Re: AMD64 chipset Linux support ....

["William A. Mahaffey III" <wam@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Bryan J. Smith wrote:

On Wed, 2006-07-12 at 00:24 -0400, Bryan J. Smith wrote:
  

Paying $200 for an entry-level, but true _server_ mainboard instead of
$100 for a desktop mainboard is well worth the added $100.
 ...
P.S.  William -- you're not going to believe this, but I wrote this and
was just about to send and just realized you posted it.  I honestly
wrote it _before_ I noticed it was you.
P.P.S.  Lay off the desktop chipsets -- seriously.  I'll loan you an
Intel 72xx (or even a 75xx) series -- you'll see what I mean!  ;->
    

FYI, NewEgg _does_ have a server mainboard category:  
  http://www.newegg.com/ProductSort/SubCategory.asp?SubCategory=302  

An Intel E7210 with two (2) PCI-X 66MHz slots starts at $180:  
  http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813128261  

A ServerWorks HT1000 with one (1) PCI-X 133MHz slot starts at $235:
  http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813182078  

There are also various options with PCIe x4 and x8 slots (with or
without PCI-X) for storage (in case your storage is a PCIe x4 or x8
card) for both single Socket-478/LGA-775 as well as Socket-939.


  

Just tried that last link, sweet. NewEgg had the Foxconn S940 board for $195.00 before they (Foxconn) tanked that board, too bad I waited ....

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