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Date:      Fri, 10 Nov 2000 16:15:05 -0800 (PST)
From:      Jin Guojun (DSD staff) <jin@george.lbl.gov>
To:        ken@kdm.org
Cc:        hardware@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: motherboard with 32-bit/66MHz PC
Message-ID:  <200011110015.eAB0F5306677@portnoy.lbl.gov>

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Kenneth Merry <ken@kdm.org> wrote:
> > I am looking for a motherboard that has a PCI bus better than 32-bit/33MHz.
> > It looks like there is no 64-bit PCI bus for non server based motherboard.
> > So, does any one know any MB maker makes 32-bit/66MHz PCI motherboard?
> 
> Supermicro (www.supermicro.com) has some boards that might do the trick.
> 
> I'm not sure why you don't want a server board.  In any case, the
> Supermicro 370DL3 or the Supermicro 370DE6 might do the trick.  I don't
> think they're shipping the 370DE6 yet, but I think I've seen 370DL3
> around.

Price, and I do not need 64-bit/66MHz bandwidth. The 370DLE and 370DLR seem
have a price in between, so I will look into it.

> Either board would do for a high end workstation, although the 370DE6 might
> be better since it has an AGP slot.
> 
> I haven't used either one, so I can't comment on how they work with
> FreeBSD, etc.

If I can get a better price on these boards, I will order them, do some test,
and post the result to the list.

	-Jin



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