Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2007 20:50:04 -0700 From: Ravi Pokala <rp_freebsd@mac.com> To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Looking for a motherboard with lots of SATA ports, supported in 6.2-STABLE Message-ID: <FB03BF57-0113-1000-88FF-2498A79C86A1-Webmail-10024@mac.com>
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Hi folks, The motherboard in my home server recently toasted itself, so it's time to go shopping for a new one. I don't like the bleeding edge enough to run -CURRENT, so I'm looking for something that's supported by 6.2-STABLE. I'm okay with doing simple MFCs to pull down a few drivers if needed. My main concerns are that the networking is well supported (GigE preferred of course), and that there are lots of supported on-board SATA ports. I currently have four SATA drives, so I'd prefer six or eight ports on the new board for growth. I don't care too much whether the new board is for Intel or AMD CPUs, as long as it supports dual-core CPUs. I can order ECC DIMMs cheap from work, so that's preferred but by no means necessary. I'd also like decent on-board graphics, on the off chance I want to dual-boot it to play some older games. In FreeBSD, it just needs to be supported enough to give me a VGA console. I'd like to keep it under $150 for the motherboard. Any suggestions? Many thanks, --rp
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