D. J. Bernstein
Computer hardware

Motherboards

Why I will never buy another Abit motherboard

Computer Date Source Motherboard CPU RAM
muncher 1998-09-30 ASA Computers $199 Asus P2B-L using Intel 440BX $454 Intel P2-350 $996 512MB ECC PC100 Corsair
twog 2000-07-17 Micro X-Press $155 Abit KA7; died after a year, under warranty, because capacitors leaked; replaced by Abit about six weeks after return $497+$19 AMD Athlon-900 + Ultra-Cool CPU fan; replaced by Athlon-850 from thoth, then by Athlon-750 + Cyber-Cool CPU fan $2840 2048MB ECC PC100 four Kingston KVR100X72C2 using Infineon HYB39S256800AT-8 chips
stoneport 2001-02-27 Micro X-Press $447 Intel L440GX+ Slot-1 100MHz FSB $678 two Intel P3-1000 Slot-1 100MHz FSB $488 1024MB ECC PC133 four Kingston KVR133X72C3
forcewall 2001-02-27 Micro X-Press $138 Asus K7V Slot-A $153+$20 AMD Athlon-850 Slot-A + CPU fan $366 768MB ECC PC133 three Kingston KVR133X72C3
thoth 2001-02-27 Micro X-Press $138 Asus K7V Slot-A $153+$20 AMD Athlon-850 Slot-A + CPU fan; replaced by Athlon-900 from twog $366 768MB ECC PC133 three Kingston KVR133X72C3
crystal 2001-02-27 Micro X-Press $260 Asus P4T $509 Intel P4-1400 without memory $904 512MB ECC 400MHz two Samsung MR18R082GAN-CK8
silverton 2001-03-19 Minotaur $124 Asus CUBX-E $236 Intel P3-850 PC100 with fan: BX80526F850256E $476 1024MB ECC PC133 four Corsair CM724S256-133
fireball 2002-03-14 UIC freebie Intel D850GB Intel P4-1900 256MB 400MHz