[SOLVED] Mboard recommendation needed

easycoder · 10-28-2010, 10:24 AM

Hi

I need to install 32-bit Centos 5.5 (long story) on a new box I'm going to spend $500 on or so (no OS) so it'll be a 64 bit chip.

Any issues with that? I'm looking at AMD Phenom quad core later chipsets..

Can anyone recommend a motherboard - not bleeding edge

Thanks

carlosinfl · 10-28-2010, 11:23 AM

No issues with installing 32-bit CentOS on a 64-bit chip since CentOS has mixed packages.

I would recommend the following:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813128451

I have it running Linux and it's an amazing motherboard. Nothing too bleeding edge but works amazingly fast. Nothing but great reviews & warranty is very nice. Only feature I am missing is a dual 1000 Mbps for NIC redundancy / failover. There are more / better boards out there so check around. This was just my personal recommendation.

TobiSGD · 10-28-2010, 11:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by carlosinfl

No issues with installing 32-bit CentOS on a 64-bit chip since CentOS has mixed packages.

I think you are confusing it with running 32-bit apps on a 64-bit OS. You don't need special packages to run a 32-bit OS on a 64-bit X86-CPU, because the 64-bit part is only an extension to the classical 32-bit core. Otherwise it would be impossible to run Windows XP 32-bit on modern machines, because it has no 64-bit packages.