[nylug-talk] Mobo /cpu recommendation

[jh]

anthonyriga wrote:
> The AMD
> stuff looks good and 64 bit might be the way to go and
> I will run 32bit Linux. This way I can be proactive
> for future needs. I am looking to spend about 250.00
> range. Some of parts I can get myself..  Any
> suggestions? 
> 

I've had generally good luck with the following combos:

* AMD CPU and VIA chipsets
* Intel CPU and Intel chipsets

You should certainly be able to find a combo that has a proc that 
supports AMD64 and hits the price mark.

One combo that I've avoided has been anything with an Nvidia chipset - 
can anyone comment how well those are supported these days? What parts 
of the chipset are well supported now (I know that some of the stuff - 
Ethernet, at least - had to be backwards engineered for kernel drivers).

jh