Linux-Gnostic
05-08-2001, 06:04 AM
Here is a quick survey for those who use and AMD Athlon CPU.
Q1- Which Athlon CPU do you use? (Include speed...)
Q2- Which Board is the above CPU mounted on? (please include full name and thechnical specifications, if you can)
Q3- Which Linux Distro do you use?
Q4- Please comment on performance, ease of installation, upgradability (i.e. possibility to add new hardware), compatibility with future MB trends...
I introduced myself here: http://www.linuxnewbie.org/cgi-bin/ubbcgi/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=1&t=018331
I wish to build a box for Linux to serve as a home/internet server, i.e. connect my old box to it and use it as a server for my homepage on the internet (not expecting many hits...).
I have been advised to use a AMD Athlon CPU.
I found out that the AMD K7-1G(133) CPU sells here (Taiwan, Republic of China) for NT$5000 (i.e. 181Euro or US$164). Is it the same as Athlon T-bird 1.0GHz/266 ??? (selling for US$135 here:http://www.sharkyextreme.com./hardware/weekly_cpu/)
I have started to look for a main board to stick the CPU on. I have spent dozens of hours reading what I could (including HOWTO) on the topic. Now I am really getting confused. Some documents say that any mb is good (except the cheapest) but others argue that the mb is the core of the computer and should be choosen carefully, paying attention that there is no shadow RAM, choosing one with a good BIO chip, with enough ports for future developement and running at a speed as least equal to that of the CPU....
To complicate things further, the boards I saw on the front stores here (I went to town, to a street where there are only computer hardware dealers...) are not the same as the ones I read about on the web. The AMD web site didn't help much: http://www1.amd.com/athlon/mbl and doesn't mention Linux compatibility (the HOWTOs lack details on the topic or they are out of date).
A vendor made a strong case for me to puchase a Soltek SL-75KAV(133) board which supposedely has good benchmark results. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to find much information on the web about Soltek mb. The Link: http://www.soltek.com.tw/English/products/77kv.htm is broken and the companie's web site: www.soltek.com.tw (http://www.soltek.com.tw) requires a plug that I don't have and that I can't install because my current, very old box's HD is full (it went down to 0MG last week and crashed and I had to erase many documents and reinstall Win98... That's the reason why I was thinking it's about time for me to get the linux box I've been dreaming about for such a long time...). All I get is a black screen... (I have been thinking for a long while that it is really stupid for commercial companies to create "cool" sites but shutting off potential or existing customers in the process!!!) I'd be grateful if anyone could get in for me and pull out relevant technical data and forward them to me as txt or html...
So far the only thing I know is that a guy named Hungarian, a member of this community, has succesfully installed Linux on a machine that included a soltek mb.
I have a similar problem with the AMD web site where the most interesting documentation is in Pdf format, which I cannot use (can't install Acrobat Reader on my crowded HD). I am particularly interested in the following ones: http://www.amd.com/products/cpg/athlon/pdf/cooling_guide.pdf, http://www.amd.com/products/cpg/athlon/pdf/quick_ref_faq.pdf , http://www.amd.com/products/cpg/athlon/pdf/athlon-duron_checklist3.pdf , as well as all of the documents available here: http://www1.amd.com/athlon/config , if someone could forward it to me as txt, I'd be grateful.
Meanwhile, if you use or know about Soltek mb, any info would be helpful.
Your replies to the above survey will help a lot too.
Thanks to all for all you help.
Q1- Which Athlon CPU do you use? (Include speed...)
Q2- Which Board is the above CPU mounted on? (please include full name and thechnical specifications, if you can)
Q3- Which Linux Distro do you use?
Q4- Please comment on performance, ease of installation, upgradability (i.e. possibility to add new hardware), compatibility with future MB trends...
I introduced myself here: http://www.linuxnewbie.org/cgi-bin/ubbcgi/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=1&t=018331
I wish to build a box for Linux to serve as a home/internet server, i.e. connect my old box to it and use it as a server for my homepage on the internet (not expecting many hits...).
I have been advised to use a AMD Athlon CPU.
I found out that the AMD K7-1G(133) CPU sells here (Taiwan, Republic of China) for NT$5000 (i.e. 181Euro or US$164). Is it the same as Athlon T-bird 1.0GHz/266 ??? (selling for US$135 here:http://www.sharkyextreme.com./hardware/weekly_cpu/)
I have started to look for a main board to stick the CPU on. I have spent dozens of hours reading what I could (including HOWTO) on the topic. Now I am really getting confused. Some documents say that any mb is good (except the cheapest) but others argue that the mb is the core of the computer and should be choosen carefully, paying attention that there is no shadow RAM, choosing one with a good BIO chip, with enough ports for future developement and running at a speed as least equal to that of the CPU....
To complicate things further, the boards I saw on the front stores here (I went to town, to a street where there are only computer hardware dealers...) are not the same as the ones I read about on the web. The AMD web site didn't help much: http://www1.amd.com/athlon/mbl and doesn't mention Linux compatibility (the HOWTOs lack details on the topic or they are out of date).
A vendor made a strong case for me to puchase a Soltek SL-75KAV(133) board which supposedely has good benchmark results. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to find much information on the web about Soltek mb. The Link: http://www.soltek.com.tw/English/products/77kv.htm is broken and the companie's web site: www.soltek.com.tw (http://www.soltek.com.tw) requires a plug that I don't have and that I can't install because my current, very old box's HD is full (it went down to 0MG last week and crashed and I had to erase many documents and reinstall Win98... That's the reason why I was thinking it's about time for me to get the linux box I've been dreaming about for such a long time...). All I get is a black screen... (I have been thinking for a long while that it is really stupid for commercial companies to create "cool" sites but shutting off potential or existing customers in the process!!!) I'd be grateful if anyone could get in for me and pull out relevant technical data and forward them to me as txt or html...
So far the only thing I know is that a guy named Hungarian, a member of this community, has succesfully installed Linux on a machine that included a soltek mb.
I have a similar problem with the AMD web site where the most interesting documentation is in Pdf format, which I cannot use (can't install Acrobat Reader on my crowded HD). I am particularly interested in the following ones: http://www.amd.com/products/cpg/athlon/pdf/cooling_guide.pdf, http://www.amd.com/products/cpg/athlon/pdf/quick_ref_faq.pdf , http://www.amd.com/products/cpg/athlon/pdf/athlon-duron_checklist3.pdf , as well as all of the documents available here: http://www1.amd.com/athlon/config , if someone could forward it to me as txt, I'd be grateful.
Meanwhile, if you use or know about Soltek mb, any info would be helpful.
Your replies to the above survey will help a lot too.
Thanks to all for all you help.