asus fan boy... tho my mb is like 4 years old... A8V deluxe On Sat, Nov 29, 2008 at 5:25 PM, Jim Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Scott Raley -ITC [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2008 4:41 PM >> To: cf-community >> Subject: motherboard recommendations >> >> Anyone have a motherboard recommendation that I can put at least 6gig >> of RAM >> on that can also hold a 64bit processor (probably AMD since its >> cheaper).. >> Going to build a test bed machine to run vmware with multiple boots >> including server 2008 sbs. > > I love my Asus K8N-DL. I've had it for a few years in my workstation, but > with several firmware upgrades it's still very relevant. > > http://www.asus.com/products.aspx?modelmenu=1&model=456&l1=9&l2=39&l3=0 > > It's got dual Opteron sockets (dual-core capable for up to four cores). It > has six DDR RAM slots (total of 24 Gig of memory possible). The chipset is > nForce 4 Professional. It's got both nForce and Silicon Image SATA > chipsets for a total of up to 8 Drives. > > It's been absolutely rock solid for me and since it's an older model you > should be able to find it for a steal. > > I'm sure that ASUS has probably come out with several newer models - if any > of them are compared favorably to the K8N-DL, consider them. ;^) > > Jim Davis > > >
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