I built two identical e5-2670 nodes(following more or less Juraj’s model) with the asus-z9pa-D8 mb, which comes without any neat features, but I bought them for ~280€, which is a good price for a dual cpu mb I think.
I still have a pair of this xeons left and I’m up to build the third node. Unfortunately these asus boards are gone. I can’t find them anymore.
Can you recommend a cheap mb as an alternative? Thank you.
https://www.jacob.de/Mainboards/Intel-Sockel-2011/ASROCK-MAINBOARD-EPC602-EP2C602-artnr-2040090.html#+
Not sure if you will find a dual LGA2011 motherboard for less than around 300 euro nowadays.
Probably not, thank you very much. Maybe I’m going with this one- although I’m not too fond of Asrock-boards. It is reall y a good price.
I have ASRock EP2C602-4L/D16, basicaly the same, but with 16 RAM slots and a bit more expensive board running almost 24/7 for around 6 months now with no problem, the only downside that it is not compatible with windows 10. For a render node i think it’s not a bad mother board at all.
16 ram banks: that’s attractive. ASRock Rack EP2C602-4L/D16 | Preisvergleich Geizhals Deutschland
340€. Not bad at all. Thank you.