New CPU/Mobo help

Hi,
Its been a while since I've assembled a new computer and could really
use a little help with compatibility issues.

I will be running Suse 11.x and VmWare.
The first question I asked myself Intel or AMD? hmmmm.
I've been using Athlon CPUs for years and have been quite happy with
them but lately intel has seemed to pass them by.
So I figured either the E8400 or Q6600? Recommendations?

Then the motherboard, I've always been an Asus fan but not sure of
compatibility issues? Recommendations of a good stable board? Asus or
Gigabyte
I am not looking for overclocking just a good stable board for around
$150 that I can install suse with no issues.

Video card will definitely be nVidia.
../steve

On Sat, 01 Nov 2008 12:02:31 -0700, Steve typed this message:
[color=blue]
> Hi,
> Its been a while since I've assembled a new computer and could really
> use a little help with compatibility issues.
>
> I will be running Suse 11.x and VmWare. The first question I asked
> myself Intel or AMD? hmmmm. I've been using Athlon CPUs for years and
> have been quite happy with them but lately intel has seemed to pass them
> by. So I figured either the E8400 or Q6600? Recommendations?
>
> Then the motherboard, I've always been an Asus fan but not sure of
> compatibility issues? Recommendations of a good stable board? Asus or
> Gigabyte
> I am not looking for overclocking just a good stable board for around
> $150 that I can install suse with no issues.
>
> Video card will definitely be nVidia. ./steve[/color]

Recommend you post this question to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt or
alt.comp.hardware.homebuilt

Steve wrote:[color=blue]
> Hi,
> Its been a while since I've assembled a new computer and could really
> use a little help with compatibility issues.
>
> I will be running Suse 11.x and VmWare.
> The first question I asked myself Intel or AMD? hmmmm.
> I've been using Athlon CPUs for years and have been quite happy with
> them but lately intel has seemed to pass them by.
> So I figured either the E8400 or Q6600? Recommendations?
>
> Then the motherboard, I've always been an Asus fan but not sure of
> compatibility issues? Recommendations of a good stable board? Asus or
> Gigabyte
> I am not looking for overclocking just a good stable board for around
> $150 that I can install suse with no issues.
>
> Video card will definitely be nVidia.
> ./steve[/color]
Greetings Steve,
I'm running 2 openSUSE machines with Q6600 and GIGABYTE GA-EP35-DS3L
motherboards, nvidia video cards. No issues and the Gigabyte is $89
([url]www.newegg.com[/url]) and I have 4 hard drives with a boot drive and 3 LVM
RAID 5 set up in my servers. Rock solid and cnough speed for what I do.
I use 4 Gb of G. Skill RAM. Make sure you get decent RAM. This is an
older model (now) and you may have some trouble finding it but a more
recent model by Gigabyte should work fine. I wouldn't hesitate. Good luck.
Tom