From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Nov 18 15:53:37 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA03080 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 18 Nov 1998 15:53:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from pc196s233r1.jancomulti.com (pc196s233r1.jancomulti.com [195.139.233.196]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA03069 for ; Wed, 18 Nov 1998 15:53:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from paalsom@ifi.uio.no) Received: from ifi.uio.no (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pc196s233r1.jancomulti.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA14922; Thu, 19 Nov 1998 00:52:43 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from paalsom@ifi.uio.no) Message-ID: <36535DBE.CC93A473@ifi.uio.no> Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1998 00:52:30 +0100 From: "Pål Sommerhein" X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2.7-STABLE i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Doug White CC: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Need advice on what motherboard to pick (and SCSI controller + drive) References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Doug White wrote: > > On Wed, 18 Nov 1998, Pål Sommerhein wrote: > > > I have been thinking of buying either an ASUS or SuperMicro > > motherboard [cut] > > Any pros/cons? > > Definitely go for the 100MHz FSB. ASUS is a more popular brand than > SuperMicro. I will stick with ASUS :-) > > Should I go for an onboard SCSI controller(host adapter)? > > Your call, depends on how many devices you plan to stuff in there. > having it onboard saves a slot but limits your upgradability. As I am not planning to (at least in the near future) stuff in many devices, I find that I can be quite happy with the much lower price tag on the onboard solution. > > Are harddisks from IBM ok? > > They're great. > > > I was thinking of: > > IBM SCSI UltraStar 9ES 4,5GB DDRS-34560W, > > 7.5ms, 512kB, 7200 rpm, UW-SCSI > Great drive, have one and love it. Good! I will go for it. > > Any suggestions on graphics card? > > ATI gear is pretty hot. Depends on what you're planning on doing with > it (games or just X?) I will mostly use just X, but (maybe) occasionally play a game or two. I have been looking at the Matrox Productiva G100 8Mb and the Matrox Millenium G200 8Mb. Would you recommend any of these? (I know the G200 costs about twice as much, at least around here). > > What about CD-rewritable CD-roms? > > (like Philips CDR3600, CD-Rewritable, Internal SCSI, > > 2x write CD-R, 2x CD-RW, 6x read. ) > > SCSI is good. That means it is support for it? Thanks for your time. Best regards, Pål To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message