• Mainboard: Gigabyte M57SLI-S4 (with on-board ethernet and sound)
• Video Card: Radeon 9700 from ATI

The Gigabyte mainboard is supported by the coreboot project (http://coreboot.org/GIGABYTE_GA-M57SLI-S4_Build_Tutorial). It's relatively inexpensive (currently around $99). There are a number of other options available (http://coreboot.org/Supported_Motherboards), but this board is one of the cheapest desktop boards that is easy to acquire.

The motherboard also has the other components that most people need already on board, including ethernet, sound and USB. A complete computer also needs a monitor, keyboard and mouse, but any of them made for PCs will work.

For a video card we recommend the Radeon 9700 from ATI, http://ati.amd.com/products/radeon9700/index.html which will cost around $60-$80 depending on where you find it.

We are considering selling motherboards flashed with a free BIOS, and even full desktop systems preinstalled with a free BIOS and a free software operating system. If you might be interested in purchasing such a motherboard or system from us, please e-mail us at resources@fsf.org.

Here is the lspci output for some of the machine configurations we recommend.

Desktop: gigabyte M57SLI-S4 + Radeon 9700

00:00.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP55 Memory Controller (rev a1)
00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP55 LPC Bridge (rev a2)
00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation MCP55 SMBus (rev a2)
00:01.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP55 Memory Controller (rev a2)
00:01.3 Co-processor: nVidia Corporation MCP55 SMU (rev a2)
00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP55 USB Controller (rev a1)
00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP55 USB Controller (rev a2)
00:04.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP55 IDE (rev a1)
00:05.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP55 SATA Controller (rev a2)
00:05.1 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP55 SATA Controller (rev a2)
00:05.2 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP55 SATA Controller (rev a2)
00:06.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP55 PCI bridge (rev a2)
00:06.1 Audio device: nVidia Corporation MCP55 High Definition Audio (rev a2)
00:08.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP55 Ethernet (rev a2)
00:0a.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP55 PCI Express bridge (rev a2)
00:0b.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP55 PCI Express bridge (rev a2)
00:0c.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP55 PCI Express bridge (rev a2)
00:0d.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP55 PCI Express bridge (rev a2)
00:0e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP55 PCI Express bridge (rev a2)
00:0f.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP55 PCI Express bridge (rev a2)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
01:0a.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB43AB23 IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link)
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV350 [Mobility Radeon 9600 M10]

Servers

Silicon Mechanics A236 (supermicro H8DMR)

Chris Watson at http://siliconmechanics.com Silicon Mechanics says (2008/04/03):

We will commit to offering coreboot preinstallation on the http://www.siliconmechanics.com/i7045/opteron-server.php Rackform nServ A236 with a specific set of hardware and software. In the future, we may expand the program to additional platforms based on customer interest. We will include a message about coreboot support on the platform page in the next few days with instructions to contact sales for additional information.

If you want to buy such a machine, please contact Art Mann (artm@siliconmechanics.com) at Silicon Mechanics.

The A236 is a nice 1U server with 4 drive bays and a dual Opteron board (Supermicro H8DMR), which is supported in coreboot v2.

0000:00:00.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP55 Memory Controller (rev a2)
0000:00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP55 LPC Bridge (rev a3)
0000:00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation MCP55 SMBus (rev a3)
0000:00:01.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP55 Memory Controller (rev a3)
0000:00:01.3 Co-processor: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 036b (rev a3)
0000:00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP55 USB Controller (rev a1)
0000:00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP55 USB Controller (rev a2)
0000:00:04.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP55 IDE (rev a1)
0000:00:05.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP55 SATA Controller (rev a3)
0000:00:05.1 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP55 SATA Controller (rev a3)
0000:00:05.2 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP55 SATA Controller (rev a3)
0000:00:06.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0370 (rev a2)
0000:00:06.1 0403: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0371 (rev a2)
0000:00:08.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP55 Ethernet (rev a3)
0000:00:09.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP55 Ethernet (rev a3)
0000:00:0a.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0376 (rev a3)
0000:00:0b.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0374 (rev a3)
0000:00:0c.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0374 (rev a3)
0000:00:0d.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0378 (rev a3)
0000:00:0e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0375 (rev a3)
0000:00:0f.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0377 (rev a3)
0000:00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
0000:00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
0000:00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
0000:00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
0000:00:19.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
0000:00:19.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
0000:00:19.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
0000:00:19.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
0000:01:06.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 515e (rev 02)
0000:02:00.0 PCI bridge: NEC Corporation: Unknown device 0125 (rev 07)
0000:02:00.1 PCI bridge: NEC Corporation: Unknown device 0125 (rev 07)