Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2007 22:39:38 +0100 From: Adriaan de Groot <groot@kde.org> To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org, "Scott I. Remick" <scott@sremick.net> Subject: Re: Building new AM2 system, advice needed Message-ID: <200702072239.38756.groot@kde.org> In-Reply-To: <45CA0331.2090500@sremick.net> References: <45CA0331.2090500@sremick.net>
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On Wednesday 07 February 2007 17:49, Scott I. Remick wrote: > AMD socket AM2 (going to use a 65W Athlon64 X2 Windsor, as Brisbane > doesn't seem better) > DDR2 (800 preferred) > integrated video not necessary (need nVidia DVI card) > integrated sound fine if it works, even basic, but not necessary since > cards are cheap. > NIC needs are basic (10/100), so support of integrated NIC is nice as > it'll save me a slot, but not critical as cards are cheap I got a Asus M2NPV-VM, mini-ATX board, 4 DIMM slots, VGA D-SUB + DVI out onboard, sound HDA (needs patch from Ariff, works a treat), nve also supported in 6.2. > SATA2... I'm 99% positive I'll be wanting to do some RAID, at least a > mirroring of my system/OS drive. So it'd be REALLY nice if FreeBSD > supported whatever on-board RAID the MB had, since this will save me > buying a 3Ware card (which are NOT cheap) On-board == fake RAID. Use GEOM mirror and be done with it. The nVidia media shield crud is recognized and supported (not "RAID 5" though). -- KDE Quality Team http://www.englishbreakfastnetwork.org/ GPG: FEA2 A3FE http://people.fruitsalad.org/adridg/
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