Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 12:39:30 +0100 From: Dieter <freebsd@sopwith.solgatos.com> To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Choosing a mainboard, anyone running a Tyan Tomcat K8E 2865 ? Message-ID: <200507201939.TAA15920@sopwith.solgatos.com>
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Is anyone running a Tyan Tomcat K8E 2865 ? http://www.tyan.com/products/html/tomcatk8e.html Like it? Hate it? Problems? The Tomcat K8E 2865 has the best combination of features (for my needs) I've found so far. Alternately, are there similar boards I should consider? Required: AMD64 multiple 5 Volt PCI slots (the more the better) supports ECC (word is some boards don't, e.g. traces left out) decent quality/reliablilty Desired: SATA (more than 4 would be nice, this is one weak point of the 2865 for me) onboard video & audio gig-ethernet USB firewire PCI-e (for future) (the more the better) more than 1 RS-232 port supports Cool-n-Quiet Would be nice, but I don't expect to get it: more than 7 total expansion slots (PCI + PCI-e) I'm not married to the ATX form factor SCSI Not required: parallel port floppy gaming overclocking fashionable color scheme
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