From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 30 14:53:46 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6F9D0106568A for ; Thu, 30 Jun 2011 14:53:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from eculp@encontacto.net) Received: from ns2.bafirst.com (ns2.bafirst.com [97.67.198.91]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1531A8FC1C for ; Thu, 30 Jun 2011 14:53:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from unixmania.com ([189.251.17.30]) by ns2.bafirst.com with esmtp; Thu, 30 Jun 2011 09:43:41 -0500 id 000DA804.4E0C8B9E.00007B3B Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (uid 80) by unixmania.com with local; Thu, 30 Jun 2011 09:43:41 -0500 id 000CF6E7.4E0C8B9D.0000ECCB Received: from dsl-189-251-65-236-dyn.prod-infinitum.com.mx (dsl-189-251-65-236-dyn.prod-infinitum.com.mx [189.251.65.236]) by econet.encontacto.net (Horde Framework) with HTTP; Thu, 30 Jun 2011 09:43:41 -0500 Message-ID: <20110630094341.38064xcui4cdd2n4@econet.encontacto.net> Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2011 09:43:41 -0500 From: eculp To: dg17@penx.com References: <20110629073105.17922wqmo8yonl6o@econet.encontacto.net> <1309355420.68251.8.camel@btw.pki2.com> In-Reply-To: <1309355420.68251.8.camel@btw.pki2.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; DelSp="Yes"; format="flowed" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) H3 (5.0-cvs) X-Remote-Browser: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD i386; rv:5.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/5.0 X-IMP-Server: 189.251.17.30 X-Originating-IP: 189.251.65.236 X-Originating-User: eculp@encontacto.net Cc: freebsd-current Subject: Re: Opinion on using AMD Phenom II x6 1090t with Gigabyte 890BPA-UD3H and 8GB DDR-3 as a WebServer. X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2011 14:53:46 -0000 Quoting Dennis Glatting : > On Wed, 2011-06-29 at 07:31 -0500, eculp wrote: >> I just saw this box that is being promoted as a gaming machine at a >> great price and am considering it as a web-server. >> >> In addition to having no information on the CPU as a server lack of >> comfort with 6 cores and memory 8GB of memory that I am having a >> problem with. I am not a gamer but I have always assumed that a >> gaming machine needs the most aggressive hardware. I have also seen >> this processor with 12 GB rather than 8 which, in my ignorance sounds >> better. >> >> Any opinions and guidance are appreciated. >> > > I have been moving away from Gigabyte however I do have a similar board: > > =09MB GIGABYTE GA-870A-UD3 RT This one is GA-890BPA-UD3G that also has RealTek 811D 10/100/1000 Mbit =20 that I doubt will be a limitation. I'll stick in another card anyway. =20 I also like that has is sata3 and usb 3 so it seems to be up to date. > > My key complaint about Gigabyte is the ReatTek Ethernet chips. Realtek > doesn't publish chip specs and therefore the drivers under FreeBSD/Linux > are so-so (i.e., they work but not performance optimized and forget > about anything but the default MTU). > > On my board I hate the South Bridge chip, which is useless for RAID. > > I am also unable to install VMWare ESXi, my last ditch attempt to find a > use for my board. There appears to be a hardware incompatibility while > installing (i.e., not during the probe sequence, rather after that > sequence then onto installation). > Thanks a lot for your suggestions and point of view. I'm begining to =20 think that this may be too much machine but comming down doesn't save =20 much so I will probably give it a try. ed > > >