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Is Gigabyte GA-X150-PLUS WS a good choice for FreeNAS?

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Hi guys. I am planning to build a home server on FreeNAS for file storage, media content and to play with server applications such as redmine and others. It seems that the most recommended mobos for this purpose are Supermicro but their design is way too ugly for my taste. While looking for alternatives, I came across this nice Gigabyte mobo but I can't find a definite answer about ecc memory support on it. I am just missing it on the specs?

 

Chipset: Intel C232

CPU Support: Xeon

Memory: DDR4

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128891

http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=5704#ov

 
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It looks as if it does not support ecc. The only mention says "support for non-ecc" and most boards that support it brag about it. but heres the memory support list

http://download.gigabyte.us/FileList/Memory/mb_memory_ga-x150-plus-ws.pdf 

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Thank you, RedWulf. That's what I found as well. What would a use case for such mobo be? What I don't get is why make a mobo with such chipset, xeon support and then not support ecc? It just doesn't make sense, does it?

 

That is why I thought for a moment that it's either me not paying attention or perhaps it is some sort of omission in the specs. Maybe some busy writer simply overlooked it, and that is why it was not included on the write up? :)

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The Pro series support ECC not the Plus.

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