new hardware - compatible?

Pascal S Clermont pascal at clermont.cc
Thu Jun 12 14:15:23 UTC 2008


Brad Mettee wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm new to FreeBSD and don't have a lot of time to go digging through 
> archives/info to find answers, so excuse this if it's a "noob" 
> question. It's an emergency server build, and needs to be solid and fast.
>
> Will FreeBSD have any problems running on the following hardware? 
> Which would be better FreeBSD 6.3 or 7?
>
> Intel Quad Core Extreme 3Ghz, LGA775
> Asus P5K-E Motherboard (P35 chipset, Onboard LAN)
> 4G Kingston DDR 2 RAM (PC2 6400)
> Seagate 500G, SATA 2, 7200RPM
> GeForce 7200GS 128MB 32-bit GDDR2 PCI-E x16 Video Card (basically a 
> cheap vid card)
> Samsung SATA CD-ROM
>
All these components will work. I have not tested the Geforce 7200, but 
I doubt that it will give you any problems.

Pascal Clermont
> Thanks in advance.
>
> (I've been building/running x86 boxes since DOS 3.3, just haven't had 
> need of *nix environment yet, so I'm not total noob)
>
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