. The mobo I upgraded from maxed out with 16GBs. I just moved them over since the 8GB sticks were pricey at the time, and not much better now.=20 Just in case you end up with this one, here is a list of the output of lspci -k, which shows what kernel drivers it needs to work.=20 root@fireball / # lspci -k 00:00.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RD890 PCI to PCI bridge (external gfx0 port B) (rev 02) Subsystem: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RD890 PCI to PCI bridge (external gfx0 port B) 00:00.2 IOMMU: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RD990 I/O Memory Management Unit (IOMMU) Subsystem: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RD990 I/O Memory Management Unit (IOMMU) 00:02.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RD890 PCI to PCI bridge (PCI express gpp port B) Kernel driver in use: pcieport 00:04.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RD890 PCI to PCI bridge (PCI express gpp port D) Kernel driver in use: pcieport 00:09.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RD890 PCI to PCI bridge (PCI express gpp port H) Kernel driver in use: pcieport 00:11.0 SATA controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 SATA Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 40) Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 SATA Controller [AHCI mode] Kernel driver in use: ahci 00:12.0 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller Kernel driver in use: ohci-pci 00:12.2 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller Kernel driver in use: ehci-pci 00:13.0 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller Kernel driver in use: ohci-pci 00:13.2 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller Kernel driver in use: ehci-pci 00:14.0 SMBus: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SBx00 SMBus Controller (rev 42) Subsystem: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SBx00 SMBus Controller Kernel driver in use: piix4_smbus 00:14.2 Audio device: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA) (rev 40) Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA) Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel 00:14.3 ISA bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 LPC host controller (rev 40) Subsystem: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 LPC host controller 00:14.4 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge (rev 40) 00:14.5 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI2 Controller Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI2 Controller Kernel driver in use: ohci-pci 00:16.0 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller Kernel driver in use: ohci-pci 00:16.2 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller Kernel driver in use: ehci-pci 00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 10h Processor HyperTransport Configuration 00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 10h Processor Address Map 00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 10h Processor DRAM Controller 00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 10h Processor Miscellaneous Control Kernel driver in use: k10temp 00:18.4 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 10h Processor Link Control 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GT216 [GeForce GT 220] (rev a2) Subsystem: NVIDIA Corporation GT216 [GeForce GT 220] Kernel driver in use: nvidia Kernel modules: nvidia 01:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation GT216 HDMI Audio Controller (rev a1) Subsystem: NVIDIA Corporation GT216 HDMI Audio Controller Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel 02:00.0 USB controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. Device 3483 (rev 01) Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd Device 5007 Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd 03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 06) Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd Motherboard Kernel driver in use: r8169 04:06.0 Ethernet controller: Davicom Semiconductor, Inc. Ethernet 100/10 MBit (rev 31) Subsystem: ARCHTEK TELECOM Corp Ethernet 100/10 MBit Kernel driver in use: dmfe root@fireball / # The short version: root@fireball / # lspci -k | grep Kernel Kernel driver in use: pcieport Kernel driver in use: pcieport Kernel driver in use: pcieport Kernel driver in use: ahci Kernel driver in use: ohci-pci Kernel driver in use: ehci-pci Kernel driver in use: ohci-pci Kernel driver in use: ehci-pci Kernel driver in use: piix4_smbus Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel Kernel driver in use: ohci-pci Kernel driver in use: ohci-pci Kernel driver in use: ehci-pci Kernel driver in use: k10temp Kernel driver in use: nvidia Kernel modules: nvidia Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd Kernel driver in use: r8169 Kernel driver in use: dmfe root@fireball / # On the CPU, I always get the 2nd or 3rd one down in price. That is usually the best bang for the buck. You may not be able to tell a difference between the 4.0GHz and the 4.3GHz one. Then again, with 8 cores, it may be worth the extra few bucks to you. That extra cache could make a difference I guess. All depends on what you can afford and how long you plan to run the new rig.=20 Hope this little bit of info helps you pick. Maybe someone else will post about what they have that you listed. ;-) Dale :-) :-)=20