Author Topic: alternative for asus z9pa-D8  (Read 2739 times)

2017-11-11, 15:57:25

mraw

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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.

2017-11-13, 09:28:08
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Freakaz

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2017-11-13, 12:20:26
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mraw

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Probably not, thank you very much. Maybe I'm going with this one- although I'm not too fond of Asrock-boards. It is reall y a good price.

2017-11-13, 12:58:40
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Freakaz

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I have ASRock EP2C602-4L/D16, basicaly the same, but with 16 RAM slots and a bit more expensive board running almost 24/7 for around 6 months now with no problem, the only downside that it is not compatible with windows 10. For a render node i think it's not a bad mother board at all.   

2017-11-15, 20:46:58
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16 ram banks: that's attractive. https://geizhals.de/asrock-rack-ep2c602-4l-d16-90-sxg0k0-a0uayz-a1040150.html
340€. Not bad at all. Thank you.