Re: [tlug] Pasokon Koubou

["Eric O. Flores" <eric@example.com>]

Definitevely Adaptec is good Scsi controller.
I also have one old AHA-2910A 9 years or so and still alive! :)

I had little experience with RAID but not on linux boxes.
I did try Aide Raid 66 for IDE using fujitsu "El Cheapo" 20Gb drives they crap 
out fast, probably the quality of them drives.  The same PC is now running 
seagte ST340810A 40GB mirroed for six month now and no problems so far, but 
not as a linux box.  

The one motherboard that I have and use with Redhat is the Iwill Wor-2 it was 
supplied with drivers by the manufacturer while recognized by Redhat never to 
to use it.

Plextor CD's never seen any here in Japan.



On Thursday 19 December 2002 12:46 am, Botond Botyanszki wrote:
> Jonathan Byrne wrote:
> > Strongly seconded.  It's not only a good education, but it ensures
> > you are getting a PC made of standard parts that are easily upgradeable
> > at any time.
>
> The thing is, I have never upgraded (except for buying more memory once).
> Once you upgrade you get a new mobo. That will need a new case and faster
> memory. Well you could keep your pci cards, but usually you video board
> will be outdated buy the time of the "upgrade".
>
> > If you want recommendations, I'm sure TLUGgers would be happy to
> > recommend some of their favorite parts, as well as some of the
> > ones to steer clear of.
>
> I have been satisfied with asus, as well as with my abit kt7 mainboard.
> ASUS is also good at cdrom drives. Not a while ago I got an ASUS dvd
> reader, it's just as good.
>
> > On video cards, my recommendation is a Matrox G450 or G550 unless you
> > are a serious gamer (but if you are, then you're probably not running
> > Linux).  Their 3-D accel doesn't match what you get out of the
> > Nvidia chips and such, but their 2-D is still the best in the business,
> > and 2-D is usually the most important thing for Linux people.
>
> We had this argument on the list a while ago. BTW, is this 2D quality
> difference still true with TFT monitors?
>
> > Check out Tom's Hardware for good mobo reviews.
>
> Yes, this is definitely a good start. Then at least you will now what to
> get at the shop, and you will get what you read.
>
> > onboard Promise RAID (0 and 1),
>
> any experience with IDE RAID? Recently there was an article on /. about
> this, the comments were kinda mixed.
>
> > Plextor CD burners are top-notch, and if you want a SCSI board,
> > Adaptec is the only name you need to know.
>
> This two I'll keep until the end of times :)
>
>
>
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