Quiet/silent AMD Socket 939 motherboard

[monstermunch]

I'm trying to find an AMD Socket 939 motherboard that is either silent (no fans) or has very quiet fans. I obviously want it to perform well too. Also, I need it to use nforce4, as this has the best support in Linux. I was going to get the Asus A8N-E but have been told it is very noisy. What motherboards would people recommend?

Also, I'm planning to buy a passively cooled 7600GT graphics card. If I were to get a passively cooled motherboard as well, is my case going to get excessively hot? I'm planning to mount them in a Antec P180 and want to run it on the low fan setting and I've heard it has very good airflow so it sounds like it should be OK.

Thanks.

 

[SDPlissken]

monstermunch these may fit the bill.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813128306 Gigabyte GA-K8N-SLI ATX
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813127207 ABIT AN8 SLI ATX
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131540 ASUS A8N-SLI Premium
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813127225 ABIT KN8 SLI
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813128301 Gigabyte GA-K8N Pro-SLI
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813127232 ABIT AN8 32X
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813130037 MSI K8N Diamond Plus
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131568 ASUS A8N32-SLI Deluxe

These two you can always just turn the onboard video off, and run your own pci-e videocard.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813157085 ASRock 939NF4G-SATA2
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813138264 BIOSTAR TForce6100-939

Hope this helps

 

[monstermunch]

Wow, thanks for all the links!

I've been looking at the Abit AN8 SLI as this has passive cooling, it's not expensive and the features seem good (PCI-Ex16, 3 PCI slots, SATA II, AMD cool and quiet). I'm just trying to find out if it works under Linux now.

Thanks again.

 

[SDPlissken]

these sites maybe of some help
http://forum.abit-usa.com/index.php?
http://www.planetamd64.com/index.php?showtopic=19648
http://www.driverheaven.net/showthread.php?t=83740

 

[wacki]

Why has nobody mentioned this?
A8R32-MVP Deluxe
http://usa.asus.com/products4.aspx?l1=3&l2=15&l3=0&model=744&modelmenu=1

It has amazing scores on the I/o and PCMark2005.
http://www.anandtech.com/showdoc.aspx?i=2697&p=7

 

[FireTech]

Originally posted by: wacki
Why has nobody mentioned this?
A8R32-MVP Deluxe

Probably because the OP wants an nForce 4 board to work under Linux and the ASUS is an ATI chipset board. If we'd been talking ATI, I'd have suggested AT8/AT8 32X.

 

[wacki]

heh...... that's what I get for speed reading.

 

[Basilisk]

I presume you aren't interested in SLI under Linux, despite your m/b favorite. You might consider the uATX MSI K8NGM2-FID discussed here, too: http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...atid=29&threadid=1803985&enterthread=y

It only has 2 PCI, 1 PCI-e/16, and 1 PCI-e/1, however, and its overclocking tools are limited.