From owner-freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Wed Sep 16 20:18:00 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E6A829CD639 for ; Wed, 16 Sep 2015 20:18:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bsd-lists@bsdforge.com) Received: from udns.ultimatedns.net (unknown [IPv6:2602:d1:b4d6:e600:4261:86ff:fef6:aa2a]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 93D611551 for ; Wed, 16 Sep 2015 20:18:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bsd-lists@bsdforge.com) Received: from ultimatedns.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by udns.ultimatedns.net (8.14.9/8.14.9) with ESMTP id t8GKIPLg054640 for ; Wed, 16 Sep 2015 13:18:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bsd-lists@bsdforge.com) To: In-Reply-To: References: , From: "Chris H" Subject: Re: ECC support Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2015 13:18:33 -0700 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=fixed MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2015 20:18:01 -0000 On Wed, 16 Sep 2015 22:43:12 +0300 Sami Halabi wrote > hi, > what motherboards? server or desktop? > can you extend "abuse" ?? > > thanks, > Sami Sure. Define abuse; in my case, on every one of their boards I've used. As a matter of procedure. I crank the frequency, and voltage (overclock) to the threshold all the hardware will sustain reliably. I then drop it until FreeBSD stops complaining (runs reliably). This is true on both Server, as well as their Desktop boards. I tend to keep the CPU loads pretty near their ceiling all of the time. In nearly all cases, these boards run 24/7/365. I have never had one fail. The shortest period I've ever run one, was 5yrs. I have never retired one because of failure. I *did* have to retire a CPU, once. But the board it came from was unaffected. I'd need to go through all my records to dig up the models. But the box I use for much of my development work, that I am writing this from, is a 880GMA-E45. It has run steady since I put it into service ~6yrs ago. In summary; if the chips on the boards meet your requirements, you'll probably find these (MSI) pretty reliable work horses. > בתאריך 16 בספט׳ 2015 22:37,‏ "Chris H" כתב: > > > On Wed, 16 Sep 2015 10:56:52 -0700 Dieter BSD wrote > > > > > > Anyone have opinions on other mainboard companies? ECS? Asrock? > > > MSI? Zotac? Others? > > > > > > > FWIW I've abused MSI boards quite a bit. Experience has been that > > they happily accept that abuse, and last for a good many years, in > > spite of it. I can only speak to the ones that support AMD CPU's, tho. > > > > --Chris > freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" --Chris --