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Ray

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Starting to look for a new motherboard for my backup machine. Here is what I need:

2, preferably 3 x16 slots that don't go below x8 electronically.

5 or 6 Sata 3 ports on board, an eSata port would be nice but not a deal breaker

No larger than EATX

Single CPU is fine

Able to handle 32 or even 64GB ECC ram

IPMI is fine but not required, I can get up and walk downstairs to push a button or use WOL

AMD or Intel

Can be a consumer level board since it will only be turned on once a week and I know their are consumer boards that handle ECC ram, I just don't know which ones yet.

Can be used or even a couple of years old if the above is met.

Reasonably priced.

I figure the collective mind of the STH hive can come up with something that I missed, don't know about or hadn't even considered or maybe somebody want to upgrade that has what fits my need. LMK and thank you!
 

pyro_

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Personal pref goes to supermicro or possibly asrock rack boards. Would go with Intel unless you are going with one of the new and chips

From the requirements listed I would look at the supermicro x9 series boards and see which one fits your needs/wants the best. If you want 64gb then you will be limited to the lga2011 Xeon E5 boards
 

msg7086

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AMD route:

H11SSL-i / H11SSL-C / H11SSL-NC (coming soon)

• Single AMD EPYC™ 7000-series processor supported
 (Socket SP3)
• System on Chip (SoC)
• Supports up to 1TB Registered ECC DDR4 2666MHz SDRAM in
 8 DIMMs
• 3 PCI-E 3.0 x16 slots; 3 PCI-E 3.0 x8 slots
• 16 SATA3 (or 8 SATA3 + 2 NVMe), 2 SATA DOM, 1 M.2, 8 SAS3008 SAS
• Dual Gigabit Ethernet LAN Ports
• Onboard VGA: ASPEED AST2500 BMC
• 5 USB 3.0 ports (2 rear, + 2 via header + 1 Type A),
 4 USB 2.0 ports (2 rear + 2 via header)

With Epyc 7351P. Kinda overkill for a storage server, but do provide decent performance and room to grow.


Intel route:

X9DRi-F or X9SRi-F with E5v1/v2.
 

Ray

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Leaning toward the following and am soliciting any opinions

Used Hp Z620 or Z420 workstation board 2x16 & 1x8 PCI-E slots, 64GB ram capable, ATX-E or ATX size, 6 SATA ports although only 2 are Sata 3, Between $110-120.
Power supply adapter to go from 24 pin to HP 18 pin ~$10
E5-2650 V1 processor $40
32GB ECC memory ~$75
Heatsink ~$35
Total $270 give or take a few bucks. That is reasonable enough for me for a backup box.
 
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Ray

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Ray, did you ever solve this? I have an HP z420 board with e5-2670v1, 64GB ecc (8x 8gb), psu adaptor and cpu cooler that I am upgrading away from and looking to sell
Yes, I did get an HP workstation board and it has been doing just fine for my needs. Thank you for thinking of me though. If you strip it out I might be interested in the memory depending on what you have.