Via C3 based computers revisited

FoulDragon@aol.com wrote:

>In a message dated 2/8/2004 10:31:06 AM US Mountain Standard Time,
>Robert.Wultsch@asu.edu writes:
>1. Does anyone have any experience with tiger direct rebates?
>2. Does anyone have experience with SiS 635 based mobo's under linux?
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>NOBODY has ever said any nice words about Tiger.
>
>I've used 735 boards extensively, not 635. The integrated sound is a bit of
>a PITA, but newer systems are probably better than my old Slackwares were. I
>just added on a $12 sound card because I didn't like the integrated sound
>anyway (of course, that was with a very old 735 board; I understand later ones
>were improved)
>
>If you want a cheap offer, I'd reccomend the $40 special Fry's frequently
>runs. Much better performance (Duron 1600, and it's out the door for less money
>than the pre-rebate price of this monstrosity (from what I heard, the
>processor is SOLDERED!). Again, it may be an issue with sound from what I hear (I
>messed up my partitions pretty badly, and will reinstall when a 2.6 distro comes
>out, so I can't tell)
>
>
The attraction of that mobo to me was the small form factor and the low
power consumtion. I have a tiny IBM netvista case that I would like to
use. It will fit some of the smaller micro-atx board, but it is really a
flex-atx case. It only came with a 95 watt power supple so if I get a
non-via chip then I will have to spend 40 bucks on a new power supply.

Anyone know if the fry's specials are full size micro-atx (~9.5x9.5) or
if they are smaller (~9.5x7.5)? Do they come with video integrated?