Cheap mobo that doesn't cause issues with Ubuntu.

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Wed, 15 Feb 2017 09:52:53 -0700, compdoc wrote:
>On 02/15/2017 02:06 AM, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
>
>> Does somebody use on of the following components or could
>> recommend for or against one of those components [1]?  
>
>I use an  A4-6320 APU in a Gigabyte F2A85X-UP4 with no problems. Sound 
>and video and everything works fine.

I'm uncertain. I more or less randomly preferred the AMD A4-7300 over
the A4-6320, because my favourite dealer sells the A4-7300 for 1.55 EUR
less, than the A4-6320 and I couldn't find good comparisons of CPUs in
this price range.

Video is important, the onboard audio device is completely
uninteresting for me, I'll disable it, because I own several pro-sumer
audio interfaces and a professional PCIe audio interface.

>There are much faster systems for around the same cost if you were to 
>buy something new using Intel's cpus and motherboards. And it doesn't 
>have to be the latest models, for example their Pentium G4400 Skylake 
>cpus are wicked fast. For a little less you can get a Celeron.

I don't have a little less money.

>I've never heard of a XILENCE psu, so hopefully it will last more than
>a year. Cheap psus often live about that long.

I don't have bad experiences with cheap PC PSUs, the one I'm using now
most likely is around 10 years old and I even didn't replace a capacitor
or resistor, while most repairs in the last decade I've done were
replacing capacitors in f...ine switching power supplies of audio and
video gear.

Regards,
Ralf