Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 10:35:36 +0200 From: Olivier Gautherot <ogautherot@freesurf.fr> To: mezz7@cox.net Cc: hardware@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: motherboard has died, any recommend? nForce2? or else? Message-ID: <412DA0D8.3080801@freesurf.fr> In-Reply-To: <20040825225405.SUTS4710.lakermmtao06.cox.net@smtp.east.cox.net> References: <20040825225405.SUTS4710.lakermmtao06.cox.net@smtp.east.cox.net>
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Hi Mezz!
>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!
>
>Cheers,
>Mezz
>
>
I'm personally using a VIA chipset on a MicroStar MS6511 with no problem
at all. It's getting a bit old but works just fine.
Cheers
Olivier
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