Re: [TCLUG:6233] Builing A System

[Troy Johnson <john1536@tc.umn.edu>]

I have also used Epox motherboards and they are nice, but pay attention
to the amount of onboard cache if you plan to use alot of RAM. Generally
(please correct me if I'm wrong) 512K of cache memory will cache 64MB of
regular memory (1MB -> 128MB, 2MB -> 256MB), or at least on Epox's
Socket 7 VIA Apollo MVP3 boards. The rest will not be cached, making it
slower to access. 

Troy

Scott Dier wrote:
> 
> Ive used the Epox motherboards without trouble.  They have very nice
> configurations and the socket 7 that i got worked with UDMA and the 2.2
> kernel.  Its an overall nice fast and stable board.  Theres an NT box in
> the next room with impressive uptimes (anything over 20 days i think is
> amazing for nt) with an Epox board.  I also use a segate medalist pro hard
> drive, very nice drive.  SCSI-like performance on the IDE bus.   I shall
> warn you though, get a drive cooler if you go for the higher RPM drives.
> Same goes for the newer video cards.  Ditch the passive heatsinks and
> throw some real fans on them.  Cooling will be your biggest problem.
> 
> Scott
> 
> On Tue, 1 Jun 1999, Barnholtz, Brian wrote:
> 
> > I am about to build a new system from scratch, and this will be my first
> > time at this.  Does anyone have any motherboard recommendations to use.
> > I am not afraid to spend money if it is worth it.  Any other help on
> > peripherals would be appreciated.  I want to run Red Hat on this system
> > as well.  I have only used RH & Caldera.  I like RH the best.  Does
> > anyone have any comments on this.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Brian
> >
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