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MICHAEL V.

MICHAEL V.

Joined on 05/08/05

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Great for a NAS

ASUS C60M1-I AMD Fusion APU C-60 (1.0 GHz, dual core) AMD Hudson M1 Mini ITX Motherboard / CPU Combo
ASUS C60M1-I AMD Fusion APU C-60 (1.0 GHz, dual core) AMD Hudson M1 Mini ITX Motherboard / CPU Combo

Pros: AMD Fusion supports 8 GB of RAM - All Intel Atom boards support only 4 GB of RAM, which made them useless to me. Runs cool, fits great in an Element Q case. Ran FreeNAS out of the box with no problems. Plenty fast for my needs.

Cons: On-board NIC (Realtek 8111F) is not well-supported in Linux or BSD. I'm not even sure if FreeBSD drivers exist for it. Using any Realtek NIC for a NAS is a bit crazy, however. I used the PCI-e slot to install a $20 Intel NIC, which has rock-solid BSD support with faster throughput and less CPU usage.

Overall Review: I wanted a mini-ITX board that supported 8 GB of RAM (for ZFS) and was passively cooled. This fit the bill perfectly, and is running great with FreeNAS 8.0.4.