Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2004 14:43:04 -0700 From: Joseph Fenton <jlfenton@citlink.net> To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: which motherboard and which chipset? Message-ID: <40392268.9000101@citlink.net> In-Reply-To: <20040222185212.EB6BE16A4D1@hub.freebsd.org> References: <20040222185212.EB6BE16A4D1@hub.freebsd.org>
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On Tuesday 17 February 2004 01:18 pm, Andrew Gallatin wrote: >> David O'Brien writes: >> > nVidia nForce3 [for AMD64] chipsets are very problematic for >> > Unix(BSD)/Linux. I would avoid them if you want to run a >> > non-MS-Windows operating system. >> >> Whew. Just in time, I was just about to order an SK8N. What do you >> suggest for a solid single-CPU socket-940 board which will use ECC >> memory? Asus SK8V? > > > > I'd love to get hold of a SK8V if only I could find one. I have two > K8V deluxes (one at home, the other at work, both with ECC > non-Registered PC3200 memory from crucial.com). My SK8N with my (then) > $750 cpu and $350 of ECC/REG PC3200 ram is on a shelf gathering dust > because I lost my trust in the board. > > Personally, I prefer the ASUS boards over the tyans because of the > flexibility in the bios and the vastly superior active fan speed > control system. But I have a slight preference for the AMD 8xxx > chipset over the VIA K8T800, but its only slight. Both are (IMHO) way > ahead of the nVidia nForce3-150. If you have to listen to the machine > next to your desk, I suggest an asus - the tyan fans run at full speed > all the time, with no thermal based fan throttling. If you don't have > to listen to it, and want something slightly more server-oriented then > the tyans are probably a slightly better bet because the AMD chipset > has had longer to shake out the bugs. The MSI Master1-FAR is just a single CPU version of the MSI Master2-FAR K8T800 motherboard. I have the Master2-FAR and it works great. The only problem I ran into was the memory - I bought bargain basement RAM; when the CPU got too loaded, it would crash. I was able to cure this by raising the memory voltage a little. The system has been rock-stable since then, even with el-cheapo memory. :)
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