Dual Opteron CPU's VS Intel Dual Core Desktop CPU

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I have a server that is currently running dual Opteron CPU's. It needs memory so I've been digging around for some. The thought occurred to me that I could use a different Tyan board that I have laying around that has a Intel Dual Core Desktop CPU on it. The board with Intel CPU is newer and uses unregistered non-ecc DDR2 memory instead of the other boards DDR registered ecc memory. What do you guys think? Do I get memory for the Opteron board or swap in the new board?
 

Yeah, I went ahead and did the swap. Just got it back in the rack. What sucks is that I am using a Supermicro case that has a bunch of headers that don't exist on the motherboard I swapped in. So now I get an annoying alarm on boot that has to be silenced. Prob just need to jumper the missing headers.
 
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