Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 01:13:00 +0100 From: "Pål Sommerhein" <paalsom@ifi.uio.no> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Need advice on what motherboard to pick (and SCSI controller + drive) Message-ID: <3652110C.72D7F753@ifi.uio.no>
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I have been thinking of buying either an ASUS or SuperMicro motherboard
(using a PII-350MHz CPU). In particular:
Asus P2B-DS
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Pentium II, 233 - 450 MHz, 440BX chipset, 100MHz frontbus,
DIMM sockets EDO/SDRAM RAM, Ultra DMA/33 controller, 2xUSB,
WakeOnLan(WOL), LM780 chip, Award Flash BIOS, Slot One
1xAGP, 4xPCI, 2xISA, 4xDIMM, Dual Pentium-II, ATX-Design
Integrated onboard AIC-7890 U2W Ultra 2 SCSI controller.
SuperMicro P6DBS
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Pentium II, 233-400MHz, 440BX chipset, 1xAGP, 4xPCI,
3xISA, EDO/SDRAM RAM, Ultra DMA/33 controller, 2xUSB,
Wake On Lan(WOL), LM780 chip, Award Flash BIOS,
Slot One, ATX-Design.
4xDIMM sockets, integrated onboard AIC-7895 Dual Channel
Ultra Wide SCSI controller.
Any pros/cons?
Should I go for an onboard SCSI controller(host adapter)?
Are harddisks from IBM ok?
I was thinking of:
IBM SCSI UltraStar 9ES 4,5GB DDRS-34560W,
7.5ms, 512kB, 7200 rpm, UW-SCSI
Any suggestions on graphics card?
What about CD-rewritable CD-roms?
(like Philips CDR3600, CD-Rewritable, Internal SCSI,
2x write CD-R, 2x CD-RW, 6x read. )
Any other thoughts or considerations I ought to make?
Best regards,
Pål
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