Hi Guys,

 

starting to build my serve. I ordered my case and drive cages. I am looking for a motherboard that has the following:

 

1) preferably IPMI

2) at least 10 sata drive connections without any cards needed

3) Dual processor capability (assuming I can run with one processor and and a second in the future. Not sure if this can be done or two must be placed immediately)

4) Processor should be xeon 5 v3

5) Graphics requirements not needed will be run headless

6) ecc ram capable

7) case will accept atx and eatx plus other formats so form factor not really an issue

preferably an m2 slot (so I can do cache drive on it)

 

will be running alot of plex streams simultaneously

Price not really an issue but would rather not spend 600 if there is one for 200-300 that will do all I need.

 

If you post some suggestions I would be greatly appreciative and if you can post any pros and cons to the boards that would be great.

 

As always....Thanks

 

 

http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/xeon/c600/x10drl-c.cfm

http://www.supermicro.nl/products/motherboard/Xeon1333/#2011

There aren't many reviews on newer about this motherboard. Any comments on it? Any other options?

I wouldn't worry about the lack of reviews -- SuperMicro boards are exceptionally reliable.  This is a nice board, but does not have IPMI:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813182938

 

... 10 SATA ports, dual CPU support (in case you decide you want even more "horsepower" -- probably not likely), and support for prodigious amounts of RAM.

 

This is an even nicer board with IPMI and 14 SATA ports (actually 6 SATA and 8 SAS ... but the SAS ports support SATA drives):

http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/xeon/c600/x10drl-c.cfm

 

I wouldn't worry about the lack of reviews -- SuperMicro boards are exceptionally reliable.  This is what I'd buy:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813182938

 

... 10 SATA ports, IPMI, dual CPU support (in case you decide you want even more "horsepower" -- probably not likely), and support for prodigious amounts of RAM.

 

An alternative if you want even more SATA ports is this board, which has 14 SATA ports (actually 6 SATA and 8 SAS ... but the SAS ports support SATA drives):

http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/xeon/c600/x10drl-c.cfm

 

Don't know if the first one has IPMI. The second one does though.

Don't know if the first one has IPMI. The second one does though.

 

Good catch -- not sure how I missed that.    The first one does NOT have IPMI (I've updated my post to correct this).    I'm surprised SuperMicro makes a Socket 2011 board without IPMI !!