On 3/10/06, Damian Gerow <dgerow@afflictions.org> wrote:
... I've contemplated going the quad-NIC route, but that still doesn't alleviate my two other requirements: RAID card and wireles adapter.
yeah, for this you'd need the on board cardbus for wireless card, then use the two PCI slots for the RAID card and quad-NIC. as a plus, the boards with the cardbus slot usually have a compact flash port underneath if you want a diskless system.
What distinguishes the C5P from the C3? Aside from specs, I mean: how would I be able to identify one? (It's almost as if VIA is trying to kill the line off.)
the C3 was a larger fab process and had no padlock engine (neither entropy or AES). it's difficult to differentiate between a mainboard using a C3 and a mainboard using the C5. this drives me nuts! you have to look for the keyword "Nehemiah" or verify part/model #'s. and then Nehemiah may refer to either the C5XL or C5P core (C5XL == single entropy source, C5P == two entropy sources and AES)