From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Nov 17 16:13:36 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA18929 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 17 Nov 1998 16:13:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from pc196s233r1.jancomulti.com (pc196s233r1.jancomulti.com [195.139.233.196]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA18919 for ; Tue, 17 Nov 1998 16:13:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from paalsom@ifi.uio.no) Received: from ifi.uio.no (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pc196s233r1.jancomulti.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id BAA00663 for ; Wed, 18 Nov 1998 01:13:02 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from paalsom@ifi.uio.no) Message-ID: <3652110C.72D7F753@ifi.uio.no> Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 01:13:00 +0100 From: "Pål Sommerhein" X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2.7-RELEASE i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Need advice on what motherboard to pick (and SCSI controller + drive) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I have been thinking of buying either an ASUS or SuperMicro motherboard (using a PII-350MHz CPU). In particular: Asus P2B-DS ----------- 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 ---------------- 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message