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AMD64's Long mode, has 2 submodes.. compatibility mode and 64-bit mode, FreeBSD runs in compatibility mode.
The OpenBSD port runs in 64bit mode and cannot run 32-bit binaries. |
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If FreeBSD, then Atheros imo. If OpenBSD then it doesn't matter if you don't need WPA, otherwise I've made good experiences with Ralink. Well of course you should inform yourself about supported devices.
The best way to do it, read the manuals: e.g. for Ralink/OpenBSD: http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.c...86&format=html or Atheros/FreeBSD: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?q...SE&format=html
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I can't make recommendations though, I don't know enough about Wifi.. not a heavy user. |
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It's just my personal experience. Had some problems with different Atheros adapters in OBSD4.4 and an el cheapo Ralink USB-adapter works like a charm (including WPA/2) :-) Whereas the same adapter is really PITA in FreeBSD 7 (stable).
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And I very well may need WPA, since I'll be on a military base most of the time and I can't imagine them not having secure wifi (of course it may be presumptuous of me to assume they'll have wifi at all). Last edited by nfries88; 17th November 2008 at 06:36 AM. |
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In perusing the OP's OP (hehe), the one thing that comes to mind is heat- you want multiple drives, multi-core processing, high-end graphics and possibly physically separate sound and network cards. And to power all of that wonderfullness you'll want to have a beefy power supply that will also need to be crammed in there. The problem becomes powering all of that and considering the heat dissipation and air circulation in an MATX case.
Be considerate of your choice for the case itself, and what kind of fans it has (or that you might add to it.) I say this because working for a webhosting company that has hundreds of dedicated servers to look after, we learned that lesson the hard way. Specifically, for a 'generation' of servers we built, we bought the cheapest possible cases that we could, and found hard-drives failing on a regular basis because there were too many high-heat generating components in a small area with piss-poor heat dissipation and air circulation. Nobody likes noisy fans in their home pc, of course, but even more plainly understandable is that no one likes a fried hard-drive even more than noise. That being said, if you can find a way to sneak in quiet 120mm fans and not compromise the airflow design of the case in the meantime (I can't tell you enough how stupid it can be to leave your case cover off or randomly drill holes), you can get around this possible problem.
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Currently I'm looking at the APEVIA X-QPACK-AL, which has a 120mm rear fan, 2 vents on either side, and an LCD temperature display on the front. Two of the reviews on newegg were by people who are successfully using it with some beefy hardware. Two of the reviews (one of the same, one a different) mentioned problems with the power supply it comes with, but I'm sure I can manage something there. I'll keep looking for a better one but for now I'd like to see what you have to say about that. EDIT: Now I'm looking at the SILVERSTONE SST-SG01-S. Quote:
For powersupply I'd use the one that other people who bought that case got, the SILVERSTONE OP650 650W power supply. It has a 120mm cooling fan, and the power switch makes it attractive to me (as I occasionally freeze up my computer doing some stupid shit and would like to instantly shut it off). Last edited by nfries88; 21st November 2008 at 03:49 AM. |
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I like the Apevia choice, personally. While the 420W PS included may be questionable (and I cannot speak to it either way) you can always get a different PS (better, and higher wattage) and keep that as a spare just-in-case. I like the 120mm fan, and if that's noisy you can always replace it with something of a higher quality (read- quieter.)
The Silverstone just doesn't seem that great- no 120mm fan bay (just the PS you were going to include with it) and the ducting seems odd. It's also more expensive with no PS (although the price differential doesn't seem that bad.) Either way you're probably going to be fine, but if I had to split hairs it would be the Apevia.
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the NVIDIA driver doesn't work on AMD64 for freeBSD ok for solaris though. |
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