[Pc_Support] MB/CPU combo for general office use

[Tim McDonough]

So, do you have some of these for sale? Which brand?

Tim

Bryan J. Smith wrote:
> Tim McDonough <tim at mcdonough.net> wrote:
> 
>>I'm looking for recommendations on a good deal for
>>motherboard and CPU combos for general office type
>>applications.
> 
> 
> Funny you should ask ... I have an extra mainboard+CPU combo,
> all tested and ready-to-go.  ;-ppp
> 
> 
>>Need a built-in LAN and video.
> 
> 
> nVidia GeForce 61x0 + nForce 4x0 is low-cost and proven.
> 
> The GF6100+nF410 starts at $50.
> The nF430 has GbE and starts at around $65.
> 
> 64-bit NUMA/HyperTransport AMD Socket-754 CPUs start at just
> over $50 as well.  Add whatever DDR SDRAM you want from there
> from PC1600 (DDR200) to PC3200 (DDR400).  PC1600 (DDR200) or
> PC2100 (DDR333) works without slowing down the rest of the
> system. 
> 
> 
>>I have accumulated up 3 ATX machines with motherboards that
>>have various maladies such as dead video, dead LAN ports,
> 
> etc.
> 
>>I'd like to refurb them and be able to use them for 
>>interns and part time help. No exotic apps, just basic word
>>processing and maybe some spreadsheet work along with one
> 
> app
> 
>>for our truck system that has low demands. The machines
> 
> will
> 
>>use WinXP Pro.
>>With most things electronics the rule is "Fast, Reliable,
>>Inexpensive.   Pick any two". I need reliable and
> 
> inexpensive.
> 
> The GF6100+nF410 is definitely reliable, inexpensive and,
> surprisingly, pretty fast.
> 
> 
>>Quiet would be a plus.
> 
> 
> All the GF6100+nF410 mainboards I've seen are 100% passively
> cooled.  The CPU will then have a fan, but you can get fairly
> largely and slower RPM (quiet) ones.  The stock retail ones
> aren't bad at all AFAIAC.
> 
> 
> 


-- 
Tim