From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jul 6 13:18:46 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 393B237B401 for ; Sun, 6 Jul 2003 13:18:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: from cus.org.uk (host213-106-240-81.no-dns-yet.ntli.net [213.106.240.81]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 43E3843FDF for ; Sun, 6 Jul 2003 13:18:45 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dom@cus.org.uk) Received: from cus.org.uk (localhost.cus.org.uk [127.0.0.1]) by cus.org.uk (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h66KIh5h011460; Sun, 6 Jul 2003 21:18:43 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from dom@cus.org.uk) Received: (from dom@localhost) by cus.org.uk (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id h66KIh9v011459; Sun, 6 Jul 2003 21:18:43 +0100 (BST) Date: Sun, 6 Jul 2003 21:18:43 +0100 From: Dominic Marks To: Wilko Bulte Message-ID: <20030706201843.GA8596@cus.org.uk> References: <20030706194548.GA966@freebie.xs4all.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030706194548.GA966@freebie.xs4all.nl> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i cc: FreeBSD hackers list Subject: Re: advise for new mainboard X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 06 Jul 2003 20:18:46 -0000 On 06/07/2003 21:45, Wilko Bulte wrote: > Folks, > > I'm shopping for a P4 mainboard. > > Currently I'm considering a Asus P4P800 (I don't need the RAID from the > Deluxe version) or the Asus P4PE. > > The latter one has a Broadcom gigE NIC, whereas the P4P800 has a 3COM > chip which I think is not currently supported? > > Advise welcome on whether this is a good idea or not. > > Wilko > -- > | / o / /_ _ wilko@FreeBSD.org > |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" I can't offer any review of the hardware you are looking at, but I can say what experience I have had of an Intel 875P based mainboard which is in a Dell Dimension I've just bought. Specification: http://www.intel.com/design/chipsets/875P/ Everything seems to work with recent -CURRENT with the exception of the integrated sound which works with a patch available in Gnats. The performance is excellent, I have a 2.6GHz P4 with HT in this machine and it certainly flies. Hope this is useful, -- Dominic