From owner-freebsd-hardware Sun Feb 4 19: 5:12 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from sanson.reyes.somos.net (freyes.static.inch.com [216.223.199.224]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2B36B37B65D for ; Sun, 4 Feb 2001 19:04:53 -0800 (PST) Received: from zoraida.reyes.somos.net (zoraida.reyes.somos.net [10.0.0.15]) by sanson.reyes.somos.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id WAA69539; Sun, 4 Feb 2001 22:02:04 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from fran@reyes.somos.net) Date: Sun, 4 Feb 2001 22:09:33 -0500 (EST) From: Francisco Reyes To: Cc: Subject: Re: Looking for comments on hardware In-Reply-To: <20010205024027.REZI28450.mtiwmhc23.worldnet.att.net@webmail.worldnet.att.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Mon, 5 Feb 2001 cmdrpc@att.net wrote: > 1. Has anyone used the ABIT AB-KT7A motherboard with an > Athlon 800 enhanced or faster processor? I haven't personally, but have seen several good comments about this board including some review sites. > 2. I have heard that the Athlon processors run very hot > is there any special consideration I should give to the > case are two fans enough to keep the system cool? Get a good case with good cooling. One such case is the funkai 603, but there are many others. > 3. Is anyone running a motherboard with DDR SDRAM and > is it worth the cost? From what I have read, and have seen about 4 threads on this, performance is marginal and not worth the money. > All comment/suggestions are greatly appreciated. > cmdrpc If this is for a server type of application I recommend a board with ECC. So far I have only found one board that supports ECC and Athlon. I should be getting it tomorrow so I would be able to confirm that the board indeed supports ecc. The board is FIC AZ11 or the newer AZ11E. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message