Cheap 1366 mobos for 2 hypervisors

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N3RO

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Hello guys,

With the constant price drop of L5639 chips I'm currently looking for some LGA1366 motherboards options for a reasonable price.

Should I look only at 5500/5600 based motherboards only or there are some X58 options with positive feedback running hypervisors?

Xeon has integrated memory controller but I think not all X58 motherboards support ECC memory.

Feel free to share your DIY server boxes based on LGA1366.

Thanks!
 
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Oddly enough, if "cheap" is your main driver then you might want to look at whole systems coming off lease rather than bare MBs. There is a flood of off-lease server hardware from the socket-1366 generation hitting the marketplace right now. Watch ebay carefully. There is lots of HP DL160/DL180/DL360/DL360 - but be sure you are looking at "G6" or "G7" parts to get socket 1366. Dell C1100/C6100 chassis might be overkill with 2x or 4x MBs in each one.

Examples:
- HP DL160 G6 CTO (1U, configure to order, no CPUs, memory or PSU) run right around $150-200 on ebay
- HL DL180 G6 CTO (2u, 12 drive backplane, no CPU, memory or PSU) run right around $170-200

You are not likely to score decent SM or ASUS MBs at prices better than these...

Sometimes you can find an auction listing where the seller mis-listed something about it and get a steal. I recently got an HP DL380 G6 for $102.50 (yup, $102.50 for chassis, MB, dual PSU, fans, heatsink, P410 Raid, 8x 2.5" backplane). Seller didn't have CPUs for it so he couldn't test it - listed as "for parts" but something about the listing and the seller's other listings told me it probably worked fine but since he couldn't guarantee it he listed "for parts" which scared off other bidders! When it arrived I popped in CPUs and memory and...it was perfect!
 
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N3RO

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I had a DL160 G6, here in Europe they are >US$550 for the "light" models and you'll got screwed if something dies (MB, backplane, PSU, ...).

There are no "configure to order" sales in any models and shipment from US to EU is quite expensive.

I'm looking for an alternative, maybe using DL160 or DL180 G6 motherboards :)
 
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N3RO said:
I had a DL160 G6, here in Europe they are >US$550 for the "light" models and you'll got screwed if something dies (MB, backplane, PSU, ...).

There are no "configure to order" sales in any models and shipment from US to EU is quite expensive.

I'm looking for an alternative, maybe using DL160 or DL180 G6 motherboards :)
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Bummer. Don't know the European market...but it doesn't sound like the used/off-lease space is anywhere near as bountiful there as it is here in the USA.
 
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Mike

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N3RO said:
I had a DL160 G6, here in Europe they are >US$550 for the "light" models and you'll got screwed if something dies (MB, backplane, PSU, ...).

There are no "configure to order" sales in any models and shipment from US to EU is quite expensive.

I'm looking for an alternative, maybe using DL160 or DL180 G6 motherboards :)
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pc-sistem | eBay

This guy has been advertising the hp's for the last 4 months or so. The prices are not too bad considering we don't get a whole lot of deals 'round here.
 
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ecosse

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Make sure your ebay search criteria is expanded to include the European Union. Freight is cheap and you don't pay any import tax. Now the bargains aren't as good as the US but there are still some to be had: e.g. that pic_systems seller - malcho_pc also regularly has a 2 x e5607 + supermicro X8DA6 + 12GB RAM on auction - goes for about £200 usually.
 
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DL180 G6 motherboard : $25
DL180 G6 Storageworks (P4300 G3 Lefthand) : $25 [ilo2, real bios , etc]

DL160 G6 motherboard: $30

Not sure what you guys are complaining about but that's stupid cheap.

I picked up 4 P4300 G2 motherboards to upgrade my DL180 G6's to be like their brothers (4 lefthand P4300 G2).

Then I had a DL120 G6 which was a pos. But the DL160 G6 uses the same case and $25 later i've gone from 1 X3440 and 4 dimm's to 2 L5639 and 18 dimms :) w00t.
 
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N3RO

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mrkrad said:
DL180 G6 motherboard : $25
DL180 G6 Storageworks (P4300 G3 Lefthand) : $25 [ilo2, real bios , etc]

DL160 G6 motherboard: $30

Not sure what you guys are complaining about but that's stupid cheap.

I picked up 4 P4300 G2 motherboards to upgrade my DL180 G6's to be like their brothers (4 lefthand P4300 G2).

Then I had a DL120 G6 which was a pos. But the DL160 G6 uses the same case and $25 later i've gone from 1 X3440 and 4 dimm's to 2 L5639 and 18 dimms :) w00t.
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This would be great if available here in Europe, specially DL160 G6 mobo.

Just need to add L5639 and some ECC DDR3 mems I've laying around. PSUs and cases aren´t expensive.

With that you have "enterprise class" server, headache free. Every issues and questions are exposed on Google.

Someone knows availability in Europe?
 
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