Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2006 22:48:47 -0700 From: soralx@cydem.org To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Quiet computer Message-ID: <200609052248.48214.soralx@cydem.org> In-Reply-To: <15F475AB-1304-4B1B-9B71-B874D237173B@ketralnis.com> References: <3692C07B-CCCC-4756-9B33-6DA724481FF2@ketralnis.com> <200609042230.51646.soralx@cydem.org> <15F475AB-1304-4B1B-9B71-B874D237173B@ketralnis.com>
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> > http://www.via.com.tw/en/products/mainboards/mini_itx/vt_310dp/ > Ah, I must have missed that. Now I'm all excited :) I wouldn't get too excited just now, but wait 'till VIA release something similar, only with their newest, bestest, better-than-ever CPU cores :) Check out the 'Processors' section of their site. > Would you happen to know of anyone shipping systems with these boards? > I can build one but it would be nice to pay someone else to do it > instead :) You mean, you have a job for fellow BSD'ers? ;) No, I don't know who builds complete systems, but seems like this board is available on an auction (eBay). And it is expensive (however, considering it's got everything integrated, + some nice, original CPU features which are quite useful for a server -- such as true RNG, and hw crypto engine that can run at 25 Gbit/s (!) max -- not to bad, IMO). If you want to run the chips at > ~1GHz, you either need to put a bigger radiator (much bigger! 20W is no joke {2GHz VIA C7}) or keep the fan. The Eden chips, which are on the dual-core board, dissipate 7.5W max, so you also may need bigger heatsink, or run them underclocked, or avoid 100% load (idle heat dissipation is only 500mW -- unbelievable!). I have not tested any VIA processors myself yet, and I'm waiting for someone to try them out with FBSD and post results :p I also heard rumors (can't remember on which maillist) that CPU's RNG and crypto engine work with FreeBSD rather well... [SorAlx] ridin' VN1500-B2
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