Help me decide on a specific MoBo??
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Hi, I am looking around for a MoBo with some specific requirements. Here are the specs that I am looking for- The board should support 2xDual-Core Xeon Processors (Woodcrest/Dempsey)(800/1033/1333MHz FSB) Atleast 1xPCI-32bit (2 whould be fine), atleast 3xPCI-X and atleast 1xPCI-e x16. It would nice to have Dual channel SCSI host-raid adapter. 2xserial ports (1 port and 1 header is also fine). Must support DDR2 ECC registered or FBDIMMs of 667MHz or greater. Apart from all of the above mentioned specs, here is an important spec that I must have on the MoBo, it should a seperate chipset for PCI-X and PCI, in other words a PCI card installed on a 32bit PCI slot running at 33MHz should not slowdown the PCI-X cards installed on PCI-X slots and running at 66MHz or higher.(This is very important fro my setup and applications). If anyone have any suggestions on this type of MoBos, lemme know. I really appreciate your help. thanks, -Pavan
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Hi, I am looking around for a MoBo with some specific requirements. Here are the specs that I am looking for- The board should support 2xDual-Core Xeon Processors (Woodcrest/Dempsey)(800/1033/1333MHz FSB) Atleast 1xPCI-32bit (2 whould be fine), atleast 3xPCI-X and atleast 1xPCI-e x16. It would nice to have Dual channel SCSI host-raid adapter. 2xserial ports (1 port and 1 header is also fine). Must support DDR2 ECC registered or FBDIMMs of 667MHz or greater. Apart from all of the above mentioned specs, here is an important spec that I must have on the MoBo, it should a seperate chipset for PCI-X and PCI, in other words a PCI card installed on a 32bit PCI slot running at 33MHz should not slowdown the PCI-X cards installed on PCI-X slots and running at 66MHz or higher.(This is very important fro my setup and applications). If anyone have any suggestions on this type of MoBos, lemme know. I really appreciate your help. thanks, -Pavan
What sort of price range are you looking at and any brands in particular that you would prefer, Intel and Tyan are normally reliable. This is a new model Asus Server Board: http://au.asus.com/products.aspx?l1=9&l2=39&l3=299&model=1147&modelmenu=1[^] This is for a Tyan Motherboard: http://www.tyan.com.tw/products/html/tempesti5000px_spec.html[^] Prices may vary depending on where you get it, but these both seem like good boards to me. Have a browse on Tyan, Intel and Asus sites, you should find what you need. http://www.tyan.com.tw[^] http://www.asus.com.tw/[^] http://www.intel.com/[^]
Posted by The ANZAC
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What sort of price range are you looking at and any brands in particular that you would prefer, Intel and Tyan are normally reliable. This is a new model Asus Server Board: http://au.asus.com/products.aspx?l1=9&l2=39&l3=299&model=1147&modelmenu=1[^] This is for a Tyan Motherboard: http://www.tyan.com.tw/products/html/tempesti5000px_spec.html[^] Prices may vary depending on where you get it, but these both seem like good boards to me. Have a browse on Tyan, Intel and Asus sites, you should find what you need. http://www.tyan.com.tw[^] http://www.asus.com.tw/[^] http://www.intel.com/[^]
Posted by The ANZAC
Thanks, I have gone through all those sites (Tyan, Intel, SuperMirco, Asus, MSI). Intel is out of the picture as it doesn't have any board which meets atleast near to my PCI specs. Coming to Tyan, their boards seem very good and reliable for a 'server' environment, but doesn't seem challenging for a DP workstation. Asus and MSI are also having any boards meeting my PCI specs, except Asus workstation board (but unfortunately its SP board) and their server boards doesn't have atleast 2 PCI(32bit). I am left with SuperMicro xeon boards, they do have boards with my PCI specs, but I am not sure how they work and their reliability. Coming to budget, it doesn't matter, what all I am looking for is a DP MoBo supporting Woodcrest/Dempsey processors(800 to 1033MHz FSB) and 2 PCI (32bit) and 2 PCI-X and 1 PCIe-x16, 2 serial ports and 1LAN and I would like to have high HDD trasfer rates and PCI-X speeds. Budget is not at all a problem. -Pavan.
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Thanks, I have gone through all those sites (Tyan, Intel, SuperMirco, Asus, MSI). Intel is out of the picture as it doesn't have any board which meets atleast near to my PCI specs. Coming to Tyan, their boards seem very good and reliable for a 'server' environment, but doesn't seem challenging for a DP workstation. Asus and MSI are also having any boards meeting my PCI specs, except Asus workstation board (but unfortunately its SP board) and their server boards doesn't have atleast 2 PCI(32bit). I am left with SuperMicro xeon boards, they do have boards with my PCI specs, but I am not sure how they work and their reliability. Coming to budget, it doesn't matter, what all I am looking for is a DP MoBo supporting Woodcrest/Dempsey processors(800 to 1033MHz FSB) and 2 PCI (32bit) and 2 PCI-X and 1 PCIe-x16, 2 serial ports and 1LAN and I would like to have high HDD trasfer rates and PCI-X speeds. Budget is not at all a problem. -Pavan.
You could try posting to hardforum.com. While thier overall focus is on highend gaming systems there's enough overlap with other highend hardware that you should be able to get some input. Overall relyability of SuperMicro if nothing else. PCI-X is an obsolescent standard, so finding support for it on new boards is going to be an issue.