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To: knichel <knichel@cdcsd.k12.ny.us>
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Subject: Re: Hardware compatibility
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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
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	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.
 

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