Hello Tim,
Thanks for the comments.
Specifically the USB ones, I really wasn't aware. My personal opinion and
experience with USB (and we all know what opinions are worth) is that it does
fine for use as a keyboard and mouse interface. And that is all I would ever
use it for. I would never use it for storage, with the exception of maybe one
of those 8 or 16 Gb USB sticks for sneakernet.
I currently have an external drive enclosure attached via e-sata, and I have
done well with that.
As far as audio and video go, its not something I really push. YouTube video
here and there. Downloaded video's via mplayer, or VLC if that is working
again. I really don't push the audio thing hard and so far, I have always been
happy with what ever audio is on the system board.
I currently have a Gigabyte LGA1366 GA-X58A-UD5 with a Intel Core i7 950 3.06GHz
that I built out in early 2011. Its done well for me, but is getting pretty
long in the tooth.
Jerry
On 05/13/15 02:59 PM, Tim Mooney wrote:
In regard to: [OpenIndiana-discuss] fishing for suggestions for new...:
I'm long overdue to build out a new x86/x64 system to run (primarily)
OpenIndiana on, and I looking for comments and suggestions from others who
have recently done the same.
I can't really help you for hardware suggestions, since what I'm using
as my OI workstation is now a couple years old and was a complete Dell
system, rather than just a motherboard like you're looking for.
You've probably already thought of both of these things, but I'll
mention them anyway:
- watch out for motherboards that only have USB3. That currently won't
work on OI, so be sure you find one that has some USB2 with a chip
that's supported.
- you mentioned graphics and I think you're on the right track, but do
you care about audio? That can be as hard to get working as video,
though non-functioning audio isn't always the show-stopper that
non-functioning video would be.
Good luck, and be sure you report back on what works (and anything that
doesn't) once you find a system.
Tim
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