Re: opinions on Biostar TF550 (was Gigabyte GA-M61VME-S2 mobo)

Actually I would say thats exactly why you SHOULD do motherboard
recommendations.

Thanks!
Sandman


On May 28, 12:32 pm, Paul <nos...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Sandman wrote:
Hmm..I read the reviews for Gigabyte board on newegg..OUCH!

All I'm looking for really is a board for an AMD Athlon X2 4200+ CPU.
I want to spend about 70$ and will be running Centos (Linux) on it,
where I will be testing features of clustered filesystems on it.

This board has a good review on motherboards.org: Biostar TF550. Any
thoughts? I liked the fact that the onboard LAN port was Gig, which
will tide me over until I get a separate Gig card later.

One of the reasons I shouldn't be doing motherboard recommendations,
is because I can find something wrong with virtually everything :-)

BIOSTAR TFORCE 550 Socket AM2 NVIDIA nForce 550 MCP ATXhttp://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138026

That is a full sized ATX motherboard, while the 6100/6150 type
stuff is microATX usually (9.6"x9.6"). There is no built-in video,
so you need your separate video card from day one. Otherwise,
I'd say the reviews on Newegg have the usual mix of DOA and "OK"
ratings. The chipset has a fan, which means it is probably going
to be cooled OK. Only time will tell.

Paul


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