Re: [Sheflug] VIA chipsets for Athlon/Duron mobos

[Will Newton <xxxxx [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tuesday 16 Oct 2001 5:32 pm, you wrote:

> Ability to use DDR RAM - *with ECC*
> Nothing onboard. No sound, no video, no RAID controllers.
>
> Maybe one ISA slot, but all PCI is not a problem (and IIRC they're slightly
> faster than a mixed ISA/PCI system).

Apparently the new AMD MP chipset is very nice. All PCI systems do tend to be 
faster, and ISA is a pain anyway. Trouble is the high end chipset boards 
almost always have lot's o' built in stuff (like the Tyan Thunder K7).

Built in sound and video are good things IMO, because you can always turn 
them off with jumpers or BIOS switches, and they are good for testing etc.

RAID controllers shouldn't be too hard to avoid.
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