Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2005 18:16:52 +1000 From: =?WINDOWS-1252?B?lSCV?= <googl3meister@gmail.com> To: Juergen Lock <nox@jelal.kn-bremen.de> Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: workstation mobo Message-ID: <8f554029050815011672ec4a5a@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20050812205356.GA15463@saturn.kn-bremen.de> References: <20050812085823.645f5b39.kgunders@teamcool.net> <20050812205356.GA15463@saturn.kn-bremen.de>
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On 8/13/05, Juergen Lock <nox@jelal.kn-bremen.de> wrote: > On Fri, Aug 12, 2005 at 08:58:23AM -0600, Ken Gunderson wrote: > > Greets All: > > > > I'm liking these amd opteron servers so much that I am considering > > building an amd based workstationn. Assumed it would be Athalon based > > but in searching archives I note that some folks seem to prefer the > > opterons for workstation use. Perhaps to some degree in reaction > > to the "chipset mess". I'm not averse to spending a bit more for the > > opteron system but it seems to me the Opteron's CPU heatsink/fan might > > be a bit noisy for workstation use. And I have buddies shouting in my > > ear to "stick w/ Intel" for workstation. But then I also know others > > who run AMD for their desktop machines. Any recommends based on curren= t > > state of affairs in the ADM hardware world? >=20 > I just got a new box with an Asus A8V Deluxe board (VIA K8T800 Pro, > Socket 939), and so far everything seems to be working. The only > unusual thing i had to do for FreeBSD (5.4-R) was adding a patch > to the sk nic driver (see other thread.) >=20 Update on ASUS A8V Deluxe for archives I installed 5.4-RELEASE about April (2005) and track 5-Stable on that hardware straight from CVS - never had a prob with sk0 yet, it's worked since day one with no boot time errors. -- cheers gm
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