Seeking advice on Motherboard

[satimis_06]

Hi folks,

I'm preapared to build a 64bit AMD box for TEST purpose NOT for producion. I haven't had a budget in mind but prefer to be economical as possible. My preliminary setup as follows;

CPU 64 bit AMD Athlon 3000+/3200+ 939 socket
RAM 1G DDR400/500
OS Linux/Unix
SATA 80G 7,200rpm HD, 8MD cache memmory

please recommend;
Motherboard - with build-in sound card and "VGA card", if possible to save the cost of a VGA card
VGA - card with DVI input

I will retain the old CDWriter 12x/8x/32x

Any suggestion would be appreciated. TIA

BR and Happy New Year
satimis

 

[the_guru]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813130520

This one has a DVI-connector.

 

[satimis_06]

Hi the_guru,

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813130520

This one has a DVI-connector.

Tks for your advice and link.

Visited the manufacturer's website;
http://www.msi.com.tw/program/products/mainboard/mbd/pro_mbd_detail.php?UID=693

1)
RS482M4-ILD
[Onboard IEEE1394, 10/100 LAN, DVI connector]

2)
Supports Socket 939 for AMD® Athlon™ 64 X2 Dual-Core / Athlon™ 64 FX / Athlon™ 64 processor

I suppose it also supports single core AMD 64 bit CPU.

3)
Chipset
• ATI® Radeon XPRESS 200 (RS482) Chipset
• ATI® SB450 Chipset

Hoping there will be no problem for Linux users in respect of drivers

TIA

B.R.
satimis