From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 13 01:00:31 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 595E2106566B for ; Wed, 13 May 2009 01:00:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bernt@bah.homeip.net) Received: from feeder.usenet4all.se (1-1-1-38a.far.sth.bostream.se [82.182.32.53]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 69BED8FC15 for ; Wed, 13 May 2009 01:00:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bernt@bah.homeip.net) Received: from kw.homeip.net (c80-217-74-54.bredband.comhem.se [80.217.74.54]) by feeder.usenet4all.se (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id n4D0UKr2090746; Wed, 13 May 2009 02:30:23 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from bernt@bah.homeip.net) Message-ID: <4A0A148C.50102@bah.homeip.net> Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 02:30:04 +0200 From: Bernt Hansson User-Agent: slrn/1.0.8 (FreeBSD) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Robert Huff References: <18954.2252.774279.926149@jerusalem.litteratus.org> In-Reply-To: <18954.2252.774279.926149@jerusalem.litteratus.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CPU/motherboard recommendations X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 01:00:31 -0000 Robert Huff said the following on 2009-05-13 01:39: > I am actively building the parts list for a new system, and > would welcome advice on motherboards. > Quick research has pointed me to two paths with regard to CPUs: > Intel Q9550(s)/Q9650, and AMD Phenom II 925/945. (Unfortunately, the > 925 doesn't seem to be available to the general public yet.) > The ideal motherboard would be small on bells and whistles > (onboard NIC, video, and RAID are optional (even undesirable) though > a decent sound chip would be good) and big on reliability, > expandability (this machine might end up with 8gbytes memory and > many storage devices), and good layout. > My current machines (over five years old) use ASUS and MSI, > both of which have been mostly OK. > So ... let's start wirh the horror stories. What has a high > failure rate out of the box, or is not compatible with generic > components? I'm using this motherboard for my desktop. http://www.gigabyte.eu/Support/Motherboard/CPUSupport_Model.aspx?ProductID=2694#anchor_os With acceptable result. X and usb don't play well. snd_hda doesen't load at boot. Otherwise it's using AMD X2 64 6400+ CPU and 8 Gbytes of memory (16Gb max) Don't know if it's on the market any more. I'm quite happy with it. Oh the onboard nic only works when it feels like it, so don't count on it, buy a separate nic.