[OpenIndiana-discuss] New box/new motherboard suggestions

[Jerry Kemp]

Thank you for the comments everyone.  They are appreciated.

Sounds like the C612 socket is where I want/need to be.

The embedded audio is important.  I'm not doing anything high end audio wise, so 
I would rather have basic, embedded audio, vs wasting an expansion slot.

The frame buffer, OTOH, I don't really care about.  Plans are to just stick what 
ever current, mid range NVIDIA frame buffer is currently available, and attach 
flat screen(s) to it.

Thanks again for everyone's comments so far.  I spend 99% of my time tending to 
what ever is going on in the SPARC world, and I'm just not up to speed in the 
x86/x64 world.

That said, it seems like this is the C612 socket board with embedded sound.

<https://www.cdw.com/shop/products/SUPERMICRO-X10DAL-i-motherboard-ATX-LGA2011-v3-Socket-C612/4047227.aspx?pfm=srh>

I will probably run with this, unless someone else has additional suggestions.


Jerry


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> Chip set of X9DRL ( C606 )  is different from the others ( C612 )  , means
> it is using older version of Xeon processors which I do not know whether
> you can find such a processor or not .
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> The others are using Xeon v3 processors which they are not compatible with
> the above board .
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> Another problem may be , over time , Intel ( it is very likely that will )
> switch to a new series ( 14nm ) , and it may/will not be possible to find
> v3 processors ( 22nm )  in case of a replacement requirement ( means you
> will replace the mother board as well ) .
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> It seems that Intel sockets are not backward compatible .
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> Due to such a non-existence of previous versions of CPUs and
> incompatibility with new CPUs ,  I have destroyed and throw to waste basket
> 7 unused new mother boards .
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> Some boards above do not have audio output . If you need audio , you may
> have to use external audio ( for example USB ) devices , or internal audio
> add on cards .
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> One main board do not have on board graphics which requires a graphics card
> . The others have VGA graphics port . Their resolutions are not listed ,
> but its is very likely that they are around 2000
> x 1200 ( requires reading their manuals ) . For larger resolution screens ,
> it is necessary to buy a graphics card again . Higher resolution supporting
> graphics cards are requiring PCI v3 means it is necessary to study their
> add on card slot versions and suitability for graphics cards .
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> Mehmet Erol Sanliturk
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