From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 18 14:42:21 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 10CE616A4CE for ; Sun, 18 Jan 2004 14:42:21 -0800 (PST) Received: from dragon.nuxi.com (trang.nuxi.com [66.93.134.19]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CBEBA43D31 for ; Sun, 18 Jan 2004 14:42:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from obrien@dragon.nuxi.com) Received: from dragon.nuxi.com (obrien@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dragon.nuxi.com (8.12.10/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i0IMgDip076793; Sun, 18 Jan 2004 14:42:13 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from obrien@dragon.nuxi.com) Received: (from obrien@localhost) by dragon.nuxi.com (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id i0IMgCwa076792; Sun, 18 Jan 2004 14:42:12 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from obrien) Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2004 14:42:12 -0800 From: "David O'Brien" To: Chris BeHanna Message-ID: <20040118224212.GI65333@dragon.nuxi.com> References: <200401141043.04455.chris@behanna.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200401141043.04455.chris@behanna.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 5.2-CURRENT Organization: The NUXI BSD Group X-Pgp-Rsa-Fingerprint: B7 4D 3E E9 11 39 5F A3 90 76 5D 69 58 D9 98 7A X-Pgp-Rsa-Keyid: 1024/34F9F9D5 cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Cost of a Bare-Bones Box? X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: obrien@freebsd.org List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2004 22:42:21 -0000 On Wed, Jan 14, 2004 at 10:43:04AM -0500, Chris BeHanna wrote: > Is it possible to build an Opteron-based box for under a grand, if > I re-use my existing NIC, hard disks, and video board (will they even > work?): > > Adaptec 3950U2B hosting a pair of LVD drives > Adaptec 2400A IDE RAID hosting a quartet of WD 120GB Sp. Editions > ATI Radeon 7200 (aka Radeon VIVO) > Netgear FA310TX serving the outside world > Netgear FA302T serving the inside LAN All of this will work. > Can I re-use my 500W ATX power supply? Depends. What power connections does it have? At least the normal 20-pin power + 4-pin secondary power? That is the mininum requirement. > What about my 1GB stick of registered PC2100 ECC? Yes. > Can I get an SMP mobo and just stick one CPU on it for now? Yes. Also note that not all opteron mobos are SMP. I quite like the 1P Tyan Tomcat K8S s2850. > Can I re-use my tower ATX case? Yes (depending on which board you get). You can also build an Athlon64 machine, which would be cheaper and let you use un-registered/buffered RAM. -- -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org)