A bunch of s8033 hit ebay lately, I can get it at 300$ new, putting aside if they are actually brand new or not, this board comes with many quirks.
- requires proprietary add-on boards for basic operation like the front io board with power buttons, a gpu riser with a proprietary connector on the motherboard, separate vga cable etc.
- tyan website is gone, all i could find was the manual, I couldn't find the bios
I found the front io board from a different seller, but not the gpu riser, and the lack of bios access is a problem. I do like the layout though, 4x u2 connectors on the front, one ocp nic 3.0, 2x crps psu connectors on the back.
I guess my question is, if its feasible to pursue this route?
I'm currently using ROMED8U-2T bundled with a 7532 and 8*32GB 2400, I need to double my ram amount and doing it via 32gb sticks is much cheaper even taking into account a new board price.
please advice
- requires proprietary add-on boards for basic operation like the front io board with power buttons, a gpu riser with a proprietary connector on the motherboard, separate vga cable etc.
- tyan website is gone, all i could find was the manual, I couldn't find the bios
I found the front io board from a different seller, but not the gpu riser, and the lack of bios access is a problem. I do like the layout though, 4x u2 connectors on the front, one ocp nic 3.0, 2x crps psu connectors on the back.
I guess my question is, if its feasible to pursue this route?
I'm currently using ROMED8U-2T bundled with a 7532 and 8*32GB 2400, I need to double my ram amount and doing it via 32gb sticks is much cheaper even taking into account a new board price.
please advice