From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 14 20:58:10 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 007A016A420; Tue, 14 Mar 2006 20:58:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pgiessel@mac.com) Received: from smtpout.mac.com (smtpout.mac.com [17.250.248.46]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F302F43D5D; Tue, 14 Mar 2006 20:58:08 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from pgiessel@mac.com) Received: from mac.com (webmail09-en1 [10.13.10.98]) by smtpout.mac.com (Xserve/8.12.11/smtpout10/MantshX 4.0) with ESMTP id k2EKw8Gl007047; Tue, 14 Mar 2006 12:58:08 -0800 (PST) Received: from webmail09 (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mac.com (Xserve/webmail09/MantshX 4.0) with ESMTP id k2EKw7PR000411; Tue, 14 Mar 2006 12:58:08 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <12569617.1142369887859.JavaMail.pgiessel@mac.com> Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 11:58:07 -0900 From: Peter Giessel To: Andrew Fremantle in-reply-to: <44172AC5.8070400@skyhawk.ca> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit references: <44172AC5.8070400@skyhawk.ca> X-Originating-IP: 158.145.111.132/instID=121 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Motherboard for new Socket 939 fileserver X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 20:58:10 -0000 On Tuesday, March 14, 2006, at 11:43AM, Andrew Fremantle wrote: >Here are my requirements >Socket 939 >At least four SATA headers >(preferably) At least two PATA headers >PCIe Gigabit Ethernet You didn't mention what brand of processor, but if you are going AMD64, there is a pretty good list of tested motherboards here: http://www.freebsd.org/platforms/amd64/motherboards.html I used Socket 940 Tyan myself, and am a big fan of Tyan, but not as many tested Socket 939 Tyan boards on the list. You should be able to find something that works for you on the list though.