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Summary: Excellent Dual Server Board (if you can find a case to fit)
Review: Hands down this is one of the most powerful and stable server motherboards I have used. I would advocate more people buy them, except for the difficultly in finding a case to fit it. The motherboard has 2 gigabit Ethernet and 1 Fast Ethernet, and embedded ATI video. It supports legacy ATA devices plus up to four SATA drives. RAID 0, 1, 0+1 are supported. Up to 16 GB of memory can be stuffed onto the motherboard. There are only two things about this motherboard that I don't like. There are no USB 2.0 ports, only USB 1.1. This isn't a major issue, which can be fixed with a twenty dollar USB card, but the other is the board design. The motherboard is an extended ATX (EATX) form, which measures a 12 inches by 13 inches. This means you will most likely have to search for a case to fit it. Also, keep in mind that some EATX cases contain drive bays that encroach over the edge of the motherboard where one of the CPUs sits. As a result, I couldn't fit the motherboard into a full tower case which supported EATX. After trying one full tower that didn't fit, I ended up with a rack mount 4U case that just barely fit. I was about to get out my Dremel and "make it fit", when the drive bays slid into place.
Rating:
Summary: Excellent Dual Server Board (if you can find a case to fit)
Review: Hands down this is one of the most powerful and stable server motherboards I have used. I would advocate more people buy them, except for the difficultly in finding a case to fit it. The motherboard has 2 gigabit Ethernet and 1 Fast Ethernet, and embedded ATI video. It supports legacy ATA devices plus up to four SATA drives. RAID 0, 1, 0+1 are supported. Up to 16 GB of memory can be stuffed onto the motherboard. There are only two things about this motherboard that I don't like. There are no USB 2.0 ports, only USB 1.1. This isn't a major issue, which can be fixed with a twenty dollar USB card, but the other is the board design. The motherboard is an extended ATX (EATX) form, which measures a 12 inches by 13 inches. This means you will most likely have to search for a case to fit it. Also, keep in mind that some EATX cases contain drive bays that encroach over the edge of the motherboard where one of the CPUs sits. As a result, I couldn't fit the motherboard into a full tower case which supported EATX. After trying one full tower that didn't fit, I ended up with a rack mount 4U case that just barely fit. I was about to get out my Dremel and "make it fit", when the drive bays slid into place.
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