I have been building my systems with Abit IS-10 motherboards, but NewEgg has stopped carrying them, so I need to switch to something new. Does anyone have any recommendations on a solid motherboard that works well with CentOS? I need a motherboard with built-in video, LAN, and SATA. I don't need RAID or any other fancy features, just something cheap and solid. I've been looking around, but there are lots of boards that look like they would work and I know nothing about any of them. I was just wondering what you guys are using. Thanks. -- Bowie
Bowie Bailey wrote:> I have been building my systems with Abit IS-10 motherboards, but NewEgg has > stopped carrying them, so I need to switch to something new. > > Does anyone have any recommendations on a solid motherboard that works well > with CentOS? I need a motherboard with built-in video, LAN, and SATA. I > don't need RAID or any other fancy features, just something cheap and solid. > > I've been looking around, but there are lots of boards that look like they > would work and I know nothing about any of them. I was just wondering what > you guys are using. > > Thanks. >Hi, Bowie - This might be out of your target price range, but we just received 32 Intel SR1425BK1-E based systems a few weeks ago, and to tell you the truth, they're the most rock-solid motherboards I've ever used. Period. Looks like the board alone will run anywhere between $450-500 USD, but my experience tells me that it was well worth it. You can find more information here: http://www.intel.com/design/servers/boards/SE7221BK1-E/index.htm They've been running CentOS 4.2 flawlessly for about two weeks now under extremely heavy load, and we haven't seen any problems. Hope that helps -dant
Dan Trainor wrote:> Bowie Bailey wrote: > > I have been building my systems with Abit IS-10 motherboards, but > > NewEgg has stopped carrying them, so I need to switch to something > > new. > > > > Does anyone have any recommendations on a solid motherboard that > > works well with CentOS? I need a motherboard with built-in video, > > LAN, and SATA. I don't need RAID or any other fancy features, just > > something cheap and solid. > > > > I've been looking around, but there are lots of boards that look > > like they would work and I know nothing about any of them. I was > > just wondering what you guys are using. > > This might be out of your target price range, but we just received 32 > Intel SR1425BK1-E based systems a few weeks ago, and to tell you the > truth, they're the most rock-solid motherboards I've ever used. > Period. > > Looks like the board alone will run anywhere between $450-500 USD, but > my experience tells me that it was well worth it. > > You can find more information here: > > http://www.intel.com/design/servers/boards/SE7221BK1-E/index.htm > > They've been running CentOS 4.2 flawlessly for about two weeks now > under extremely heavy load, and we haven't seen any problems.Yea... That's a bit out of my price range. I'm looking for cheap boards. -- Bowie
On Fri, 2006-02-24 at 12:24 -0500, Bowie Bailey wrote:> I have been building my systems with Abit IS-10 motherboards, but NewEgg has > stopped carrying them, so I need to switch to something new. > > Does anyone have any recommendations on a solid motherboard that works well > with CentOS? I need a motherboard with built-in video, LAN, and SATA. I > don't need RAID or any other fancy features, just something cheap and solid. > > I've been looking around, but there are lots of boards that look like they > would work and I know nothing about any of them. I was just wondering what > you guys are using.I know for sure I have seen Abit motherboards at Tigerdirect.com. John