Date: Wed, 07 Jun 2000 10:37:43 -0400 From: Nathan Vidican <webmaster@wmptl.com> To: knichel <knichel@cdcsd.k12.ny.us> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Hardware compatibility Message-ID: <393E5E37.C917D846@wmptl.com> References: <B563D03B.B47%knichel@cdcsd.k12.ny.us>
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knichel wrote: > > I am attempting to build a FreeBSD server. I need some advice about > hardware. > > ASUS K7M or V motherboard > AMD K7 500 MHz CPU > > What PCI video (inexpensive) card works well? Needs to support XFree86. > What 10/100 PCI ethernet card? > > TIA > ________________________________________________________ > > Mike Knichel > Apple Authorized Service Provider > Tel: (518) 622-0490 Fax: (518) 622-0493 > Voice Mail: (518) 622-0490 x614 > e-mail: knichel@cdcsd.k12.ny.us > > _________________________________________________________ > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message Personally, I prefer using the Microstar K7 boards to the Asus. I've got an Asus K7M with an Athlon 700 in it, and a couple different Microstar boards with 650's in them. Price/performance ratio I'd go with the Microstar ($175 retail) over the Asus ($230 retail). As far as a cheap PCI video card goes, something that works well with X; I'd reccomend you find yourself an ATI Mach64 based PCI card. I've used them almost exclusively with X, they work great, and they retail for like $40-$80. For NIC cards, I tend to lean towards Intel, or the cheap realtek (and clones). I don't paticularily care for a lot of the 3COM pci cards, but thats just my opinion. For the most part, cheap good old $20 NE2000 PCI (realtek/rl0) cards work pretty good. That's my 2 cents anyhow. -- Nathan Vidican webmaster@wmptl.com Windsor Match Plate & Tool Ltd. http://www.wmptl.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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