MSI K8T Neo2-FIR motherboard is a 64 bit AMD 939 motherboard that apparently features full native Linux driver support. Read a review on Newsforge.com

This board lists for about $110 [as of 02-05], you can buy it at zipzoomfly.com.

This is a full featured board, with IDE Raid, SATA Raid, gigabit networking, firewire and usb 2 supported. The
AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Processor Socket 939 runs about $140 at the same site, which would set you back around $260 + ddr and hard drives. Assuming 1 standard IDE drive and 2 mirrored raid drives, plus 1 gigabyte of ddr, you'd be looking at around:

120 - mobo
140 - processor
80 - 512 mB ddr
50 - main OS drive
160 - mirrored data drives
for a total of
550 + case.

Not bad for something that would set you back probably over 1500 if you bought it from dell, ibm or HP.

I haven't built one of these yet, but when I do [prices will be a bit lower by then] it will be a linux only box, so knowing that the mobo will work with linux is a major consideration.
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