Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 17:29:42 -0800 (PST) From: Weaned BSD <weaned_on_bsd@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Recommendendations for a small form factor system Message-ID: <199196.43726.qm@web62007.mail.re1.yahoo.com>
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Hi, I'm looking to buy or build a small form factor system with a microATX motherboard. I develop software for a living and mostly write LAMP or perl code around mysql databases. I need something I can lug around that has good speed. I've many EIDE disk drives that have customer projects on so I need SATA and EIDE support. This box has to run FreeBSD, occasionally Red Hat and also windows. My budget is $500-$750. I'd like a gig of ram expandable to at least 2 gig, a separate graphics card (I'll rarely run X but occasionlly need to boot windows). As much cpu as I can afford. I'd thought only AMD was in reach but see now that some of the Intel core 2 duos are under $200 (intels DG965OT mobo with a E6400 chip looks sweet). I need 100baseT NIC, onboard WiFi, a DVD drive and a couple of USB ports. Sound is not important. A PCI slot would be nice too. If possible not anything that will overheat when I really crank through a large database. I write GIS code and often have databases with millions of points. I've looked at a lot of boards but thought the members of this list would be better and telling me what is fast and works out of the box with a current FreeBSD release. Thanks for any advice. --------------------------------- Never Miss an Email Stay connected with Yahoo! Mail on your mobile. Get started!
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