workstation mobo

[Richard MAHONEY]

On Sat, 2005-08-13 at 13:17, Ken Gunderson wrote:
> On Fri, 12 Aug 2005 19:42:46 -0400
> Jason Morgan <jwm-freebsd at sentinelchicken.net> wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, Aug 12, 2005 at 04:33:35PM -0600, Ken Gunderson wrote:
> > > On Fri, 12 Aug 2005 22:53:56 +0200
> > > Juergen Lock <nox at jelal.kn-bremen.de> wrote:
> > > 
> > > > On Fri, Aug 12, 2005 at 08:58:23AM -0600, Ken Gunderson wrote:
> > > > > Greets All:
> > > > > 
> > > > > I'm liking these amd opteron servers so much that I am considering
> > > > > building an amd based workstationn.  Assumed it would be Athalon based
> > > > > but in searching archives I note that some folks seem to prefer the
> > > > > opterons for workstation use. Perhaps to some degree in reaction
> > > > > to the "chipset mess".  I'm not averse to spending a bit more for the
> > > > > opteron system but it seems to me the Opteron's CPU heatsink/fan might
> > > > > be a bit noisy for workstation use.  And I have buddies shouting in my
> > > > > ear to "stick w/ Intel" for workstation.  But then I also know others
> > > > > who run AMD for their desktop machines.  Any recommends based on current
> > > > > state of affairs in the ADM hardware world?  
> > > > 
> > > > I just got a new box with an Asus A8V Deluxe board (VIA K8T800 Pro,
> > > > Socket 939), and so far everything seems to be working.  The only
> > > > unusual thing i had to do for FreeBSD (5.4-R) was adding a patch
> > > > to the sk nic driver (see other thread.)
> > > 
> > > Thanks to all who responded.  I've got a buddy who swears that the 2MB
> > > L2 cache P4's, e.g. the 640 et.al. are kicking butt on the Athalons.  I
> > > know to some degree it boils down to personal preference and don't want
> > > to beat the topic to death but input is appreciated since I've mostly
> > > been building opteron as of late (and xeons before that) server class
> > > machines so am kind of out of date on the workstation side of things. 

This sort of beast may be worth considering:

 http://www.sun.com/desktop/workstation/w2100z/index.jsp

Supports a good variety of OS's so BSD may be possible.


Best,

 Richard


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