On Thu, 25 Sep 2008 20:08:56 +0200 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Joerg Schilling) wrote:
> Mike Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > Conclusion, there is currently _no_ option to connect a SATA disk to a
> > > decent
> > > home system except by using a SATA <-> PATA or SATA <-> USB adaptor.
> >
> > I think you've shown you can't do it with your exiting
> > motherboard. That's not enough to conclude that there is _no_ such
> > option. For instance, I think my home system is decent (2.4GHz Quad
> > Core 2 cpu, 4 [EMAIL PROTECTED] memory slots, 6 on-board SATA ports, and
> > gigabit network), and it doesn't need those things.
>
> The board I am using was perfect because everything else works out of the box:
Yeah, but you sorta need SATA, which is newer than most of the other
things you list here:
> - USB
>
> - Sound
>
> - Gigabit ETH
>
> - Registered ECC memory
>
> What is the price of the board you are using and does it support to install
> two Opteron 880 (Socket 939)?
I don't have the numbers in front of me, but it was US$100, plus or
minus $10. There was a nice selection of similar boards, from $60 to
$150, with varying numbers of SATA/USB ports, memory slot counts and
speed, onboard video options, etc, and I forget whether I chose the
just-under or just-over US$100 one.
Given that it's got a Core 2 CPU, you shouldn't be surprised that the
answer to the second question is "no". It's a Socket 775 board.
<mike
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