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mobo for xeon x3210 No server boards only desktop comp

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I am looking to build a cheap server with a xeon x3210 quad processor and need to pick a cheaper mobo in the P35 lineup that is definitely compatible with this processor and ddr2 800 RAM. I will be buying crucial gold ram that I know can overclock good enough to meet any P35 requirements. I am hoping that someone knows a mobo that is around the $90-120 range for this. I do not want a $erver mobo or their FB-Dimms so desktop boards only if you would please. As far as I have looked I cannot find one with guaranteed compatability so Im hoping im not stuck with server boards only

I dont need all the bells and whistles just a solid stable mobo, this is going to be used for a database and will be headless after configured.

After doing some more research i found that people are using all kinds of different boards from quad gt to others. so i guess its safe to say that I can order a gigabyte ds3l and it should work? after going to gigabytes web page it did not list any xeon as a supported processor. but reading newegg reviews it seems as if most of the p35/965 are compatible with thi processor or at least i hope


Message edited by jivorivor on 02-19-2008 at 11:25:28 PM
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http://tw.giga-byte.com/Support/Mo [...] 20775_1233

Not DS3L. Only those. Not even X3210.

IMO, it should work as long as the supported cpu specs are similiar to the Xeon's. Worst case is you need another cpu to set up bios & swap it out for Xeon. Or the board won't recognize the cpu correctly by default until bios is set up. i.e. vcore, bus speed & fsb.

http://processorfinder.intel.com/d [...] spec=slacu

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