Motherboard question.

Stephen cryptworks at gmail.com
Sat Jun 20 10:49:55 MST 2009


The 775 Xeon are basically a premium Core 2 counterpart (picked from
the best lots) and submitted to the Xeon testing array. aside from
that they are the same.

On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 10:25 AM, <fouldragon at aol.com> wrote:
> Personally, I'd shy away from Abit because they recently left the
> motherboard business.  Long-term support may be an issue.
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> You should think about memory a bit more-- if you want ECC memory, you
> really have to pick a suitable board -- there are, for example, dozens
> of LGA775 boards, but only a handful which support ECC memory.
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> Also, in many of the categories, if you're going single-socket, the
> Xeon and the corresponding Core CPU are virtually identical (some claim
> the former gets more aggressive testing and binning), so you might want
> to see how it impacts your budget.
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> You might also consider a Phenom II setup- I think they support ECC on
> the built-in memory controller.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeff at WealthXtreme.com <jljames at gmail.com>
> To: plug-discuss at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> Sent: Fri, Jun 19, 2009 5:18 pm
> Subject: Motherboard question.
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> Greetings,
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> I have two ATX boxes I wish to rebuild with all new internals.  I am
> looking for motherboards for both.  I wish to run some flavor of Linux
> server on them and would like your opinions.   So far, the devices I
> will need at least one of these boards to support, if not both are :
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> Adaptec 29160 Ultra160 SCSI Card
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> Seagate Model STD68000N DDS3 Tape Backup
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> One Seagate Cheetah ST336752LW  HDD
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> Each unit also already has a Seagate "Hornet" SCSI Tape backup mounted
> in it.   I
>  think these are 5.25 " Tapes ?  They are larger than the
> smaller DDS3 tapes.  One of the Model numbers on one of the units is
> "STT38000N".
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> These devices may be too old for the new technologies, but I was hoping
> to possibly find boards with maybe 64-bit, 133 MHz FSB or better, Quad
> Core Xeon, and at least 8GB of RAM.   I'm really interested in the ABIT
> boards.  I know I may be reaching here, but any help would be greatly
> appreciated.   I would like to purchase the boards and start putting it
> all together, then I would also like your opinions on the best Linux
> Server Distr and would like to bring it all down to an install fest
> sometime to get it all configured correctly.
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> Thanks Again,
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> Jeff
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