On 2013-08-30 17:32, STeve Andre' wrote: > I'm shopping around for new server hardware. Unless someone has a > reason to think of something else, I'm planing on a i7-4770K. The more > interesting question is what motherboard to get. > > I have my eye on the Asus Sabertooth Z87, but I see that it talks of > uefi. What I do not yet see, is whether the system can boot in a non- > uefi mode or not. Given that the motherboard is at least a little OS > agnostic, I have some hope that it will work. > > But I don't know, and in general I think it might be worth talking of > strategies for motherboard selection given the size of the marketplace. > I wonder if this might make a new section > > Thoughts? > > --STeve Andre' >
Hint: The specs [1] say it supports Windows 7. Windows 7 is BIOS-only (non-UEFI), so that means the mobo supports booting legacy BIOS. [1] http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/SABERTOOTH_Z87/#specifications -- Hugo Osvaldo Barrera [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type application/pgp-signature]
