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- Apr 29, 2002
Super Micro X8DTH-iF is working fine as are the processors and REG ECC memory (channel 1 at least).
I got everything on Ebay for less than $300
Here are a few pictures until I get down to the build now that the hardware tested good.
My goal was to get a dual socket system that I could get started on a shoe string budget <$300. Once I have a working system, I can slowly upgrade it at my leisure. That's how I built my Asus Commando system. Got a dirt cheap motherboard that took the new C2D processors and also took my old DDR memory and AGP card. So eventually once I got a PCIe card and DDR2 memory on that board I was ready to transplant all that new tech over to the Asua Commando motherboard. Then I eventually got the bux for a C2Q and more memory sticks, etc.
I've always preferred multiple socket server/workstation boards over single socket boards. My first real computer was a dual socket Pentium Pro 200 Micron Millennium. I couldn't afford both processors so I ordered it with only one. I got the 2nd processor a few years later at a much reduced price. $50 used vs $600 new. Also upgraded the original 32MB of ECC memory to the maximum of 128MB a few years later for a lot less. That original semi crippled machine cost me over $3k new. I still have it lol. I then upgraded to AMD as they were beating Intel at that time and for a lot better price. Then the pendulum swung back over to Intel again with the netburst architecture. So I got anther dual socket Xeon board that could be overclocked like mad. Iwill DH800 was an amazing board and it will always have a special place in my heart.
Now I'm on to an older dual socket system that beats my even older LGA 775 by 4:1 yet only gets beat by 50% from the latest dual socket 2011v3 system of comparable processors.
I got everything on Ebay for less than $300
Here are a few pictures until I get down to the build now that the hardware tested good.
My goal was to get a dual socket system that I could get started on a shoe string budget <$300. Once I have a working system, I can slowly upgrade it at my leisure. That's how I built my Asus Commando system. Got a dirt cheap motherboard that took the new C2D processors and also took my old DDR memory and AGP card. So eventually once I got a PCIe card and DDR2 memory on that board I was ready to transplant all that new tech over to the Asua Commando motherboard. Then I eventually got the bux for a C2Q and more memory sticks, etc.
I've always preferred multiple socket server/workstation boards over single socket boards. My first real computer was a dual socket Pentium Pro 200 Micron Millennium. I couldn't afford both processors so I ordered it with only one. I got the 2nd processor a few years later at a much reduced price. $50 used vs $600 new. Also upgraded the original 32MB of ECC memory to the maximum of 128MB a few years later for a lot less. That original semi crippled machine cost me over $3k new. I still have it lol. I then upgraded to AMD as they were beating Intel at that time and for a lot better price. Then the pendulum swung back over to Intel again with the netburst architecture. So I got anther dual socket Xeon board that could be overclocked like mad. Iwill DH800 was an amazing board and it will always have a special place in my heart.
Now I'm on to an older dual socket system that beats my even older LGA 775 by 4:1 yet only gets beat by 50% from the latest dual socket 2011v3 system of comparable processors.
Since I won't be stressing that system anymore with FAH, the case air flow is more than adequate. Eventually I'm going to try making it into a FreeNAS server as it meets minimum specs. For now it's still my main PC until I get the SM up.
