From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 23 11:37:14 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EA1C4106564A for ; Thu, 23 Dec 2010 11:37:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from utisoft@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f54.google.com (mail-bw0-f54.google.com [209.85.214.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 753DC8FC1B for ; Thu, 23 Dec 2010 11:37:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bwz12 with SMTP id 12so301383bwz.13 for ; Thu, 23 Dec 2010 03:37:13 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:mime-version:received:reply-to :in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to:cc :content-type; bh=PuM/TSZzvolsFQv0ZBGkVzkwX+SBeostWgd4VsuG4dA=; b=QPI1Riu2cgbwFoC83u6I+PtvTmxF5w/z5KHRLl6a+YPlHCJ0DFih1nmFNk1iLmSYN8 aXYiyru/FtYGELSKznlFTmLQBwUbIr0bKe5BGzEfclrACgzhf1YkGPisUZsk9ilA1wxc 9ykHf/J/ci8Uj+PxcvPOpVeX3/7+ORfHVzT+8= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:reply-to:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id :subject:to:cc:content-type; b=QR9dpiqszW3V4v0CZEzM7+NjHP54rPdvey3lZ0nbH4UV9pvka5zyfvgAONhyOZXtQ1 2u8BNUZdLHkT3ViTyiWNBgtD1XWm53rsNfB7ExokFP3tQDcFVkxjj0lQvlOhhJtd702s BkT4jcFFYb8QcCrhoyJSmaHUTKLUVOnJDrojc= Received: by 10.204.113.65 with SMTP id z1mr7012345bkp.58.1293104233138; Thu, 23 Dec 2010 03:37:13 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.52.19 with HTTP; Thu, 23 Dec 2010 03:36:42 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <4D130719.5090203@herveybayaustralia.com.au> References: <4D130719.5090203@herveybayaustralia.com.au> From: Chris Rees Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2010 11:36:42 +0000 Message-ID: To: Da Rock Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: AMD Athlon64 Mainboard - NOT SPAM: please check it out :) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: utisoft@gmail.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2010 11:37:15 -0000 On 23 December 2010 08:23, Da Rock wrote: > I know its a little OT, but I'm hunting for a mainboard to plug this CPU > into and build a file server. So the ideal specs are (and maybe dreaming too > :) ): > > 184 pin RAM DIMM > SataIII 4+ ports > Either onboard or AGP Video > 2x Gigabit LAN > > Obviously I don't need much RAM, just juice the throughput from the HDD to > the LAN, and plenty of bandwidth. That said a lot of my specs could be pipe > dreaming, I know. I'm looking at 3x 2Tb Seagate 64Mb SATAIII's so I'd rather > not waste it, I'm sure you'd agree. > > I'll be setting up RAID5 in some fashion or other, just still choosing my > method between ZFS and VINUM or something. So the need for as many SATA > ports is a must :) > > Any help finding a suitable model would be much appreciated- very hard to > find anything still in stock. And of course advice will be very welcome :) > > Cheers http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ASUS-K8N-AMD-Socket-754-AGP-SATA-nForce3-250-MB-EMS-/220703726350?pt=AU_Components&hash=item3362f79b0e#ht_5060wt_1138 I just searched for 754 SATA on ebay.com.au You _are_ dreaming about the 4x SATA though IMO; I'd just get an expansion card. Or get a cheap bundle with new MB/CPU; it's not always worth salvaging an old CPU like that. Chris