[geeks] Need input on server motherboard

[Lionel Peterson]

On Jan 18, 2009, at 8:16 AM, "Ido Dubrawsky" <idubraws at dubrawsky.org>  
wrote:

> I would like input on the two motherboards I listed -- if anyone has  
> had
> experience with them -- or with other 64-bit servers.

One is EATX, iirc, forcing you to find an EATX chassis, not too hard,  
but it can get pricey.

I noticed both were dual-socket, are you planning to go dual CPU? From  
what I've seen those particular CPUs are expensive.

Have you considered the newest Intel CPU, the i7? The Asus P6T mb has  
SAS and SATA RAID, but only uses DDR3 RAM. The CPU is about $250, the  
MB about $300, and RAM is about $70/gig - it will support triple- 
channel memory, up to 12 Gig (maybe more, from memory). Newegg has 300  
gig SAS drives for about $300, smaller drives are about $2/gig there.

I almost built a system out of pieces like those, but I went for a  
Dell Studio XPS with 6 gigs RAM, ATI 4850, and 750 SATA drive for $1K.
Lionel
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> Ido
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
> On Jan 16, 2009, at 11:13 AM, Ido Dubrawsky wrote:
>
>> I need to be able to put Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V on it in order  
>> to
>> build 64-bit virtual machines.  This is partially for $WORK but also
>> for
>> $HOME use.  I'm looking at the following boards:
>>
>> ASUS KFN32-D
>> TYAN S2912G2NR