Date: Sat, 7 Jul 2001 14:31:28 -0500 (EST) From: Richard Lucas <rlucas@solidcomputing.com> To: Michal Mertl <mime@traveller.cz> Cc: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: AMD Athlon MP & Tyan Thunder K7 (for server ?) Message-ID: <20010707142524.C4950-100000@mx2.threeh.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSO.4.21.0107071221110.10899-100000@prg.traveller.cz>
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On Sat, 7 Jul 2001, Michal Mertl wrote: > I was also considering buying one for server (instead of ASUS CUR-DLS and > 2xPIII) but am a bit afraid of two things. > > The Onboard NICs are 3c920 which should be compatible with 3c905C-TX but > in some other post in this group or on stable I've read they don't > work. Well I might easily buy additional NICs that's now big problem only > wasted HW. > > The other (and more serious for me) is the problem with power supplies. > For this board you should get quality 400W (in my case 2x) and that's > difficult to get (at least for rackmountable cases). Also I don't like the > heat Athlon processors produce - in case processor fan stops working you > need to shutdown very fast else the processor is damaged. From my understanding this board recommends/requires a 460W power supply. -Richard To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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