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Linux geeks - review my hardware please

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Calum:
no the odd hardware issue is justified by the critics of linux.
i have a suckM

Brent:
Gigabyte is a good choice for a mobo.  I have built a few computers and the best all around board I have used so far is the gigabyte GA7-dxr.  I use ide0 and 1 for linux and have the raid/scsi for xp and 2000 pro. For some reason if I put linux on the raid set up as ata100, it wont load.. kernel panic.. Im using athlon 1700xp and it is lightning fast.  You probably wont be very happy with the integrated sound.  Im using soundblaster live platinum. The main drivers were recognised immediatly by mandrake 8.1, but the other little goodies for audio editing are another story.  I cant forsee you having any difficulties with your system at all.

Mojo:
As an experienced overclocker - DONT GET INTEGRATED CRAP!

the integrated crap wont take as much overclocking (FSB) as the chipset - meaning you risk blowing the components. And integrated stuff is crap - the LANs usually dont mix well with other types of NIC - and the sound is PATHETIC. I 'upgraded' my AC97 codec integrated sound to an old SB16 and the difference was amazing!

And get Kingston 2700 DDR RAM (or crucial if they are in stock)

gnomez:
I don't mind integrated components (except for video) that are of high quality (which the ones on this motherboard are, according to the reviews) but I found another gigabyte motherboard that is of the KT333 chipset but without the integrated components, so I think I'll go with that.  It costs 30 dollars less so I can buy a cheap sound card and put it in there anyway.

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