Subject: Choosing a mainboard, anyone running a Tyan Tomcat K8E 2865 ?
To: None <port-amd64@netbsd.org>
From: Dieter <netbsd@sopwith.solgatos.com>
List: port-amd64
Date: 07/20/2005 12:23:15
Is anyone running a Tyan Tomcat K8E 2865 ?
http://www.tyan.com/products/html/tomcatk8e.html
Like it? Hate it? Problems?
The Tomcat K8E 2865 has the best combination of features
(for my needs) I've found so far.
Alternately, are there similar boards I should consider?
Required:
AMD64
multiple 5 Volt PCI slots (the more the better)
supports ECC (word is some boards don't, e.g. traces left out)
decent quality/reliablilty
Desired:
SATA (more than 4 would be nice, this is one weak point of the 2865 for me)
onboard video & audio
gig-ethernet
USB
firewire
PCI-e (for future) (the more the better)
more than 1 RS-232 port
supports Cool-n-Quiet
Would be nice, but I don't expect to get it:
more than 7 total expansion slots (PCI + PCI-e)
I'm not married to the ATX form factor
SCSI
Not required:
parallel port
floppy
gaming
overclocking
fashionable color scheme