FHR
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Well, I use my old GTX 560 and it's time for an upgrade.
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boards cost more, cpus are around the same. You can get Xeons X5570 for 17$ a piece
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If you are going to do this, get a socket LGA1366 based board and CPU's. There is a significant difference between LGA1366 and LGA771 stuff. LGA1366 * is newer * DDR3 memory * price is the same Also, get a motherboard pulled from a desktop workstation if possible, or at least from a tower server. Modifying motherboards from rack server is PITA. You have different power connectors, usually just 2 usb ports, weird form factor, not accessible PCI-E slots if not using riser etc.
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Hi, I absolutely love the small form factor of this PC. It can fit on a desk, looks really great and takes almost none space.
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I think you should at least get a board, that is meant to go into rack server. http://www.supermicro.nl/products/motherboard/Xeon/C220/X10SLM_-LN4F.cfm This board looks promising - It has a 4 port Intel GigE onboard. Also, it is a rack-compatible board - meaning it has correct orientation of DIMM slots, space around socket etc.
