OT motherboard/cpu suggestions sought

[Greg Madden]

On Tuesday 06 December 2005 12:09, Todd Slater wrote:
> Well, the computer I built about 6 years ago is on its last legs and
> I'm looking to build another, but quite a lot has changed since I
> built my last one! I rather prefer to stick with AMD processors, but
> don't know whether to go with an AMD 64 or not. Also, what mobo
> chipset should I be looking for? If possible, I'd like to get a mobo
> with onboard sound and video to save a few $$ to start. Any "gotchas"
> I should be aware of in terms of using it with Ubuntu?
>
> This will be a family computer we'll use for photo organizing/editing,
> cd/dvd backup, and mostly general office apps--no gaming here.
>
> Feel free to respond off-list to keep the chatter down.
>
> TIA,
>
> Todd

If you stick with AMD, good thing to do imho, you will get a 64/32 bit cpu. 
The newerAMD's run 32 bit OS & 64 bit equally well for many situations. Not 
sure but AMD might not be making a pure 32 bit cpu anymore.


As for hardware there are many good choices, the only caveat is buying 
hardware not supported by Linux, still possible to do, so some research is 
advisable.
-- 
Greg Madden