Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2011 09:43:41 -0500 From: eculp <eculp@encontacto.net> To: dg17@penx.com Cc: freebsd-current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Opinion on using AMD Phenom II x6 1090t with Gigabyte 890BPA-UD3H and 8GB DDR-3 as a WebServer. Message-ID: <20110630094341.38064xcui4cdd2n4@econet.encontacto.net> In-Reply-To: <1309355420.68251.8.camel@btw.pki2.com> References: <20110629073105.17922wqmo8yonl6o@econet.encontacto.net> <1309355420.68251.8.camel@btw.pki2.com>
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Quoting Dennis Glatting <dg17@penx.com>: > 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 > > >
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