From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 5 09:09:22 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org 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 7CD8E16A41F for ; Mon, 5 Dec 2005 09:09:22 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from obrien@NUXI.com) Received: from dragon.NUXI.org (trang.nuxi.com [66.93.134.19]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4634143D53 for ; Mon, 5 Dec 2005 09:09:09 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from obrien@NUXI.com) Received: from dragon.NUXI.org (obrien@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dragon.NUXI.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id jB599525068091; Mon, 5 Dec 2005 01:09:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from obrien@dragon.NUXI.org) Received: (from obrien@localhost) by dragon.NUXI.org (8.13.4/8.13.1/Submit) id jB5990VE068087; Mon, 5 Dec 2005 01:09:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from obrien) Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2005 01:09:00 -0800 From: "David O'Brien" To: Martin Nilsson Message-ID: <20051205090900.GA68024@dragon.NUXI.org> References: <20051201172828.5b25fdd4.kgunders@teamcool.net> <4390488A.9060708@wmptl.com> <20051205025818.GA62285@dragon.NUXI.org> <4393F0EF.4040204@gneto.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4393F0EF.4040204@gneto.com> X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 7.0-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 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Tyan alternatives cuz their support totally sucks X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: obrien@freebsd.org List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 05 Dec 2005 09:09:22 -0000 On Mon, Dec 05, 2005 at 08:49:03AM +0100, Martin Nilsson wrote: > David O'Brien wrote: > >Unless you really need 12 DIMM sockets on a dual-cpu > >(2 processor sockets) motherboard I would never buy an MSI. > > With 8 DIMMs on one CPU you have to run the memory att DDR266 speed, With Opteron rev.E you can use DDR333, if they are double ranked vs. quad ranked (double stacked RAM chips). > As a reseller we stick to the Supermicro A+ boards, they simply work, > availability and support is also good. Watch out about the Supermicro H8DAR-T board - there is no FreeBSD support of the SATA controller. Supermicro's support of even Linux for this board totally sux. The SCSI Supermicro are fine. -- -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org) Q: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. A: Why is top-posting (putting a reply at the top of the message) frowned upon?