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p1800volvo

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Does anybody have a good setup for Linux and AMD? I want to make a linux web server/workstation. Parts should be available from Newegg.

How about an nForce 2 system with a 2500 Barton?

On board video would be great. Micro-ATX is fine. Quiet is a must.

Thanks!
 
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go for the barton 2500+ and the abit nf7-s or the abit an7. they cost hte same. if u want onboard video, go for the abit nf7-m. together, they are great togeter and easily clocks to 3200+. go for a good case, i recommend antec, and get good fans, then u will have a great server. i'm running mandrake on my 1800+ thoroughbred with ecs motherboard and separate gfx card (geforce 256 32mb), and so far, its really smooth. i'm gonna set it up as my server later on.
 
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AWhackWhiteBoy

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just grab anything,try and stay mainstream. i wouldn't recommend onboard video,get a cheap geforce 2 or mx,you'll be much happier.
 
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Swanny

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I disagree about getting seperate video. If it's just going to be a server, onboard video will do great.
 
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buleyb

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Originally posted by: Swanny
I disagree about getting seperate video. If it's just going to be a server, onboard video will do great.
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ditto. For console use, and no GUI, it'll be great. Even with a GUI, you can do what you need and turn it off when it goes production.
 
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p1800volvo

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I don't need it to plat UT2004, but enough to run X and KDE would be great. UT2004 server? That would be great!
 
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Boonesmi

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via based motherboards have much better driver support for linux then nf2

personally for my linux systems i use via kt600 based boards (asus a7v600)
 
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AFB

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What you're discribing sounds just like the system I built but more powerful.
Linux rig:
AMD 1.3 duron
512MB kingston sdram
Antec Sonata case
ECS good 'ol K7S5A
Some cheap a55 video card I found
80gb WD harddrive.


Overall it works fine as a "graphical server".
 
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Zepper

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There are only two reasonably priced mobos for AMD that I consider suitable for serious work: 1-Soltek KT600; 2- Tyan S2495AN/ANRS. They both support ECC RAM and the Tyan also supports registered memory (let me know if you run across any others) in case you want to use all 4 of its RAM sockets. For Linux, the ATI Radeon 7000 w/DDR memory works very well (actually almost anything in the Radeon line works well, if you need more than what the 7k can do) and is inexpensive.
.bh.
 
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AWhackWhiteBoy

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i don't think the ATI linux drivers could touch Nvidia's though, esp considering Nvidia widely uses linux.
 
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dont get the GA-7VT600-L
its one of the early kt600 boards and doesnt come with SATA ports

as far as kt600 based boards go. i really like the asus, soltec, and aopen. but for cheap, the ecs and dfi boards also look pretty nice (just dont expect much in overclocking on an ecs board)
 
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nitromullet

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Either an nForce2 or a VIA board and a 2500+ will be fine for what you want to do. The onboard video with the nForce2 IGP is equivalent to a GeForce4 MX. This would be more than enough to run X and KDE.
 
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AWhackWhiteBoy

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i don't know much about the onboard video on the nforce, however i personally know i would NEVER use the onboard via stuff. i did it for a pc i built for a friend and it was a horrible mistake.

what kind of core did they cram into the chip? does it lean a lot on the CPU like the Via ones do?
 
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n0cmonkey

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You don't need much for a home webserver. But if you want a decent board, I'd go with one of the dual athlon boards. I've got an older one with just 1 cpu in it now. Works great.
 
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Originally posted by: AWhackWhiteBoy
i don't know much about the onboard video on the nforce, however i personally know i would NEVER use the onboard via stuff. i did it for a pc i built for a friend and it was a horrible mistake.

what kind of core did they cram into the chip? does it lean a lot on the CPU like the Via ones do?
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the via boards he was looking at are kt600 based (which means they dont have onboard video)

but as a side note the onboard video on the km400 (and newer) via chipsets is actually very good.. its NOT designed for gaming, so if your a gamer then its a bad choice. but its designed for multimedia (and it does a very good job, especially with built in hardware decoding/encoding)
 
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AWhackWhiteBoy

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Originally posted by: n0cmonkey
You don't need much for a home webserver. But if you want a decent board, I'd go with one of the dual athlon boards. I've got an older one with just 1 cpu in it now. Works great.
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Sacrilegious! AMD cpus are so cheap! put another in there!
 
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AWhackWhiteBoy

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Originally posted by: n0cmonkey
You don't need much for a home webserver. But if you want a decent board, I'd go with one of the dual athlon boards. I've got an older one with just 1 cpu in it now. Works great.
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Sacrilegious! AMD cpus are so cheap! put another in there!
 
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Provantage has the Tyan for $106.. But if you must buy from newegg, the MSI KT600 mobos are considered the top performers in the category. I would go with either the MSI or the Abit before the Gigabyte because they both have the P4 Aux connector, so you won't need a hefty PSU - Gigabyte lacks it.
. Just to drive the point home, NO other KT400/600 based mobo than the two I listed in my first message supports ECC (even though it has been a standard feature of the KT series chipsets since at least the 266). And now I'm not so sure of the Soltek, as I can't find my reference to it, and whenever I went to buy one newegg has been OOS. Soltek had a US office, but they packed up and went back to Taiwan. Perhaps newegg is doing a direct import on them. It's too bad as their quality was among the best.
I have sent a query to their TechSupport mailbox.
.bh.
 
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sharq

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Are you planning on building a new system and using it only as a linux box? Or are you looking at building something that you will gradually migrate over to?
Get a 2500+ for the faster fsb, 512mb ram is plenty for linux. I would say get a seperate video card, you can get a 32mb ddr radeon or gf2mx for ~$30. It may be 30 bucks more than an all-in-one board, but you can get something you want, and upgrade if/when you want. Stick with main stream hardware, and preferably technology that's been out for a year now (auto-detection during install is probably the easiest way to go).
Example: K7S5A's on board sound and lan is auto detected on install (I don't know how much of a difference on the pro board).
 
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Zepper

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Well, Soltek has sent me a reply already! Unfortunately in the negative. No ECC.. Darn, I wonder where I found that info.
.bh.
 
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