Hugh, Review the GigaByte GA-MA790FXT-UD5P and Asus M4A78T-E.
Enjoy, Ken Mays --- On Sat, 10/24/09, Hugh McIntyre <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Hugh McIntyre <[email protected]> > Subject: [osol-discuss] AMD based motherboard recommendations? > To: [email protected] > Date: Saturday, October 24, 2009, 8:02 PM > > I'm looking for a new AMD-based motherboard that can take > an AM3 CPU (so an AM3 or AM2+ motherboard is in > scope). Obviously I'm checking the HCL, but the HCL > does not necessarily answer the following questions: > > - What's are the current recommendations if I want to make > sure power management will be well supported, including S3 > suspend? Do some chipsets but not others work for this > (or work better)? Are some chipsets expected to be > better/worse when suspend-resume to disk is done? > > - What about true SATA support rather than "disks in IDE > mode"? Saying something works on the HCL does not > necessarily clarify this, and obviously I'd prefer SATA > support if possible. > > - Any other comments on chipsets (or motherboards) that are > recommended or ones to avoid? > > - Base assumptions are 4 memory slots, >=4 SATA ports, > Gig Ethernet with Jumbo frames if possible, and relatively > low power consumption if possible. But most of the > motherboards support these. > > - DDR3 is maybe preferred but not required, although it > looks like all of the Gigabyte systems on the HCL as of > today are DDR2 instead of DDR3. > > I'm tempted in general to go with somewthing from Gigabyte, > because the ASUS website is too much of an inpenetrable > bunch of Flash and also starts from the premise that you > know what chipset you want, rather than "show me all of the > AM3 motherboards". But ASUS and others are also > options. > > Thanks for any help, > > Hugh. > _______________________________________________ > opensolaris-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
