From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Feb 5 22:29:44 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 27D0D16A4CE for ; Sat, 5 Feb 2005 22:29:44 +0000 (GMT) Received: from dragon.nuxi.com (trang.nuxi.com [66.93.134.19]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C50D143D4C for ; Sat, 5 Feb 2005 22:29:43 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from obrien@NUXI.com) Received: from dragon.nuxi.com (obrien@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dragon.nuxi.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j15MTgxw010506; Sat, 5 Feb 2005 14:29:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from obrien@dragon.nuxi.com) Received: (from obrien@localhost) by dragon.nuxi.com (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id j15MTepB010505; Sat, 5 Feb 2005 14:29:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from obrien) Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2005 14:29:39 -0800 From: "David O'Brien" To: mikel king Message-ID: <20050205222939.GE9350@dragon.nuxi.com> References: <41FB0C2B.108@ocsny.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <41FB0C2B.108@ocsny.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 6.0-CURRENT Organization: The NUXI BSD Group X-Pgp-Rsa-Fingerprint: B7 4D 3E E9 11 39 5F A3 90 76 5D 69 58 D9 98 7A X-Pgp-Rsa-Keyid: 1024/34F9F9D5 cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: hardware spec question... X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 05 Feb 2005 22:29:44 -0000 On Fri, Jan 28, 2005 at 11:08:11PM -0500, mikel king wrote: > I am trying to ramp up on the amd64 technology. I would like to assemble > a cheap dual cpu worstation/low end server. I found one fairly > affordable board and am curious if anyone elase has had experience with > this product? > http://www.superwarehouse.com/p.cfm?p=332508&CMP=KA18442 This product is fine. You won't get the performance you could from a 4+4 (vs. 4+0) DIMM configuration. But you've already made the $/performance decision. This board will give higher performance than a 1P Opteron server board such as the Tyan K8S Tomcat (s2850). -- -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org)