On 15/12/05, Todd Cary <todd at aristesoftware.com> wrote: > Not being familiar with chip sets and other factors that "hardware > experts" understand, I am perplexed with the multitude of available > motherboards. Is there a Web site that can be of help or a "strategy"? > > My goal is to replace my motherboard with one that is Centos compatible > and uses a Pentium 4 in the 2 MHz range. As example, when I go to > Mwave, I am presented with this list, but I really do not know what I > should be looking for in the specs. You have a couple of choices. Educate yourself a little on the state of current hardware by reading up for a few days on, for example: http://www.anandtech.com/ http://www.tomshardware.com/ http://arstechnica.com/index.ars http://www.sharkyextreme.com/ etc. etc. Bearing in mind your end use of the system. If it's going to be a desktop or workstation then focus on articles pertaining to those, if you're looking for server hardware concentrate on those. You could also have a browse of the RHEL Hardware Compatibility List: https://hardware.redhat.com/hwcert/index.cgi Or you can wait for the suggestions from list members. :) I'm not bang up-to-date with what's going on in hardware at the moment because I haven't had to purchase in quantity recently but FWIW I like Supermicro boards. You might want to try and avoid anything with Adaptec SCSI controller chipsets, I seem to recall reading they're dropping linux support. Will.