On Thu, 23 Dec 2010 18:23:30 +1000 Da Rock <freebsd-questi...@herveybayaustralia.com.au> wrote:
> I know its a little OT, but I'm hunting for a mainboard to plug this > CPU into and build a file server. So the ideal specs are (and maybe > dreaming too :) ): > > 184 pin RAM DIMM > SataIII 4+ ports > Either onboard or AGP Video > 2x Gigabit LAN > > Obviously I don't need much RAM, just juice the throughput from the > HDD to the LAN, and plenty of bandwidth. That said a lot of my specs > could be pipe dreaming, I know. I'm looking at 3x 2Tb Seagate 64Mb > SATAIII's so I'd rather not waste it, I'm sure you'd agree. > > I'll be setting up RAID5 in some fashion or other, just still > choosing my method between ZFS and VINUM or something. So the need > for as many SATA ports is a must :) > > Any help finding a suitable model would be much appreciated- very > hard to find anything still in stock. And of course advice will be > very welcome :) I just did a quick search on ebay australia for "socket 939 motherboard" and hit this http://shop.ebay.com.au/?_from=R40&_trksid=m570&_nkw=socket+939+motherboard&_sacat=See-All-Categories One of my computers is a Asus A8N-VM 939. It has 2 ports for SATA and I added another SATA card into the PCI-E x1 slot. I found an AMD64x2 CPU on ebay that was reasonable nad have 4G of RAM. This is not the latest or greatest but it is still a very functional computer. I hope this helps. Robert P.S. I will be taking my first trip to AU in February and am quite excited about it. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"