From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 17 18:41:12 2004 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 64C7116A4CE for ; Wed, 17 Mar 2004 18:41:12 -0800 (PST) Received: from rwcrmhc12.comcast.net (rwcrmhc12.comcast.net [216.148.227.85]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4774343D39 for ; Wed, 17 Mar 2004 18:41:12 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from lutz.heinrichs@netzero.net) Received: from netzero.net (pcp02876289pcs.wchstr01.pa.comcast.net[68.85.248.101]) by comcast.net (rwcrmhc12) with SMTP id <2004031802410701400ke76ne>; Thu, 18 Mar 2004 02:41:09 +0000 Message-ID: <40590C44.3040604@netzero.net> Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2004 21:41:08 -0500 From: Lutz Heinrichs User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.5) Gecko/20031007 X-Accept-Language: rs1_fb6a93588de, rs2_f4a7bac7997, rs3_429ccc5d11 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org References: <20040316014014.EHHQ25381.priv-edtnes57.telusplanet.net@RYANS> In-Reply-To: <20040316014014.EHHQ25381.priv-edtnes57.telusplanet.net@RYANS> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Motherboards and Chipsets X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 02:41:12 -0000 Ryan May wrote: >Has anyone had any experience with the AOpen AK86-L motherboard? What about >any of the SiS 755 based mobos? > > The AK86-L looks nice. Reviews can be found at http://www.anandtech.com and http://www.hardocp.com and they both were very positive. I'd stick with the VIA or nVIDIA chipsets for the A64, both have their strengths and weaknesses. If you don't want to overclock much, the VIA chipset (found on the AK86-L) probably will serve you best. Lutz