Thanks. This has really motivated me to figure out all the differences in recent boards so I can make my own educated guess as to which board may be the best for my needs. There are many things to consider, I'm finding, and it is not easy for me at this point to make a wise decission but I'm trying figure it all out. Like I know I want IPMI or similar, would like usb 3.0, pcie 3 (learning c216 has those), don't need graphics though (i.e. IPMI), think ECC mem is a good idea, etc, etc. Trying to find one board that has it all and is stable and well supported is hard, maybe doesn't even exist. Have to figure out what I don't have to have and what I can live with. Just a lot of $ on the line between board, cpu and mem combo.