Ummm.. this is exactly where you'd be better off with integrated graphics... those are on the cheaper CPU's. PCIe card (i.e., GPU) prices are through the roof right now, and the cards themselves are scarce. Save your dough for next year.(I have an Athlon now!)
So maybe it's foolish to be insisting on graphics from the CPU when I can just get an inexpensive PCIe graphics card to do web browsing?
Somebody was telling me to go get the links when I started making claims about prices. Your turn to do that, diizzy .The FM-platform were a disaster for AMD in general, most cases Intel's counterparts (price-wise) were noticably faster
no such animal. I said so earlier, graphics card prices are through the roof right now.get a cheap external graphic card.
Since they're usually older they come with the older I211-AT which is well supported, avoid Realtek like the plague and those are usually found only on value/el-cheapo models. In many causes getting a separate NIC will drive the price up to the same level as one with Intel nic built in but they X570 boards are however usually more pricey. I would advice you to carefully evaluate going below Zen 2 hardware as performance will suffer. If you can get hold of a fairly new (like 5-7y old video card) that's a better option than getting a CPU with integrated graphics.So what's the deal with the X570 PRO mbs that have both Intel & Realtek ethernet?
Mine is Ryzen 5 1400, which I think is a Zen 1... I was an eager early adopter, but even this has served me surprisingly well.going below Zen 2 hardware as performance will suffer. If you can get hold of a fairly new (like 5-7y old video card) that's a better option than getting a CPU with integrated graphics.
I wonder if that's wrong or recently changed, since it's directly contradicted by the tech spec for the ROG STRIX B550-E GAMING motherboard, which explicitly claims support for an "integrated graphics processor". The tech spec also indicates the presence of physical HDMI and Display Port adapters on the "Back I/O Ports" which could only be used by a graphics processor integrated with the CPU.Well there's an interesting chart on
It says yes to X570 for 3000 graphics APUs, but no for B550.
Thanks for pointing that out - Looks like I can make a couple conclusions:That
I wonder if that's wrong or recently changed, since it's directly contradicted by the tech spec for the ROG STRIX B550-E GAMING motherboard, which explicitly claims support for an "integrated graphics processor". The tech spec also indicates the presence of physical HDMI and Display Port adapters on the "Back I/O Ports" which could only be used by a graphics processor integrated with the CPU.
Except that USB is unreliable as f for storage especially with enforced spin-downs randomly and you can most likely pretty much forget any kind of aftermarket service. Since they don't list chipset used I'm going assume that they're using Realtek NICs have not that great track record especially on FreeBSD.For a home server that runs 24/7, I recommend something that is small, quiet and doesn’t consume much power. For example, one of the mini PCs from MinisForum that is based on a mobile CPU. They have models with 2 network ports, and even space for up to three storage devices (one NVMe SSD + two 2.5” SATA), and if you need more, you can always attach disks via USB3. I particularly like their HM50 model; it has a good 6-core mobile Ryzen with a large 10cm fan that is very quiet. It’s probably also suitable as a desktop PC – it supports up to three (!) UHD/4k screens, and the box is small enough (15cm × 15cm) that you can attach it on the VESA mounts on the back of your screen.
USB storage works very well. For example, I have several Samsung T5 that I use for data exchange between FreeBSD and other systems, and one of them is connected to my WiFi router (FritzBox) for NAS and media server. The only issue is that FreeBSD does not support the UAS protocoll (UASP), so it falls back to the old bulk-only protocoll (BOT). This means I only get about 120 MB/s from the T5 (it’s much faster on Windows). Not a big deal for me, though. Most importantly these things are rock-stable.Except that USB is unreliable as f for storage especially with enforced spin-downs randomly and you can most likely pretty much forget any kind of aftermarket service.
That was the case with the old 8129/8139 chips (using the rl(4) driver), twenty years ago. They had a lot of issues. But recent Realtek chips work fine with FreeBSD.Since they don't list chipset used I'm going assume that they're using Realtek NICs have not that great track record especially on FreeBSD.
If you do an internal DVD drive (which connects via IDE cables to the motherboard), there's no compatibility issues to worry about. Back in the day, I could even boot FreeBSD off an external USB DVD drive, but in that case, correctly configuring the drive had nothing to do with FreeBSD per se. If you want to attach an external DVD drive via USB, the handbook will be helpful in figuring out how to do that. But no special drivers are needed, just a bit of attention to the Handbook. Brand of the drive just doesn't matter.On a different topic, are there any compatibility issues with optical drives? As noted I want to get a new/faster one while I'm doing this, since I still receive optical media.