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Intel Desktop Boards for a file server

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coolrunnings

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Ok here's the scoop. I'm looking to build a new file server for my business. I currently have a Nforce 570 board with a dual core 3800+ and 2gb of RAM. I'm running Server 2003 R2 and for the most part, performance is excellent. However, the system randomly reboots on me maybe once or twice a week and it's really starting to unnerve me. It's usually Stop 0x000000D1 errors and the like but for the life of me I haven't been able to track them down. I happened upon a good deal on an Intel desktop board - the DG965WH - and figured I'd snag an E6300 since all the machines I've built with similar setups have been rock solid. There's where the problem begins. I just read on Intel's site that their Matrix RAID is not supported on Server 2003! I have 5 320gb hard drives in this server currently and was planning on setting up a RAID0+1 but now I'm rather stuck. Can anyone recommend a good board for a solid file server that can take 2gb of Corsair DDR2 800 and an E6300. I need RAID support, a minimum of 6 SATA ports that can be used for the RAID, and driver support for Server 2003. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Sorry for the long post!
 
Are you moving that ram over from your AMD server? I would definitely look into the ram as a culprit for those stop errors...
 
Yeah I'd be using the same RAM. It passes 24 hours of Memtest86 at present... Think it's the RAM still?
 
Upgrade to a better power supply to see if you need to swap CPUs and Motherboards first. If that fixes the problem then you'll save quite a bit on additional upgrades.
 
Yeah good point. I'll probably pick up a 500watt XClio or if I can find one on the forums here, a PC Power and Cooling 510watt... Wouldn't hurt to get a nice server case - maybe an Antec 900 series for the cooling. Dust will be a bear to deal with though.
 
pm me if you need help tracking down the blue screen,
I just did it on my home server too last week.. found out it was a driver issue

-Sam
 
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