From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 26 02:49:42 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA30716A4CF for ; Thu, 26 Aug 2004 02:49:42 +0000 (GMT) Received: from santiago.pacific.net.sg (santiago.pacific.net.sg [203.120.90.135]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8E2A743D2F for ; Thu, 26 Aug 2004 02:49:41 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from oceanare@pacific.net.sg) Received: (qmail 18202 invoked from network); 26 Aug 2004 02:49:40 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO maxwell6.pacific.net.sg) (203.120.90.212) by santiago with SMTP; 26 Aug 2004 02:49:39 -0000 Received: from [192.168.0.107] ([210.24.202.141]) by maxwell6.pacific.net.sg with ESMTP <20040826024939.FGAM8095.maxwell6.pacific.net.sg@[192.168.0.107]>; Thu, 26 Aug 2004 10:49:39 +0800 Message-ID: <412D4FB3.70602@pacific.net.sg> Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 10:49:23 +0800 From: Erich Dollansky User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.7.1 (X11/20040714) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: mezz7@cox.net References: <20040825225405.SUTS4710.lakermmtao06.cox.net@smtp.east.cox.net> In-Reply-To: <20040825225405.SUTS4710.lakermmtao06.cox.net@smtp.east.cox.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: gnome@FreeBSD.org cc: hardware@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: motherboard has died, any recommend? nForce2? or else? X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 02:49:42 -0000 Hi, mezz7@cox.net wrote: > Hello, > > Current I am stuck in the webmail and family computer for now. Anyway, my motherboard just died last night so it looks like I will have to shopping for some new hardwares. It is a desktop and I reinstall GNOME stuff for test pretty often. I am pretty happy with the AthlonXP 2000 speed, so I don't really need any power or expensive hardwares. > > I am wondering if anyone can recommend me what chipest (include motherboard) should I buy? nForce2? VIA? or whatever? I personal like AMD, btw. :-) The nForce2 chipest is one thing that I am not sure how it plays nice with FreeBSD. I think, I might pick AthlonXP Barton 2800 to 3200 as my choice of CPU. No Athlon64 or newest CPU, all I need is stable that will work very well with FreeBSD. > > All I need is chipest or motherboard recommend then I will pick CPU, HD, RAM and etc by myself because I know what to get. Thanks! > You could try an dual Athlon board from Tyan which is out of production but still available in the market. I run FreeBSD on a Thunder K7 without any problems. It is not the fastest motherboard but real stable. It just runs. The price tag could be pretty low if the dealer wants to clear the stock. Erich