Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 21:56:22 -0500 From: Glenn Sieb <ges+lists@wingfoot.org> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: [Fwd: Looking to upgrade my hardware and run 6.2-RELEASE] Message-ID: <45BD6256.7030807@wingfoot.org>
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I said... > Since I tend to build my own boxes, I'd like to make sure my choice of > CPU/MB is good fro FBSD before I buy :-) > > I'm looking at an AMD X2 64 5400 and an Abit AN9 32X. > > The AN9 has: > > NVIDIA nForce SPP 190/nForce 590 SLI MCP > Dual NV Gigabit LAN > 6x SATA 3gb/s ports with RAID 0/1/0+1/5 JBOD support > (plus 2x SATA ports non-RAID) > > I know that NVIDIA chipsets (at least used to) require separate > downloads of the chipset drivers. Is this still the case? > > I've been using Abit MBs for years now, but I'm not necessarily tied to > them, if there are better suggestions from the list. > > So anywho.. I'd appreciate any advice the list can provide. I'm a huge > fan of FBSD, and have been using it consistently since 2000 now. :) > > Thanks in advance, everyone! I really would appreciate some advice, if people would be so kind. :) Will FBSD 6.2-Release work ok with this hardware? I'm not really married to any of this, so if people have better suggestions for motherboards/CPUs whatever--I'd seriously appreciate it. Backchannel is fine. :) Thanks again in advance, Best, --Glenn
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