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I think i'll get the ASUS KFN5-D. It's a pretty decent board. How would I go about flashing the BIOS to a new version though? Any cheap dual core chips?
cheapest I have seen is about $70 on eBay. Dual socket F = lowest CPU is a dual
I am having a bit of buyer's remorse on this one..... Although it will probably work, it is a major change of plan (motherboard and video cards.). 8 cores, but 8 slow cores.
I should be able to just buy one and update it that way correct?
Go quad
I am having a bit of buyer's remorse on this one..... Although it will probably work, it is a major change of plan (motherboard and video cards.). 8 cores, but 8 slow cores.
get a board like the MSI Speedster, the ASUS L1N64-WS/B, or one of the other more desktop oriented boards and do some OC'ing!
I haven't heard you say that you bought any
I have not found anything that suggests these chips overclock all that well. No surprise, since they are server processors.
Something sticks in my noggin regarding the instability of the 680 chipset.
Does the Asus board require ECC ram or can it get by with vanilla DDR2?
The ECC RAM is a bummer. Newegg has decent prices, but it still is a bit more expensive than standard DDR2 (PC-6400 doable for under 60 with a sale, ECC for just under 100 for PC-5300).
Enough whining... but the RAM will have to wait a month.
The ECC RAM is a bummer. Newegg has decent prices, but it still is a bit more expensive than standard DDR2 (PC-6400 doable for under 60 with a sale, ECC for just under 100 for PC-5300).
Enough whining... but the RAM will have to wait a month.
Wow dude, it's all of $40. You more than made that up with the like $800 off per proc
How much are you considering dropping in?
When you weren't planning on spending...it is comparitively VERY expensive
I know what you mean. I'm having kind of the same issue though. I saved a crapload on the CPUs, for sure...but it's sparked a very expensive build that I probably would have put off until next year otherwise. Well..expensive for me:
Still need to get:
RAM $200 (found a deal)
8x 73GB SAS: ~$200 (found a deal)
6x500/640/750GB SATA (found some deals): $70/ea
2x 4-in-1 2.5" SAS drive enclosures: $65/ea
Motherboard $300
PCI-E video (sold all mine) ~$30 (until I stop using VMWare ESXi...then I'll need a good card)
CPU Coolers ($40/ea)
Total projected still to spend: 1300
Already spent (case/PSU/CPUs/DVD/3-in-2 SATA enclosures): 500
When you weren't planning on spending...it is comparitively VERY expensive
One is registered, the other is typical unbuffered memory...
The KVR667D2D4P5/2G has lower density chips then the KVR667D2D8P5/2G.
If you look carefully at the photo, there are two rows of BGA chips on the D4, where there is one row on the D8.
Some boards are picky about ram density, so its made for those that require low density chips.
Thank you for the quick response. Now to find out what the ASUS L1N64-SLI WS/B likes....
73G sas drives @ 8/$200 ??? Where??
Kingston site states that either variety will work with the board.
Good to know that one will take either single or double rank.
You should PM me where you got them too. Even more so if they were 15k.I gotta get mine first!
they were/are 10k. the auctions ended, and they all disappeared...even the ones that were 4 days out. I contacted the seller. I hope he gets back to me. I hadn't pulled the trigger yet.