Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2006 08:37:07 -0600 From: Nikolas Britton <nikolas.britton@gmail.com> To: Peter <petermatulis@yahoo.ca> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: motherboard recommendations for 6.0 Message-ID: <ef10de9a0602070637j1aa806ack47994a2a1913a878@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20060203181157.50690.qmail@web60012.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20060203181157.50690.qmail@web60012.mail.yahoo.com>
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On 2/3/06, Peter <petermatulis@yahoo.ca> wrote: > It's time to set up another box to act as file server and I'm at the > crucial motherboard-choice stage. I'm looking for recommendations for an > i386 single-cpu mid-price board that work well with FreeBSD 6.0-stable. = I > don't see the point in buying an Intel cpu but if you do then please make > your point. Thanks a lot. > What board features do you want? and what is a "mid-price" board, entry level server boards start at around $200? What CPU do you want to use? How much RAM do you want? Storage options, ATA, SATA, SATA-II, SCSI U160, SCSI U320, etc.? Buses? Chipset Options, VIA, SIS, AMD, Intel??????
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