hello there.
i want to change my pc for a better one.
so i tought in the amd sempron with a new model motherboard pcchips or asus.
the fedora core 3 functions fine on these hardwares ?
what model low- cost of motherboard can u guys recommend me?
keep in mind that it should be one cheap, but of quality, because it will be a home server, 24-7 turned on.
i would like to keep my 512mb ram dimm (2-128mb and 1-256mb) , but it seems that is hard to find one motherboard that accept a sempron and the these memories. almost all of them only have DDR slots.
so figures. and it need to be a pc that can later be upgraded. i was thinking in a gforce 4mx 64mb that my brother will later change for a 256mb.
so, anyone can give me some tips?
since now i thank u all for the attention.
see ya.

don't try to get a nice fast system with old slow memory (everything being relative of course) 512 of ddr cost me £22 this afternoon... $40?? also stuck a sempron 2600+ in my existing mobo, an msi k7n2-l. really anything midrange will be fine, i'd stick to a known manufacturer, but i really wouldn't worry too much. basically anything you're likely to get is set to be OK. things are pretty much compatible these days. sata is a small exception, but again, less and less each day.

my brother bought 1 gb of ddr memory so he gave me the old ones. but he dont remember the info about them.
well, i managed to get 2 ddr memories (256 mb each). it is samsung, but i dont it is pc2400 or pc2700 (it is 333MHz or 400MHz? dunno, dont know anything about these memories that i get. and they have some kind of "skin" in them, looks like it prevents erosion by salt, i dont know, but because of this i cannot read much in the memories).
my only concern is that the motherboard will be a cheap one and reliable one, because it will work 24-7 and i cannot afford every 6 months or every year to fix it or buy a new one.

oh yes, the motherboard must support memories of the kind that described earlier, because i dont know much about the ones that i got.
^^
see ya.

get an ECS K7S5A and you will not be disappointed. Sure its a bit of an older board but you are looking for something cheap, stable and fast - this board delivers.

anonobomber, it was really a good choice, but the memories it can accept are much lower compared to the ones i have.
the motherboard have to accept memories pc2100,pc2700,pc3200. at least 2100/2700.
and it have to offboard to.
ia have a graphic card and a sound card that i dont wanna waste.