mobo with onboard graphics

[b0redom]

Hi All,
I'm in the process of building a new NAS box. I've been canabalising parts from my old Fujitsu Siemens box. Unfortunately Fujitsu-Siemens mount their motherboards on the opposite side of the case from the rest of the world, so I need a new motherboard.

Can someone recommend me a motherboard which will support an E2160 CPU, with at least 6 SATA ports and onboard VGA and onboard gigabit ethernet. It has to support Linux too.

Cheers...

b0redom

[kingpotnoodle]

In my experience solid linux support would come from an Intel chipset, I'd suggest perhaps a G31/33/41/43...

6 SATA's is rare on cheaper G31/41 mATX I think because they use ICH7, but the G33/43 use something later, ICH 8/9/10 or something...

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Asus-...-Micro-ATX-VGA

Something like that would serve well I think.

[aidanjt]

AMD boards are fast becoming solid on the graphics front as well. And basically, you don't need accelerated graphics for servers. Most *nix servers don't need an X server installed at all. So either AMD or Intel chipset boards will do.

[spoon_]

Which form factory you're after dude?

If mATX - Gigabyte GA-G33M-DS2R is a great board...