Damn. Maybe he needs to make a post about Seven Eves to catch upâ¦

Bunch of old timers (and a lurker or two) post after CmdrTaco comes on⦠ðYoe

Kinda sucks to pay $30 processing fee per meal...

And the week wait time is a killer.

So... what you're saying is you're NEW around here then??

Remember the Good Ole Days? When it was all about the Hot Grits!?

Where has the time gone?! All the good trolls must've grown up...

Some of the comments I've seen hit it on the head: The Brand + Model + Revision of Motherboard you buy is key for ANY system (esp. a server).

Myself I don't like buying anything I haven't researched to death; I also really want to hear what other people's experience has been with the stuff. (note: people I trust... not some script kiddie; though on /. you can usually tell which are which)

Checking Tom's Site and Ars Techina to see what they think doesn't hurt either.

As far the Power-Always-On feature you want well, 3 things:

1) I would not recommend any soldering at all as your warranty will most likely go out the window. This can be a very bad thing in a corporate environment.

2) Most high quality Motherboards come with either a CMOS or Jumper setting (or combo) which tells the PS what to do when power is applied.

3) A good case goes a long way... both in ensuring you have a quality PS, and that you won't slice your fingers when you need to work on it. (Can we have a poll on how many times we've done that? :) ) You'll want to make sure the PS is compliant with ATX 2.01 to be on the safe side too.


As far as personal choices, I'm a big fan of both Supermicro Motherboards and Cases - my personal fav is the SC-701a style case - it's a beauty! but unfortunately its soon to be discontinued... :(

Anyway, just my $0.02 (which is worth even less as its Canadian...)