[ale] Mobo + Intel chip recommendations, please

[Jamey Owens]

Any idea what kind of price range you're looking to fit into?

There aren't a whole lot of chips out from intel right now at or above 3Ghz 
so you're looking at either the Conroe E6850 or Wolfdale E8400/E8500.

One of the better choices out right now is something the Asus P5K line for 
around $120-$160 if you want to go P35 chipset with the Conroe.  65nm chip 
but the boards should support 45nm if you decide to move up in the future. 
Alternately if you run with the gigabyte recommendation they have the 
GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3L for around 90 and a couple other choices around that 
range, less options in setup but not bad boards.

If you're looking at the wolfdales might as well go for the X38 or X48 
chipsets now.  Haven't used any of them to give comment but liked the looks 
of the Asus P5E.

-JO

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Popovitch" <yahoo at jimpop.com>
To: "Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts" <ale at ale.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2008 9:20 PM
Subject: [ale] Mobo + Intel chip recommendations, please


> Need to replace a dead Mobo/CPU combo... was Asus A8N-E w/ AMD Athlon
> 1800 (~2.2Ghz) dual core, would like to move to an Intel 3Ghz dual
> core or greater.  BUT.... don't want to heat the house with the thing
> ;-)    "Power saving" features aren't important as the PC is either
> 100% used or hibernated/shutdown, although low power consumption is
> appreciated.   Need 4 SATA ports, at least 1 ATA port, no built-in
> video necessary, an a PCIE-16x port.     Any recommendations?
>
> Thx,
>
> -Jim P.
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