lga1366 motherboard

[Perrichicken]

Hey,

I currently have a xeon w3690, 24gb ddr3 1600 ecc ram and a gtx 1060 lying around and wanted to make a cheap desktop

All I need is a motherboard.

Does anyone know of or can reccomend a cheap motherboard that could support all these 3 components? I am having trouble finding one.

The cpu socket is lga1366.

I have found a few old server ones but I remember seeing something in a previous thread about the pcie lanes not good enough for a 1060 (my knowledge is somewhat limited so I am not sure the validity of this)

 

Thanks

[Psittac]

I have looked in to xeon platforms many times and my biggest take away was that the motherboards are next to impossible to find, while cpu's are cheap.  In the end I got a whole server but it doesn't support pci-e 3 and theres no psu connectors for a modern gpu.

 

The few motherboards I did find at a reasonable price were not a standard form factor.  This is going to be a niche build and will take a lot of *digging.

[Perrichicken]

8 minutes ago, Psittac said:

I have looked in to xeon platforms many times and my biggest take away was that the motherboards are next to impossible to find, while cpu's are cheap.  In the end I got a whole server but it doesn't support pci-e 3 and theres no psu connectors for a modern gpu.

 

The few motherboards I did find at a reasonable price were not a standard form factor.  This is going to be a niche build and will take a lot of *digging.

Yeah im starting to feel that way

when you say "standard form factor" do you mean to fit into standard atx cases?

because I dont plan on using a case if that makes a difference

[Psittac]

1 minute ago, Perrichicken said:

Yeah im starting to feel that way

when you say "standard form factor" do you mean to fit into standard atx cases?

because I dont plan on using a case if that makes a difference

Then there are solutions out there, can't even remember who made them.  Maybe supermicro?  They just won't fit into a case.  I'll dink around a bit and see if I can dig up what I found back then.  Can't remember if they were financially feasible though, just remember that all of them were SO EXPENSIVE, and a couple weren't insane.

[Psittac]

a quick ebay search showed this but you're looking at the cost of a new motherboard

 

also check out www.servermonkey.com for server components, I doubt they have motherboards but you can get cpu's on the cheap

[Perrichicken]

9 minutes ago, Psittac said:

a quick ebay search showed this but you're looking at the cost of a new motherboard

 

also check out www.servermonkey.com for server components, I doubt they have motherboards but you can get cpu's on the cheap

this is pretty decent thank you for this, I will have a look around ebay

[Tabs]

From my experience - I did a lot of research back before I built my i7-920 machine - the socket 1366 xeons have pretty robust support on standard x58 chipset boards. I know for a fact that my board - the gigabyte x58a-ud3r - supports the xeon w3680, so it should almost definitely support the w3690 too.

 

The only issue is that ECC memory is rarely supported on consumer x58 boards even when there's a xeon present.

 

Have you had a look at standard consumer x58 boards? If you've been looking specifically for server boards you're probably going to have a pretty hard time finding one.

[Psittac]

Just now, Tabs said:

From my experience - I did a lot of research back before I built my i7-920 machine - the socket 1366 xeons have pretty robust support on standard x58 chipset boards. I know for a fact that my board - the gigabyte x58a-ud3r - supports the xeon w3680, so it should almost definitely support the w3690 too.

 

The only issue is that ECC memory is rarely supported on consumer x58 boards even when there's a xeon present.

 

Have you had a look at standard consumer x58 boards? If you've been looking specifically for server boards you're probably going to have a pretty hard time finding one.

This might take away from the OP's content, but I think you just covered it.

 

At one point over the past 15+ years I remember having ECC memory and have only built consumer grade equipment.  I'm thinking it was my lga775 pentium 820d? Does this sound right?  Who knows maybe I smoked a ton of crack

[Perrichicken]

3 minutes ago, Tabs said:

From my experience - I did a lot of research back before I built my i7-920 machine - the socket 1366 xeons have pretty robust support on standard x58 chipset boards. I know for a fact that my board - the gigabyte x58a-ud3r - supports the xeon w3680, so it should almost definitely support the w3690 too.

 

The only issue is that ECC memory is rarely supported on consumer x58 boards even when there's a xeon present.

 

Have you had a look at standard consumer x58 boards? If you've been looking specifically for server boards you're probably going to have a pretty hard time finding one.

hmm ok interesting, how do I know if it supports ecc memory?

For example, this board says ddr3 1600 memory supported... does it have to specifically state ecc support? 

[Perrichicken]

Okay I just found this

specs are here

 

seems to support every thing doesnt it?

[Tabs]

4 minutes ago, Tabs said:

From my experience - I did a lot of research back before I built my i7-920 machine - the socket 1366 xeons have pretty robust support on standard x58 chipset boards. I know for a fact that my board - the gigabyte x58a-ud3r - supports the xeon w3680, so it should almost definitely support the w3690 too.

 

The only issue is that ECC memory is rarely supported on consumer x58 boards even when there's a xeon present.

 

Have you had a look at standard consumer x58 boards? If you've been looking specifically for server boards you're probably going to have a pretty hard time finding one.

 

1 minute ago, Psittac said:

This might take away from the OP's content, but I think you just covered it.

 

At one point over the past 15+ years I remember having ECC memory and have only built consumer grade equipment.  I'm thinking it was my lga775 pentium 820d? Does this sound right?  Who knows maybe I smoked a ton of crack

 

@Perrichicken I just found this thread on the tonymac forums about someone building a xeon system using the ga-x58a-ud3r board that I mentioned and the W3680 and apparently got it working with ECC as well - so maybe I was a misremembering with the ecc thing.

 

About the gpu limitation thing you mentioned, the X58 chipset supports 36 lanes of pcie 2.0, so it should have zero bottleneck issues with a card like the 1060. The cpu may be a limiting factor in certain games of course, but then this is a 8+ year old platform.

[Tabs]

1 minute ago, Perrichicken said:

Okay I just found this

specs are here

 

seems to support every thing doesnt it?

Yeah, that looks like it will support your components no problem, and a decent price for a board too as long as shipping isn't expensive there.

 

 

[Perrichicken]

3 minutes ago, Tabs said:

Yeah, that looks like it will support your components no problem, and a decent price for a board too as long as shipping isn't expensive there.

 

 

Thanks for your help

[Pasi123]

1 hour ago, Perrichicken said:

Okay I just found this

specs are here

 

seems to support every thing doesnt it?

HP Z400 doesn't have a standard ATX power connector.

 

Is your memory normal non-registered ECC? It should work on any X58 motherboards. If it's registeted, then it doesn't work (even on the HP Z400 X58 board).

Currently I have mixed ECC and non-ECC memory on my Asus P6X58D-E.

 

I would recommend getting a normal X58 mobo so you could overclock your CPU. That HP X58 mobo doesn't support overclocking.

[asand1]

MOST X58 consumer boards (they are all enthusiast, hence the "X") support Unregistered/unbuffered ECC RAM. Keep scouring ebay for X58, and i7-920, 930, and 950. You might come across something being sold by a newb for a good price.

[asand1]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Asus-P6TD-Deluxe-M-B-Motherboard-Intel-Core-i7-920-2-67GHz-6GB-DDR3-Tested/162997623546?epid=97079930&hash=item25f36a5afa:g:1akAAOSwnCxaz3rE

 

$120 for the whole combo

 

[asand1]

Take a look at this thread here.