What kind of MotherBoard is better for FreeBsd and linux?

[David O'Brien]

On Fri, Jun 10, 2005 at 12:35:12AM +0400, Oleg Rusanov wrote:
> What kind of MotherBoard for Amd64 OPteron 252 or 264 processors is
> better for FreeBsd and linux?
> 
> ----------------Amd64 OPteron 264 MBs-------------
> MSI
>  K8D Master3 (MS-9161) 
>  2.0  eATX  AMD-8131  Supports up to processor stepping: E6 

This board is nice in that it has 12 DIMM slots - so you can easily get
12gb or 24gb in a 2P machine.  Uses the AMD8100 chipset.
  
> Tyan  Thunder K8SD Pro (S2882-D) 

Also is a fine motherboard.  Uses the AMD 8100 chipset.


> MSI
>  K8D Master3 (MS-9161) 
>  1.0  eATX  AMD-8131  Supports up to processor stepping: E4 

I would get a rev 2.0 board (as it appears above you can) than get a rev
1.0 board.

  
> Tyan  Thunder K8SD Pro (S2882-D) 
>  04UOT  eATX  AMD-8131  Supports up to processor stepping: E6 

Already talked about this one above.

 
>  Thunder K8SR (S2881) 
>  04MOA  eATX  AMD-8131  Supports up to processor stepping: E4  

This is the 1U rack mount version of the Tyan Thunder K8SD Pro (S2882-D).
It also is a fine board using the AMD 8100 chipset.

You should be happy with any of these three boards.

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-- David  (obrien at FreeBSD.org)