Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2010 09:19:19 -0800 From: Robert <traveling08@cox.net> To: Da Rock <freebsd-questions@herveybayaustralia.com.au> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: AMD Athlon64 Mainboard - NOT SPAM: please check it out :) Message-ID: <20101223091919.687361dc@bsd64> In-Reply-To: <4D130702.5010200@herveybayaustralia.com.au> References: <4D130702.5010200@herveybayaustralia.com.au>
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On Thu, 23 Dec 2010 18:23:30 +1000 Da Rock <freebsd-questions@herveybayaustralia.com.au> wrote: > I know its a little OT, but I'm hunting for a mainboard to plug this > CPU into and build a file server. So the ideal specs are (and maybe > dreaming too :) ): > > 184 pin RAM DIMM > SataIII 4+ ports > Either onboard or AGP Video > 2x Gigabit LAN > > Obviously I don't need much RAM, just juice the throughput from the > HDD to the LAN, and plenty of bandwidth. That said a lot of my specs > could be pipe dreaming, I know. I'm looking at 3x 2Tb Seagate 64Mb > SATAIII's so I'd rather not waste it, I'm sure you'd agree. > > I'll be setting up RAID5 in some fashion or other, just still > choosing my method between ZFS and VINUM or something. So the need > for as many SATA ports is a must :) > > Any help finding a suitable model would be much appreciated- very > hard to find anything still in stock. And of course advice will be > very welcome :) I just did a quick search on ebay australia for "socket 939 motherboard" and hit this http://shop.ebay.com.au/?_from=R40&_trksid=m570&_nkw=socket+939+motherboard&_sacat=See-All-Categories One of my computers is a Asus A8N-VM 939. It has 2 ports for SATA and I added another SATA card into the PCI-E x1 slot. I found an AMD64x2 CPU on ebay that was reasonable nad have 4G of RAM. This is not the latest or greatest but it is still a very functional computer. I hope this helps. Robert P.S. I will be taking my first trip to AU in February and am quite excited about it.
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