Hey, maybe one of you guys can find a better motherboard than the one I have my eye on for a new fileserver.
Here's some info about me, my needs and limitations -
First off I am located in Ottawa, Ontario so shipping to Canada is a must. For calculating shipping use K2M 2K1 as the postal code. I would like to spend no more than $250 CAD with shipping and tax but it is flexible. The lower the cost the better though.
The motherboard [B]MUST[/B]:
-Consume low amounts of power
-Be equipped with Gigabit ethernet. 100 megabit will not be sufficient.
-Be equipped with at least 1 PCI-e 8x or greater slot. This slot [B]must[/B] support cards other than video cards. This isn't an issue on most motherboards but some PCI-e slots just won't take RAID controllers. In this computer I will be installing a [URL="http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/products/controllers/productdetail.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=bsd&cs=04&sku=341-3742"]Dell PERC 5/i[/URL] (rebranded [URL="http://www.lsi.com/storage_home/products_home/internal_raid/megaraid_sas/megaraid_sas_8480e/"]LSI 8480E[/URL])
It would be nice if the motherboard had (but is not required):
-At least 3 onboard SATA.
-Additional PCI or PCI-e slots.
-eSATA
Some other notes:
-RAM type does not matter, do not include RAM in the cost.
-Case, PSU, RAM, etc are not needed. This is motherboard only.
-Gigabit ethernet is a must but it doesn't necessarily need to be onboard. Just include a gigabit NIC with the price if the board has an extra PCI-e 1x slot. A PCI gigabit NIC will not do, it must be either an onboard or PCI-e gigabit NIC.
-Its just a file server, I don't exactly need an i7 under the hood and I really need it to consume as little power as possible since its going to be put on a a UPS thats already very close to max capacity.
-This computer will be running 24/7, I would prefer a board with decent build quality obviously.
Anyway here's the one I had in mind, it is a ZOTAC NM10-B-E BGA559 with a 1.66GHz dual core Atom processor.
[IMG]http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/7403/zotic1.png[/IMG]
[URL]http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813500048[/URL]
I'm thinking this one is what I might get but I was hoping maybe someone knows of a better board or maybe a cheaper one. Again I would prefer under $250 CAD but if there is something that is a [I]must have[/I] for a little more I'll definitely consider it.
Any ideas or is this the one?
I was looking at that one but the problem is there's no gigabit. A PCI gigabit card will be a bottleneck when transferring to and from the RAID controller also.
iirc you can use pcie x1 x4 & x8 cards in a pcie x16 slot.
[QUOTE=M2k3;22786739]I was looking at that one but the problem is there's no gigabit. A PCI gigabit card will be a bottleneck when transferring to and from the RAID controller also.[/QUOTE]
The card wouldn't be bottlenecked.
[QUOTE=drummerundrcovr;22788358]iirc you can use pcie x1 x4 & x8 cards in a pcie x16 slot.[/QUOTE]
Uh, yeah. Nobody said otherwise. The slot just needs to be at least 8x physical and electrical.
[QUOTE=sbradford26;22788592]The card wouldn't be bottlenecked.[/QUOTE]
I've never seen or heard of a PCI card that will sustain real gigabit speeds. Thats why they made PCI-X gigabit cards. A PCI gigabit card only performs slightly better than a 100 megabit card.
[QUOTE=M2k3;22794724]Uh, yeah. Nobody said otherwise. The slot just needs to be at least 8x physical and electrical.[/QUOTE]
Ahh didn't read the description. Was thinking to just use that slot for a gigabit card...
Anyway could these do the job?
[url]http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813186200&cm_re=am3_motherboard-_-13-186-200-_-Product[/url]
[url]http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813186201&cm_re=am3_motherboard-_-13-186-201-_-Product[/url]
and put a sempron or 240 in there
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