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Looking for a MoBo that fits my unusual needs

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Atealtha

Junior Member
Hey guys I'm new here. A friend of mine pointed me here, hopefully you guys can help me out.
Here are my requirements. Sorry if it doesn't get your juices flowing, because I don't want all the fancy features heh

It must be/has to have:

Small
2 IDE Slots (that's a given)
Very few PCI slots. The lower the count the better
No ISA slots
Damn reliable
On board video and lan (I prefer the on board vid to just be some cheesy vga thing)

It would be good if:

it has no on board sound
usb or firewire slots
no usb 2

So basically I want something that can cater for a small server. If there is a MoBo without a usb port/firewire/etc. to cut my costs, thats a plus. I plan on using an AMD K6, around the 600-800mhz range. But an Intel is a possibility, so please suggest MoBos for both.

Thanks in advanced.
Glenn
 
Well for one thing, I think you must mean AMD K7 - the K6 line ended with the K6-3+ 550MHz. You'd probably want to go Socket A (462) then. I know there are boards out there that fit your first set of criteria - I worked with some from Biostar already; they had VGA, LAN, and audio built in (a board like this is almost definitely going to have audio onboard).
Maybe something like this would do the trick.
 
IIRC, the K6 series ended at 550mhz, and the slot1 K7 model1, 0.25µm, 1.6V, Slot1 was from 500-700. If you are just looking for a cheap setup for serving files at your house then try the for sale/for trade forum, there's always slightly older hardware on the cheap there.
 
Intel have a MB called the rexburg. D845GERG-2

www.intel.com

Runs Celeron or P4
478pin
FSB 400 / 533
intel 845 Chipset
DDR 333 / 266
Intel Graphics on board and AGP 4 slot
ata 100
Intel 10/100 lan
Micro ATX
3x pci slots

 
ok guys this is what I see so far from newegg.

Buffalo Technology 128MB PC133 SDRAM Memory Module 16X16 - OEM
Specifications:
Type: 168-pin SDRAM
Capacity: 128MB
Speed: PC133
4 Layer DIMM
$24.00

Biostar M7VIG PRO Motherboard for AMD Socket A Processors
Supported CPU:AMD Athlon XP , Athlon and Duron
Chipset:VIA KM266 / VT8235
FSB:200 / 266MHz system interface speed
RAM:Both 2 x 184-pin DDR DIMM and 2 x 168-pin SDRAM DIMM Maximum 2.0 GB PC2100 (DDR266)
IDE:Ultra DMA33/66/100/133
Slots:3 x PCI 1 x AGP 1 x CNR
Ports:1xLPT, 1xCOM, 6xUSB2.0 , 2xPS/2, amd Audio Ports:
Onboard VGA:S3PRO Savage 8 Video Integrated
Onboard Audio AC 97 Audio 6 Channel
Onboard LAN:10/100mbs
$56.00

AMD Athlon Thunderbird 1.1GHz 200MHz Bus Socket A PGA Processor
Specifications:
CPU: 1.1 GHz
Type: Thunderbird
Cache: 256K
BUS: 200MHz
Socket A (PGA)
OEM (Processor Only)
$36.00

now, would by any chance the 200 mHz bottleneck me with viewing videos from this server? I'm going to run linux w/samba. Keep in mind this will actively be an apache server, mySQL server, and ftp server with a ssh daemon running.
Sorry about the Qs, I'm hardware challenged
 
some people in linux channels said all those programs would take up about 40 to 60 megs of ram. I don't know why I would need more
 
Because on top of the program size, you'll want LOTS of buffer space for the database queries and net traffic.
 
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