From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 28 14:24:47 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DCF1316A4CE for ; Wed, 28 Apr 2004 14:24:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.cableone.net (scanmail2.cableone.net [24.116.0.122]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 742A943D31 for ; Wed, 28 Apr 2004 14:24:45 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kitbsdlist2@HotPOP.com) Received: from vixen42. (unverified [24.119.123.61]) by smail2.cableone.net (SurgeMail 1.5d2) with ESMTP id 5354256 for multiple; Wed, 28 Apr 2004 14:13:36 -0700 Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 14:22:12 -0500 From: Vulpes Velox To: Jens Schweikhardt Message-Id: <20040428142212.3cef5f0c@vixen42.> In-Reply-To: <20040428205124.GA8123@schweikhardt.net> References: <20040428205124.GA8123@schweikhardt.net> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.10claws (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd4.9) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Server: High Performance Mail Server - http://surgemail.com cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Need a mainboard recommendation X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 21:24:48 -0000 On Wed, 28 Apr 2004 22:51:24 +0200 Jens Schweikhardt wrote: > hello, world\n > > I've been trying to find my Perfect Board(TM), but had no luck > browsing various vendor's product pages. It seems that always one of > my non-negotiable features is missing: > > 1. Single CPU > 2. FSB800 > 3. At least 1 PCI-X (64bit) slot > 4. AGP slot (on board ATI RAGE with 8M and no DVI like on Tyan is > right out) > > In case you wonder: I want to build a fast desktop machine, whithout > the 133MB/s bottleneck that a 32bit PCI slot has (for U320 SCSI with > 4 fast disks). I would suggest checking into a board by Gigabyte, I've had good luck with them. I've found them to be nicely priced and stable.