Date: Wed, 02 May 2007 15:27:49 +0000 From: m0rchand@comcast.net (Tom Marchand) To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: A good server motherboard. Message-ID: <050220071527.4320.4638ADF50005BCFF000010E022007348300B020E080C9DCF03@comcast.net>
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-------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Christopher > > Prance > > Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2007 8:02 AM > > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > > Subject: A good server motherboard. > > > > > > If you were to build a server using FreeBSD 6.2 , basically for home use, > > serving media files, small web server, basically a very small load, which > > motherboard would you recommend? Mid range as far as price is concerned. > > > > Recently my father's home system's disk died, he wanted a faster system > so I convinced him to buy a new MB, ram, HD and CPU and let me install it > in his case (he had recently replaced the power supply with an ATX II > supply) and reload Win2K on it, rather than go out and buy a new system > with Vista preloaded, and then have to deal with 3/4 of his software > not working and having to be upgraded. > > I deliberately selected the cheapest motherboard the local computer > store had in stock - $89 it was. AMD Seperon CPU. Gig of ram, 80GB > disk, etc. Manucturer was FIC or Elitegroup, I can't recall which. > > I was stunned and amazed at how advanced, how good, the board is. Easy > to setup, no problem loading software, didn't have to use special drivers, > and stable as a rock. And a host of features. > > I took his old board, a 2 year old Elitegroup something or other, AMD Duron, > and > made a BSD server out of that. Also, stable as a rock. > > I have to conclude that these days even the cheapest motherboards are > far better than the most expensive boards were 10 years ago. > > Ted > > _______________________________________________ I have to agree. I recently bought an inexpensive 2U rack server which has a no-name motherboard and I have had no problems. It's been running FreeBSD for a couple of months now with no problems.
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