Serverworks makes awesome chipsets, but you talked about doing Raid. You might want the second board with the built-in Raid option. The only problem I see with your second board is the Marvell NIC chipset. Not saying they are all bad, but I had lots of problems with a couple of models of Gateway computers with Marvell NICs. Check to see if there are any Linux driver problems with those. Otherwise, either one should be fine.

-----Original Message----- From: On Behalf Of hanasaki Sent: Monday, December 19, 2005 7:23 PM

Any input/thoughts on the below two motherboards and quality, performance etc of the chipsets and Linux support?

thanks

========================== CPU: Supports AMD Opteron 1** 939 pin(dual-core OK)

Memory: Up to 8GB of DDR/400, 333 unbuffered in 4 DIMMS.

Integrated with: Dual Gigabit LAN Ethernet Broadcom 5704C USB 2.0 (Universal Serial Bus) ports with max 480Mbps data ATI Rage XL VGA video controller. Serverwork HT1000 controller supporting 4 ports SATA-2 one IDE --Ultra DMA/100. 2 USB ports IPMI 2.0 remote management option

Chipset: ServerWorks HT1000

=============================== CPU: one µPGA 939-pin socket only; supports AMD Athlon 64, Athlon 64 FX, and Opteron (Dual-Core OK) 939 processors

Memory: Up to 8GB of DDR/400, 333 unbuffered in 4 DIMMS.

Integrated with: one Gigabit LAN Ethernet Broadcom 5721 one Marvell 88E1111-CAA PHY + nVIDIA MAC 10/100/1000 Ethernet 4x USB 2.0 (Universal Serial Bus) ports with max 480Mbps data ATI Rage XL VGA video controller. Serial ATA (SATA) Host controllers embedded * Supports four ports running at 3.0Gb/s * RAID 0, 1, 0+1 and JBOD support Dual IDE --Ultra DMA/133.