Hardware experiences?

[Meng Cheah]

William Park wrote:

>It seems that all AM2 socket has DDR2 support.  I am considering 
>
>    1.	- Sempron (AM2/2800+), $48
>	- DDR2-800 (2x512), $140
>	- Asus M2N-MX (AM2/nVidia), $99
>
>    2.	- P4-541 (3.2GHz/800MHz), $109
>	- DDR-400 (2x512/2-3-2-5), $155
>	- Asus P5GL-MX (915GL/ICH6), $80
>
>So, it's about the same price.  And, they are the cheapest in Toronto.
>
>It all comes down to chipset.  I'm more comfortable with Intel chipset
>than nVidia.  I would be very interested in hearing any first-hand
>experiences about nVidia + Linux, since all I hear is nVidia + Windows.
>  
>
I'm running a Sempron 2500+ (Socket 754) 1.4 GHz CPU with a nVidia 
nForce 3 250 chipset,
Asus K8N motherboard.

No complaints.

Meng Cheah
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