From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jan 3 7:12:43 2001 From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 3 07:12:40 2001 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from gateway.telecom.ksu.edu (gateway-1.telecom.ksu.edu [129.130.63.239]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 232BF37B400 for ; Wed, 3 Jan 2001 07:12:40 -0800 (PST) Received: from sioux.telecom.ksu.edu(129.130.60.32) by pawnee.telecom.ksu.edu via smap (V2.0) id xma002880; Wed, 3 Jan 01 09:12:18 -0600 Sender: nathan@telecom.ksu.edu Message-ID: <3A5340FF.497C55B3@telecom.ksu.edu> Date: Wed, 03 Jan 2001 09:10:55 -0600 From: nathan X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.2.12 i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Ernst de Haan Cc: FreeBSD Questions mailing list Subject: Re: SMP motherboard... which one? References: <20010102133456.A1607@c187104187.telekabel.chello.nl> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG my workstation is a dual PIII-550 on an Asus P2B-D with 256 MB ram. i've had ZERO problems with this hardware setup. its an older chipset (440BX) but rock-damned-solid. makes one HELLUVA workstation (: i guess, in general, i've always had GREAT luck with ASUS mobos. they just work, they're solid, and have a very configurable bios. so, i can't speak for any of the newer chipsets in regards to SMP, but, its hard to go wrong with Asus, IMHO. good luck! Ernst de Haan wrote: > Hi, > > At the moment I'm considering buying a dual processor motherboard with 2 > Pentium III's on it. Does anyone have any suggestions for a good motherboard > (or SMP chipset) that will work very well with FreeBSD (4.2-S) ? > > I intend to have this system configured as follows: > > * SMP motherboard with 2x Pentium III-800 > * 256 MB internal memory > * On-board SCSI (SCSI-2 U2W LVD or U160) or PCI card (like Adaptec 2940) > * 2x Atlas V 9.1 GB (striping and softupdates) > * Matrox G400 MAX 32 MB dual-headed with one 19" and one 17" on XFree86 4.0.2 > > Any suggestions, comments? > > -- > Ernst > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message