[linux-audio-user] regarding mobos and CPUs

[Russell Hanaghan]

On Thu, 2004-05-06 at 07:44, Dave Phillips wrote:
> Greetings:
> 
>   A client has asked me to get some opinions regarding AMD CPUs and 
> recommended motherboards. He's planning to replace an SMP system that 
> has apparently never worked quite right. He doesn't want another SMP 
> mobo, and a friend is advising him to go with a uniprocessor system 
> built around a recent AMD CPU. The recent JACK problem with AMD CPUs was 
> a revelation for me: I'd never had any problems with AMD chips, but now 
> I'm feeling reluctant to recommend them. Am I just being paranoid, or 
> are there  particular reasons to go with Intel instead of AMD ? My 
> client is considering a P4 instead of the AMD, hence this infoquest...
> 

Just so I can chirp in...

Also Athalon XP 2500. Newer (ish) mobo..Shuttle A39KN. I'm also
overclocking the sucker slightly at 1908mhz and it's seemingly stable.

Foobar on Pentium! :) I gave up spending the extra $100 smackers on them
things 3 boxes ago.

R~

>   Also, what's a recommended motherboard ? Are there any mobos that 
> should definitely be avoided ?
> 
>   TIA for any help you guys can proffer, it's much appreciated.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> dp
> 
>