December 27, 201312 yr If you are looking to virtualize, I highly recommend that you JUMP on this board: http://www.ebay.com/itm/SUPERMICRO-X8DTH-6F-DUAL-NEHALEM-MOTHERBOARD-/231119759878?pt=US_Memory_RAM_&hash=item35cfcfaa06 This is the same board that I have (AND LOVE) except that it has an onboard SAS controller. They typically go for ~$500 used. You can pick up a matched pair of Xeon E5530's for ~$80. The only thing that will cost you some $$$ is the required ECC RAM. It has 7 PCIe (x8 in x16) slots. That's right...7!!! How about 2 SAS controllers (+ onboard SAS) and 4 video cards all passed through to VMs in a Norco 4224 for the ultimate virtualized NAS + HTPC server all in one. This board is standard EATX and will fit in a generic case without issue. This is a VERY good price! Check it out: http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_trksid=p2047675.m570.l1313.TR2.TRC1.A0.Xx8dth-6f&_nkw=x8dth-6f&_sacat=0&_from=R40 John
December 27, 201312 yr Looks interesting for a virtualization project. Wonder what the power consumption of one of those will be?
January 26, 201412 yr This with a few Hex would be quite interesting but I worry the heat and power draw :-O I cannot find anything Haswell Xeon based that has nearly the PCI-E slots I want
January 26, 201412 yr Can this board run with one CPU only and how many PCI-e are then available? It would be nice to leave it half populated for future upgrades, instead of going with the X9SCM-F...
January 27, 201412 yr Anyone using registered ECC memory with this board, or only unbuffered ECC? No experience with it but I believe it can run both and run a TON of memory with one of them. eBay sellers have memory for sale for this board, I admit I'm interested in it too if for no other reason than there's appeal to a pair of Hex CPU :-D It's older architecture though and has to be more power hungry, I'm not sure it makes sense for me to move but I'm reading up on it. Wish some of the newer boards had more slots
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