From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 3 06:36:55 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 75C28866 for ; Sun, 3 Aug 2014 06:36:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ie0-x244.google.com (mail-ie0-x244.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4001:c03::244]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4A966227D for ; Sun, 3 Aug 2014 06:36:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ie0-f196.google.com with SMTP id rp18so1736781iec.11 for ; Sat, 02 Aug 2014 23:36:54 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=XOM+KQgv3Rh/oOGwyH3Mw9r+ZXzMTydm3ddkJtuIP4M=; b=oC6u3o2c0XKJ0X22FZWFdMWyH3U4mnE2xO/4FXsJXtv3+NSrGOa91JRbia4EB8OM1g eLfoVLrz8t/sSRaShtXPt3pZn6IiJKSGmG+p5EiyY7SNYUZtLHm0SqTUA5qgCizAjF3K u0QonaTajguKNnPPVwyuBUBbvPD5BUEUDvAX1jcRJo3656Pg98VyXMS1QTJOw5yOY/Cj /m8V9RDTfCMIjlbD3A+q9EqY7yIjb1uN6m9JNrczGSGxTFoZd1Uph3LsNEraAtCDhJu2 UNSUWAO88jWjMwy0NPZNxtb3uhHjcc0s/dbqATq6M5DE9HhkXaN5hJA3589IG+EOc6iI sxMg== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.43.6.195 with SMTP id ol3mr20787869icb.86.1407047814721; Sat, 02 Aug 2014 23:36:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.64.7.203 with HTTP; Sat, 2 Aug 2014 23:36:54 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2014 23:36:54 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: cpu/mainboard recommendations? From: Dieter BSD To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 03 Aug 2014 06:36:55 -0000 Current machine is getting flakier by the day (hour?), I need to get a new one before something vital dies altogether. want list: non-inthell ecc smp (4 is probably about right) lots of sata ports (with NCQ, PM(FIS), hotplug, ...), sata3 if possible 1 or 2 PCI slots would be good, the remainder PCIe (v3 if possible) more than 7 slots would be great console can be rs-232 (multiple rs-232 ports would be good) floss firmware; dual-bios, socketed, or some failsafe gpu can drive 4k display, displayport would be nice usb3 (in case anyone ever makes a decent usb-sata bridge) firewire that actually works with bsd (as opposed to via) gig-ethernet (2 if possible) If AMD's Kaveri had ecc I would have gotten one months ago. Berlin should have most of this, but will AMD ever release it? Berlin was supposed to be out in first half of 2014, where is it? At this point I can't keep waiting for Berlin. So.... Phenom II? Bulldozer/Piledriver? The ARM stuff is still fairly slow, correct? Anything else worth considering? I'll probably try 2 or 3 of the BSDs, but no penguinix, no microshit, no gaming, no overclocking, no watercooling. Need a reasonably fast cpu (not looking for warp factor 8, warp 2 will be fine), lots of i/o, and very reliable. Don't need an over-the-top gpu. Enough resolution and color depth, fast enough to display video properly. Ability to offload video decoding would be nice.