From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Oct 9 21:31:06 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: 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 3A8F716A41F for ; Sun, 9 Oct 2005 21:31:06 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from infofarmer@gmail.com) Received: from zproxy.gmail.com (zproxy.gmail.com [64.233.162.198]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 20B3843D5E for ; Sun, 9 Oct 2005 21:31:04 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from infofarmer@gmail.com) Received: by zproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id z31so71260nzd for ; Sun, 09 Oct 2005 14:31:03 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=tmEsdvO3X2VP6y20BLGX+K6AQtHMy4Pf5fYcI4wYcwz0rUGRbFm29XVLK1WmtMdyiZhW4ONe3lKZ6m2RbVxO4RN5DfUWjSM6PHBZqKgWiOAl+qR5DQm+Lp8FyerCz5nNabEF0jMcrsiP6zYlQZIFmo05VvTNd3N0cOwJRdFb8as= Received: by 10.36.139.17 with SMTP id m17mr3054344nzd; Sun, 09 Oct 2005 14:31:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.37.20.34 with HTTP; Sun, 9 Oct 2005 14:31:03 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 01:31:03 +0400 From: "Andrew P." To: Live-Wire In-Reply-To: <434989E0.8080401@echotrace.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline References: <4348E078.8050602@echotrace.com> <434989E0.8080401@echotrace.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: Cheap Hardware for Home Network 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: Sun, 09 Oct 2005 21:31:06 -0000 On 10/10/05, Live-Wire wrote: > Andrew P. wrote: > > >On 10/9/05, Live-Wire wrote: > > > > > >>I'm building a new box specifically do take care of a lot of things on > >>my home network; dns, qmail, > >>apache, sftp, printer server, a fileserver, etc. Some of the services, > >>like apache, will also be exposed to > >>the internet, but only for the use of friends and family. And most > >>important, I'm doing this all on the cheap - > >>for less than$600 (and the less, the better). I was wondering what sort > >>of hardware setups people could > >>recommend? Priceis the #1 consideration, followed by reliability, then > >>speed. But that doesn't mean > >>I want to neglect the latter two- what sort of specs should I be > >>shooting for? What is necessary for the kind > >>of activities I want to do. > >> > >>I'm hellbent on AMD, and the Sempron 3100+ (754) is looking pretty > >>sharp. I have a GeForce4 Ti 4600 lying > >>around that I can stick in, but because I want to use 2 SATA 150 > >>hardrives in RAID 1, finding an AGP 4X > >>mobo with 754 and SATA w/ RAID 1 is neigh impossible. So it looks like > >>my best bet is to find > >>a mobo with onboard gigabit ethernet, video, and sound (only the first > >>of which is important), but that still > >>limits me apropos the 754 cpu and the SATA. > >> > >>So again, this is a nice opportunity to buy hardware specifically > >>tailored for what I am using it for - I have zero > >>concern for expandability. What is the best fit? > >> > >>Thanks - > >>JNK > >>_______________________________________________ > >>freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > >>http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > >>To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd= .org" > >> > >> > >> > > > >I have Gigabyte K8VT800 Pro motherboard > >(http://www.giga-byte.com/Motherboard/Products/Products_GA-K8VT800%20Pro= .htm) > >and Sempron 2500+ (256Kb cache, 64-bit, SSE3) > >on my file-server. For me - it's a wonderful combination. > >With an updated BIOS firmware it supports up to > >10 disk devices (8 IDE + 2 SATA), Gigabit > >network and is rock-solid. I run FreeBSD/i386 on > >it, but I tried amd64 before - and it works great. > > > >It's quite cheap ($60 for the board, $60 for the > >box version of the CPU), and it certainly rocks, > >believe me. BTW, it should support your Ti > >4600! > > > > > >Cheerz, > >Andrew P. > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks Andrew, but just one question: the specs claim only to have 4 IDE > slots in addition to the 2 SATA, > not 8. Am I looking at the same thing as you? > > Thanks, > JNK > 4 IDE slots allow for up to 8 devices, 2 SATA slots allow 2 devices, that sums up to 10. Have a nice day, Andrew P.