Re: [tlug] Need purchasing advice for a linux compatible desktop

["Lyle (Hiroshi) Saxon" <ronfaxon@example.com>]

Jim Tittsler wrote:

> On Apr 14, 2006, at 00:34, Lyle (Hiroshi) Saxon wrote:
>
> > ther news - I asked around to see if I could get a better-designed
> > socket-754 motherboard and everyone looked at me sadly like "What time
> > machine did you step out of buddy?" and said they didn't have anything
> > (although one store was selling some socket-754 chips still).
> >    
> Ask better places.  :-)   The Turion 64 has kept some socket 754  
> motherboards available, and even caused a couple of manufacturers to  
> offer newer revisions with more up-to-date LAN/audio support.  An  
> interesting choice if power consumption/quiet cooling is important.
>
> Users Side, T-Zone, and TwoTop all have socket 754 motherboards.
Thanks!  I did wander into T-Zone, but after the responses I received at 
the other places, I didn't ask, but just looked at the boards they have 
in the display case at the back, which were newer designs.  I'll look 
into this some more; as the current applications I'm running don't 
require cutting edge technology, I'd just as soon put that CPU to use.  
The issue of lower power consumption and requiring less cooling I hadn't 
even thought of - thanks for pointing that out!

Lyle