[Eug-lug] Dell Optiplex 740 experience?

[Quentin Hartman]

On 4/25/07, Mike Cherba <mike.cherba at caviumnetworks.com> wrote:
>
> AMD problems?  What have you been building with?  I'm getting ready ro
> build a NEW box in the next several months and I'd like to know what you
> think I should avoid since I will be going with a Dual core Athlon64
> setup.


All of the problems I've run into have been related to onboard ATI video or
what I believe to be BIOS bugs that only happen in corner cases (see my
reply to George for more details on that). In both cases, they feel like
solvable problems, the companies involved (HP and ATI) just don't seem to
interested in fixing them. Since you're building, it's easy to avoid onboard
ATI video, and as long as you get a board from a solid manufacturer, BIOS
bugs should be rare. Just about anything from ASUS, Tyan, or MSI will likely
serve you well. There are others of course, those just happen to be my three
favorites. When you get closer to the actual I'd love to chat about it with
you. My housemate and I track the COTS component market pretty closely. Even
though I don't do builds for work (takes too long, support / RMA  is too
much of a hassle, etc) all of my personal stuff is "hand crafted with
love"... :D
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-Regards-

-Quentin Hartman-
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