Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 13:05:43 -0600 From: jgnovak <jgnovak@micron.com> To: "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: need some suggestions for my FreeBSD UberBoxen Message-ID: <3607D767B8E1D311A24F0008C7590A960916CD34@ntexchange07.micron.com>
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This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C10BCE.D0C5B170 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Hi all, Hope all is well with everyone. I have run FreeBSD on a few cheap older PC's and my 2 laptops for a couple of years now, I kept a journal of my triumphs and hardships configuring various devices and at this point run nothing but FreeBSD (even trying to get Unix Admin to make the switch from Solaris 7 to FreeBSD 4.3). So here is the dilema. Now that I can afford to build a 'real' box from the ground up I want it to be a total power trip box that takes advantage of all of the capabilities that the BSD Unix has to offer for a power-user workstation. I have cooling, case, cdrw/dvd/floppy/tape all figured out and have ordered these parts. Would like to know what all of you think for the following: 1) best dual CPU capable ATX motherboard (would prefer it supported 1GB + RAM) 2) best CPU's in a dual CPU environment (eg: AMD thunderbird?) 3) best supported video card (want to run 'E' at 1600x1200, QuakeIII etc =D ) 4) best supported sound card (not as important, but still important 5) best 10/100 NIC (lots of choices out there, what do you think is the best one?) Thanks in advance everybody, and have a great weekend. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C10BCE.D0C5B170 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.3105.105" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=866295118-13072001>Hi all,</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=866295118-13072001></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=866295118-13072001>Hope all is well with everyone.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=866295118-13072001></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=866295118-13072001>I have run FreeBSD on a few cheap older PC's and my 2 laptops for a couple of years now, I kept a journal of my triumphs and hardships configuring</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=866295118-13072001>various devices and at this point run nothing but FreeBSD (even trying to get Unix Admin to make the switch from Solaris 7 to FreeBSD 4.3).</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=866295118-13072001></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=866295118-13072001>So here is the dilema. Now that I can afford to build a 'real' box from the ground up I want it to be a total power trip box that takes advantage of all</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=866295118-13072001>of the capabilities that the BSD Unix has to offer for a power-user workstation.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=866295118-13072001></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=866295118-13072001>I have cooling, case, cdrw/dvd/floppy/tape all figured out and have ordered these parts.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=866295118-13072001></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=866295118-13072001>Would like to know what all of you think for the following:</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=866295118-13072001></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=866295118-13072001>1) best dual CPU capable ATX motherboard (would prefer it supported 1GB + RAM)</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=866295118-13072001>2) best CPU's in a dual CPU environment (eg: AMD thunderbird?)</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=866295118-13072001>3) best supported video card (want to run 'E' at 1600x1200, QuakeIII etc =D )</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=866295118-13072001>4) best supported sound card (not as important, but still important</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=866295118-13072001>5) best 10/100 NIC (lots of choices out there, what do you think is the best one?)</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=866295118-13072001></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=866295118-13072001>Thanks in advance everybody, and have a great weekend.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <P class=MsoNormal> </P> <DIV> </DIV></BODY></HTML> ------_=_NextPart_001_01C10BCE.D0C5B170-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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