opteron 146 thoughts on motherboards

[Andy Dean]

Hi

thanks for all the replys regarding motherboards, there has certainly  
been some interesting and informitive post with regards to opteron  
motherboards.

The supermicro H8SSL-i looks a very good board high end wise, and  
anyting with the nvidia NForce 4 ultra for lowend stuff really, very  
tempted by the asrock board though as well.

Does anyone know of a motherboard that supports both Pci-x and Pci-e  
x16 as i've not found one yet.

Finally probably a stupid question, would there be any advantages in  
running a 3ware 8006-2LP in a standard Pci slot on an Nvidia ultra  
board, rather than SATA-2 drives on the nvidia ultra SATA-2 onboard  
controller?  i ask as i've been offered one very cheap :)

Thanks

Andy Dean

On 7 Jan 2006, at 02:59, Robert L Cochran wrote:

> The archives of this list has a considerable amount of discussion  
> about motherboards and Opteron processors. Spend a little time  
> reading them. I wanted to upgrade to a dual core processor myself  
> but had cost concerns. And it was a bit confusing reviewing the  
> available motherboards. Someone suggested an Asrock 939Dual-SATA2  
> motherboard, and with the v1.5 BIOS update it is quite nice, I like  
> the board. You might want to look at it. A big advantage is that  
> you can recycle your existing memory sticks and video card to the  
> Asrock.
>
> Bob Cochran
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> Andy Dean wrote:
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>> Hi
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>> am looking at getting an opteron 146, and would like some input  
>> with regards to motherboards, whether it's worthwhile going for a  
>> tyan tomcat k8e or just for a asus nvidia sli board of some  
>> description, or something else if any one has some recomedations.  
>> Mainly to be used as a desktop system really. Just wanting to get  
>> the best that i can with the budget i have and would value your  
>> input.
>>
>> TIA
>>
>> Andy Dean
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