Just an update to this thread with my results. To summarize, I have no
problems with the nVidia 750a chipset. It's simply a newer version of
the 5** series chipets that have reportedly worked well. Also, at
IDLE, this system uses 133 Watts:
CPU - AMD Athlon X2 4850e
Motherboard - XFX MD-A72P-7509
* nVidia nForce 750a SLI chipset
* 6x SATA, 1x eSATA
* 2x PCIe 2.0 x16 slots
* nVidia GeForce 8 series integrated video
* 1x Marvell gigabit ethernet (disabled in BIOS
2x Kingston 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM ECC Unbuffered DDR2 800
(PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Server Memory
2x Intel PRO/1000 GT Desktop Adapter (82541PI)
6x Maxtor 6L300S0 drives (SATA)
1x 80GB IDE drive (OS)
# uname -a
SunOS <hostname> 5.11 snv_96 i86pc i386 i86pc
# psrinfo -pv
The physical processor has 2 virtual processors (0 1)
x86 (AuthenticAMD 60FB2 family 15 model 107 step 2 clock 2500 MHz)
AMD Athlon(tm) Dual Core Processor 4850e
# isainfo -bv
64-bit amd64 applications
tscp ahf cx16 sse3 sse2 sse fxsr amd_3dnowx amd_3dnow amd_mmx mmx cmov
amd_sysc cx8 tsc fpu
# prtconf -D
System Configuration: Sun Microsystems i86pc
Memory size: 3840 Megabytes
System Peripherals (Software Nodes):
i86pc (driver name: rootnex)
scsi_vhci, instance #0 (driver name: scsi_vhci)
isa, instance #0 (driver name: isa)
asy, instance #0 (driver name: asy)
motherboard
pit_beep, instance #0 (driver name: pit_beep)
pci, instance #0 (driver name: npe)
pci10de,cb84
pci10de,cb84
pci10de,cb84
pci10de,cb84
pci10de,cb84
pci10de,cb84
pci10de,cb84, instance #0 (driver name: ohci)
pci10de,cb84, instance #0 (driver name: ehci)
pci10de,cb84, instance #1 (driver name: ohci)
pci10de,cb84, instance #1 (driver name: ehci)
pci-ide, instance #0 (driver name: pci-ide)
ide, instance #0 (driver name: ata)
cmdk, instance #0 (driver name: cmdk)
ide (driver name: ata)
pci10de,75a, instance #0 (driver name: pci_pci)
pci8086,1376, instance #0 (driver name: e1000g)
pci8086,1376, instance #1 (driver name: e1000g)
pci10de,cb84, instance #0 (driver name: ahci)
disk, instance #1 (driver name: sd)
disk, instance #2 (driver name: sd)
disk, instance #3 (driver name: sd)
disk, instance #4 (driver name: sd)
disk, instance #5 (driver name: sd)
disk, instance #6 (driver name: sd)
pci10de,569, instance #1 (driver name: pci_pci)
display, instance #0 (driver name: vgatext)
pci10de,778 (driver name: pcie_pci)
pci10de,75b (driver name: pcie_pci)
pci10de,77a (driver name: pcie_pci)
pci1022,1100, instance #0 (driver name: mc-amd)
pci1022,1101, instance #1 (driver name: mc-amd)
pci1022,1102, instance #2 (driver name: mc-amd)
pci1022,1103, instance #0 (driver name: amd64_gart)
pci, instance #0 (driver name: pci)
iscsi, instance #0 (driver name: iscsi)
pseudo, instance #0 (driver name: pseudo)
options, instance #0 (driver name: options)
agpgart, instance #0 (driver name: agpgart)
xsvc, instance #0 (driver name: xsvc)
used-resources
cpus, instance #0 (driver name: cpunex)
cpu (driver name: cpudrv)
cpu (driver name: cpudrv)
# prtdiag
System Configuration: To Be Filled By O.E.M. To Be Filled By O.E.M.
BIOS Configuration: American Megatrends Inc. 080015 05/30/2008
==== Processor Sockets ====================================
Version Location Tag
-------------------------------- --------------------------
AMD Athlon(tm) Dual Core Processor 4850e CPU 1
==== Memory Device Sockets ================================
Type Status Set Device Locator Bank Locator
----------- ------ --- ------------------- ----------------
DDR2 in use 0 DIMM0 BANK0
DDR2 in use 0 DIMM1 BANK1
DDR2 in use 0 DIMM2 BANK2
DDR2 in use 0 DIMM3 BANK3
==== On-Board Devices =====================================
To Be Filled By O.E.M.
==== Upgradeable Slots ====================================
ID Status Type Description
--- --------- ---------------- ----------------------------
0 in use AGP 4X AGP
1 in use PCI PCI1
# cfgadm
Ap_Id Type Receptacle Occupant Condition
sata0/0::dsk/c2t0d0 disk connected configured ok
sata0/1::dsk/c2t1d0 disk connected configured ok
sata0/2::dsk/c2t2d0 disk connected configured ok
sata0/3::dsk/c2t3d0 disk connected configured ok
sata0/4::dsk/c2t4d0 disk connected configured ok
sata0/5::dsk/c2t5d0 disk connected configured ok
On Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 12:11 PM, Joe S <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> While I wanted the Intel Core 2 Duo confuration, it was too much
> money. Even when I substituted the processor for a low power wolfdale,
> the E7200. The Intel option cost $126 more than the AMD/GeForce
> option. I was up to $457.88 with shipping and tax.
>
> Also, in some power benchmarks, the AMD 4850e did used a lot less
> power than the most efficient 45nm Intel Core 2 processor, the E7200.
> Of course, from a performance point of view, the E7200 blows the AMD
> out of the water, but my needs are for a low-power and 64 bit file
> server. The AMD 4850e and nForce 750a chipset meets those needs. I'm
> staying away from any AMD chipsets. There are too many bugs, and I
> read the brand new AMD 750 chipset has the SAME AHCI issues as the
> SB600. AMD can't seem to fix it. One other factor that helped in my
> decision was that Sun sells both X38 and nForce based chipsets in its
> new workstations. If they work for Sun...
>
>
> I ended up choosing this configuration:
>
>> CPU - AMD Athlon X2 4850e 2.5GHz 2 x 512KB L2 Cache Socket AM2 45W
>> Dual-Core ($77.00)
>> Motherboard - XFX MDA72P7509 ($134.99)
>> * nVidia nForce 750a SLI chipset
>> * 6x SATA, 1x eSATA
>> * 2x PCIe 2.0 x16
>> * nVidia GeForce 8 series integrated video
>> * 1x Marvell gigabit ethernet
>
> At newegg, with tax, shipping, and 4GB of ECC RAM, this cost me $341.71
>
> This solution allows me to add a dual port gigabit ethernet card
> (PCIe) and the LSI SATA card (PCIe) later on.
>
> Thanks for the replies.
>
> I will follow up once I get the hardware.
>
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