[Asterisk-Users] Motherboard and processor recommendations

[Chris]

    Generally I have used Intel Chipsets on ASUS motherboards.     I've always used Kingston RAM.      I've used Intel P4 CPU on S478 and LGA775.
The Asus boards almost always have NIC and sometimes on board VGA.   I've not had any problems with the hardware.


Regards,


Chris

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Soner Tari" <list at kulustur.org>
To: "Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion" <asterisk-users at lists.digium.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2005 3:02 PM
Subject: [Asterisk-Users] Motherboard and processor recommendations


> Hi All,
> 
> For sometime now I've been searching the wiki and googling, but I think I'm 
> missing some of the very important answers. So I'll have to ask this to the 
> list.
> 
> I'm trying to decide on the right motherboard and processor. Here are my 
> questions:
> 
> 1. Would I have problems with all-onboard motherboards (Onboard VGA, 
> LAN/GLAN, Sound, SATA, RAID) ? I've read the comment about an Onboard VGA on 
> wiki.
> 
> 2. Which chipset should I prefer: Intel, SiS or VIA? I've read the old SiS 
> chipset problem on wiki.
> 
> 3. Which processor has the least support problems: P4 (478 or LGA775, or 
> even EMT64) or AMD64 ? For example, in G729 config file Athlon comment reads 
> as "untested" (so far I don't have problems), and there is no config option 
> for AMD64 at all. There is no mention of EMT64 either. Is anything processor 
> dependant in codecs/transcoding, echo cancellation, busy detect and similar 
> software, i.e. in dsp routines in general ?
> 
> 4. How important is the number of PCI slots? I mean, considering that I've 
> read some comments on this list, which do not recommend more than 2 TDM 
> cards on a single system (right?), 2-3 PCI slots should be enough, is this 
> correct? (But beware this also means an all-onboard motherboard, in most 
> cases.)
> 
> I think this is a very complicated issue, and given so many variables 
> perhaps luck plays an important part.
> 
> I'd like to hear your experiences. Any links I wasn't able find are welcome 
> too.
> Thanks,
> Soner 
> 
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