[OpenIndiana-discuss] fishing for suggestions for new motherboard
I'm long overdue to build out a new x86/x64 system to run (primarily) OpenIndiana on, and I looking for comments and suggestions from others who have recently done the same. I have already reviewed our HCL here: http://wiki.openindiana.org/oi/Motherboards But I fear it is dated, as the last update was almost a year ago. I'm planning to run an Intel CPU due to some issues with another OS, and I need it to handle at least 32 Gb of ram. This is for me at $HOME, but I run a lot of zones + virtualization via VirtualBox. Size - I own a small collection of old Sun Ultra 20 cases that I like to use, so I am looking for an ATX sized board. If it matters, I typically always run an NVIDIA frame buffer as they seem to be the path of least resistance and always have nice *Solaris drivers. Thanks for any comments, Jerry ___ openindiana-discuss mailing list openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] fishing for suggestions for new motherboard
In regard to: [OpenIndiana-discuss] fishing for suggestions for new...: I'm long overdue to build out a new x86/x64 system to run (primarily) OpenIndiana on, and I looking for comments and suggestions from others who have recently done the same. I can't really help you for hardware suggestions, since what I'm using as my OI workstation is now a couple years old and was a complete Dell system, rather than just a motherboard like you're looking for. You've probably already thought of both of these things, but I'll mention them anyway: - watch out for motherboards that only have USB3. That currently won't work on OI, so be sure you find one that has some USB2 with a chip that's supported. - you mentioned graphics and I think you're on the right track, but do you care about audio? That can be as hard to get working as video, though non-functioning audio isn't always the show-stopper that non-functioning video would be. Good luck, and be sure you report back on what works (and anything that doesn't) once you find a system. Tim -- Tim Mooney tim.moo...@ndsu.edu Enterprise Computing & Infrastructure 701-231-1076 (Voice) Room 242-J6, Quentin Burdick Building 701-231-8541 (Fax) North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58105-5164 ___ openindiana-discuss mailing list openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] fishing for suggestions for new motherboard
Hello Tim, Thanks for the comments. Specifically the USB ones, I really wasn't aware. My personal opinion and experience with USB (and we all know what opinions are worth) is that it does fine for use as a keyboard and mouse interface. And that is all I would ever use it for. I would never use it for storage, with the exception of maybe one of those 8 or 16 Gb USB sticks for sneakernet. I currently have an external drive enclosure attached via e-sata, and I have done well with that. As far as audio and video go, its not something I really push. YouTube video here and there. Downloaded video's via mplayer, or VLC if that is working again. I really don't push the audio thing hard and so far, I have always been happy with what ever audio is on the system board. I currently have a Gigabyte LGA1366 GA-X58A-UD5 with a Intel Core i7 950 3.06GHz that I built out in early 2011. Its done well for me, but is getting pretty long in the tooth. Jerry On 05/13/15 02:59 PM, Tim Mooney wrote: In regard to: [OpenIndiana-discuss] fishing for suggestions for new...: I'm long overdue to build out a new x86/x64 system to run (primarily) OpenIndiana on, and I looking for comments and suggestions from others who have recently done the same. I can't really help you for hardware suggestions, since what I'm using as my OI workstation is now a couple years old and was a complete Dell system, rather than just a motherboard like you're looking for. You've probably already thought of both of these things, but I'll mention them anyway: - watch out for motherboards that only have USB3. That currently won't work on OI, so be sure you find one that has some USB2 with a chip that's supported. - you mentioned graphics and I think you're on the right track, but do you care about audio? That can be as hard to get working as video, though non-functioning audio isn't always the show-stopper that non-functioning video would be. Good luck, and be sure you report back on what works (and anything that doesn't) once you find a system. Tim ___ openindiana-discuss mailing list openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] fishing for suggestions for new motherboard
In regard to: Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] fishing for suggestions for new...: Specifically the USB ones, I really wasn't aware. My personal opinion and experience with USB (and we all know what opinions are worth) is that it does fine for use as a keyboard and mouse interface. And that is all I would ever use it for. I would never use it for storage, with the exception of maybe one of those 8 or 16 Gb USB sticks for sneakernet. That's all I ever use it for too, but if you only have USB3 on the MB you purchase, none of those things are going to work. It's getting difficult to find PS2 ports on modern motherboards, so even having a working keyboard and mouse are going to be dependent on having USB2. The USB flash drives and sneakernet are also extremely useful to have, so I personally would be pretty disappointed if I had a system where that wasn't an option. As far as audio and video go, its not something I really push. YouTube video here and there. Downloaded video's via mplayer, or VLC if that is working again. I really don't push the audio thing hard and so far, I have always been happy with what ever audio is on the system board. Just make certain that whatever on-board audio is actually known to work. Tim -- Tim Mooney tim.moo...@ndsu.edu Enterprise Computing & Infrastructure 701-231-1076 (Voice) Room 242-J6, Quentin Burdick Building 701-231-8541 (Fax) North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58105-5164 ___ openindiana-discuss mailing list openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] fishing for suggestions for new motherboard
Hi Jerry, For me the most important is network support because I would be really annoyed with an unsupported NIC. It already happened and hopefully I could use Wifi as it was on a laptop... so the 3 criteria are : - NIC support - SATA controller support - USB2/PS2 support I'm in process of refurbishing an old Ultra 20 as well and I'm collecting hardware as I see some good oportunities on second hand stuff, the motherboard I found is an ASRock Z97 Extreme4 which seems to fit my bill, I don't really know about the support for Realtek ALC1150 sound chipset tho. Ben. - Mail original - De: "Jerry Kemp" À: "Discussion list for OpenIndiana" Envoyé: Jeudi 14 Mai 2015 07:12:43 Objet: [OpenIndiana-discuss] fishing for suggestions for new motherboard I'm long overdue to build out a new x86/x64 system to run (primarily) OpenIndiana on, and I looking for comments and suggestions from others who have recently done the same. I have already reviewed our HCL here: http://wiki.openindiana.org/oi/Motherboards But I fear it is dated, as the last update was almost a year ago. I'm planning to run an Intel CPU due to some issues with another OS, and I need it to handle at least 32 Gb of ram. This is for me at $HOME, but I run a lot of zones + virtualization via VirtualBox. Size - I own a small collection of old Sun Ultra 20 cases that I like to use, so I am looking for an ATX sized board. If it matters, I typically always run an NVIDIA frame buffer as they seem to be the path of least resistance and always have nice *Solaris drivers. Thanks for any comments, Jerry ___ openindiana-discuss mailing list openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss ___ openindiana-discuss mailing list openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
