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widu
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 Posted: Sun Nov 12, 2006 12:45 pm Post subject: which mobo : asus p5b or p5n 32 sli |
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Hi,
I'm going to buy a new machine, and I've got a problem to decide wich motherboard to select.
a) asus p5b
there's a lot of threads about that jmicron controller on the board and it seams that you still have to use experimentel kernel (like mm) to get ide-drives working. I indeed fear having nothing but trouble with that.
b) asus p5n 32 sli
well i couldn't find a lot of information about this board. it's got an nforce4 chipset. Is there somebody using this board, Are there problems with it?
Just in case it does matter:
the machine I like to build will be
Intel core2duo E6600
2 x SATA Harddrive
1 x IDE DVD burner
Thanks for your answers
widu
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Keruskerfuerst
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| Posted: Sun Nov 12, 2006 1:45 pm Post subject: |
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A Intel based mainboard should be better for the Core2Duo.
You can also buy a 975X based mainboard for this processor. This chipset supports directly a PATA port. |
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kernelOfTruth
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| Posted: Sun Nov 12, 2006 4:15 pm Post subject: |
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| Quote: | 2 x SATA Harddrive
1 x IDE DVD burner |
like Keruskerfuerst wrote, I would also recommend the use of a 975X based mainboard
I use the P5W DH Deluxe, it costs a little more than the others, but it has good overclocking potential,
lots of ports (no parallel   ), wlan, ...
there also exist some real tricky problems with the JMicron-controller:
you can't boot off an ATAPI-Drive on the JMB361, whereas off the JMB363 you can
(hope that matches the truth)
-> this should be the ideal candidate for you
your two SATA-Harddrives can then be connected to:
- the SiliconImage Hardware-Raid (no drivers needed !), working fine here
- the Intel ICH7R (with Intel Matrix Raid / or Linux raid drivers), should do fine, too
- JMicron -> which could make trouble 
the IDE DVD-Burner should run perfectly when attached to the IDE/ATA-Port of the Intel ICH7R
that board should also do fine with official Gentoo LiveCD 2006.1 release
anyone who has experience with Intel Matrix raid on that board + Official Gentoo LiveCD please confirm! 
thanks in advance
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