Motherboard question.

[Stephen]

and give the failure rates of processors in general i have several
servers using little Pentium dual cores because they just didn't need
anything more powerful.

On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 10:49 AM, Stephen<cryptworks at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.
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> 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.
>>
>> 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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> Stephen
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Stephen