From owner-freebsd-smp Wed Nov 3 16:34:58 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-smp@freebsd.org Received: from mail.enteract.com (mail.enteract.com [207.229.143.33]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 914121506A for ; Wed, 3 Nov 1999 16:34:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dscheidt@enteract.com) Received: from shell-2.enteract.com (dscheidt@shell-2.enteract.com [207.229.143.41]) by mail.enteract.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id SAA19280 for ; Wed, 3 Nov 1999 18:34:31 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from dscheidt@enteract.com) Date: Wed, 3 Nov 1999 18:34:31 -0600 (CST) From: David Scheidt To: freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Good SMP Motherboards In-Reply-To: <199911040005.BAA05773@dorifer.heim3.tu-clausthal.de> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org oN tHU, 4 nOV 1999, oLIVER fROMME WROTE: > David Scheidt wrote in list.freebsd-smp: > > On Wed, 3 Nov 1999, Bruce Albrecht wrote: > > > I'm looking for a good SMP motherboard for $150 or less. Any > > > recommendations? If I want also onboard SCSI, what's a good, cheap MB > > > run? > > > > I like the giga-byte GA-6BXD. > > "Me too!" :) > One other board that might be worth taking a look at is the ABIT BP6, which is designed for dual-Celerons. SMP Celeron systems are not as big a win as PII/PIIIs are, due in the main to small size of the cache. Depending on what you're doing with the box, this may or may not be an issue. I don't have any personal experience with the ABIT board, but I have heard good things about it, here and elsewhere. If memory prices would come down to sane levels again, I'd likely throw one together. David Scheidt To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-smp" in the body of the message