vitek76 Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 I am thinking of upgrading my system to a server based motherboard. Supermicro X8STE caught my attention. Can someone tell me if the x58 Express/ICH10R currently supported? As for the Intel 82574L Gigabit controller, it looks to be supported. Quote Link to comment
khelm Posted July 28, 2010 Share Posted July 28, 2010 I would like to build me an UnRaid Server with this board as well. I was just curious if anybody has tried it yet, or knows if it is compatibility yet or not? This board with an L3406 http://www.intel.com/p/en_US/products/server/processor/xeon3000/specifications processor that use 30W max power, and ECC Memory would be a good setup if it was compatilbe with UnRaid. The X8ST3-F has about the same spec http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/Xeon3000/X58/X8ST3-F.cfm, but would be even better yet. It has an additional 8 Port LSI SAS1068E, but from what I've been reading in the forum this controller wasn't compatible with UnRaid. Is this still the case? I couldn't find anything recent on this controller. Thanks, Kerry Quote Link to comment
BRiT Posted July 28, 2010 Share Posted July 28, 2010 The ICH10R is supported. The L3406 Xeon processor does not have integrated graphics, so be sure the motherboard has onboard graphics without expecting the CPU to provide it. Both Supermicro motherboards mentioned do, using a Matrox G200 chip. Quote Link to comment
WeeboTech Posted July 28, 2010 Share Posted July 28, 2010 Look at some of the other Supermicro boards. Some of them have IPMI with KVM over IP. A real + for remote administration of a file server. Quote Link to comment
khelm Posted July 28, 2010 Share Posted July 28, 2010 According to Supermicro's specifications the X8ST3-F has IPMI the X8STE does not have it. X8ST3-F http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/Xeon3000/X58/X8ST3-F.cfm X8STE http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/Xeon3000/X58/X8STE.cfm Quote Link to comment
khelm Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 I just figured out that the Xeon L3406 CPU is for a 1156 socket not a 1366, so it will not work with the above motherboards. Well, I'm on to find another motherboard for this low powered 30W Max processor. Quote Link to comment
WeeboTech Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 I just figured out that the Xeon L3406 CPU is for a 1156 socket not a 1366, so it will not work with the above motherboards. Well, I'm on to find another motherboard for this low powered 30W Max processor. I've been considering the X8SIA-F http://www.supermicro.com/xeon_3400/Motherboard/X8SIA.cfm?IPMI=Y Quote Link to comment
aiden Posted July 31, 2010 Share Posted July 31, 2010 Weebo, you and I think a lot alike. I'm thinking about upgrading to this to handle your new md5/par2 stuff on an i3 550. Don't get me wrong, I'm loving my Atom board, but it would take it a LONG time to do all the calcs you're planning. Quote Link to comment
Kode Posted August 19, 2010 Share Posted August 19, 2010 At the risk of thread jacking, that looks a nice board Aiden, Scan have it here http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Supermicro-X8SIL-F-Intel-3420-S1156-DDR3-1333-SATA-3Gb-s-SATA-RAID-mATX-On-Board-Graphics (though not currently in stock) can that definately take an i3 processor, because scan have a 550 for £110 http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Intel-i3-550-Sok-1156-Dual-Core-320-GHz-4MB-Cache-Core-Ratio-23x-73W-Retail whereas the cheapest Xeon 3430 is £153 http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Intel-Xeon-X3430-S1156-24-GHz-25-GT-s-DMI-8MB-Cache-18x-Ratio-95W-Retail. Also any recommendations on memory to go with it? From the looks of it with a Core i3 it will only work with ECC Unbuffered DDR3 which from the looks of it means using what Scan class as "Server Memory", so would something like this work? http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/2GB-Corsair-Server-DDR3-PC3-10600-(1333)-240-Pin-ECC-Unbuffered-CAS-9-9-9-24 Quote Link to comment
optiman Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 So is anyone running the SUPERMICRO MBD-X8STE motherboard without issues? Newegg has this board for about @250. My rig is starting to have issues and I was thinking of buying a new mb for my server. I already have a 1366 cpu and memory, so I only need the mb. Another reason to upgrade is my current mb only supports 4gb of ram and I want to install the new version 6 64bit, with about 16gb of ram. Quote Link to comment
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