I built two identical e5-2670 nodes(following more or less Juraj's model) with the asus-z9pa-D8 mb, which comes without any neat features, but I bought them for ~280€, which is a good price for a dual cpu mb I think.
I still have a pair of this xeons left and I'm up to build the third node. Unfortunately these asus boards are gone. I can't find them anymore.
Can you recommend a cheap mb as an alternative? Thank you.