From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 2 15:37:53 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 211A916A402 for ; Wed, 2 May 2007 15:37:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m0rchand@comcast.net) Received: from rwcrmhc12.comcast.net (rwcrmhc12.comcast.net [204.127.192.82]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 11D7D13C4AD for ; Wed, 2 May 2007 15:37:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m0rchand@comcast.net) Received: from rmailcenter06.comcast.net ([204.127.197.116]) by comcast.net (rwcrmhc12) with SMTP id <20070502152750m1200cia45e>; Wed, 2 May 2007 15:27:50 +0000 Received: from [157.174.221.254] by rmailcenter06.comcast.net; Wed, 02 May 2007 15:27:49 +0000 From: m0rchand@comcast.net (Tom Marchand) To: Date: Wed, 02 May 2007 15:27:49 +0000 Message-Id: <050220071527.4320.4638ADF50005BCFF000010E022007348300B020E080C9DCF03@comcast.net> X-Mailer: AT&T Message Center Version 1 (Oct 4 2006) X-Authenticated-Sender: bTByY2hhbmRAY29tY2FzdC5uZXQ= Subject: RE: A good server motherboard. 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, 02 May 2007 15:37:53 -0000 -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" > > > > -----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.