And if you plan on running zfs, ecc should be a deal breaker. The freenas community has asrock board and hardware recommendations. linda On 7/6/15 10:19 AM, Justin Kremer wrote: > On Mon, Jul 6, 2015 at 9:56 AM Brian Wood <woodbrian77 at gmail.com > <mailto:woodbrian77 at gmail.com>> wrote: > > I found one now that looks interesting > > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157562&cm_re=server_motherboards_m.2-_-13-157-562-_-Product > > http://www.amazon.com/Intel-I3-4160-Processor-Hyper-Threading-BX80646I34160/dp/B00LV8U0VE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1436116265&sr=8-1&keywords=i3+4160 > > Does this look like the right memory for the above? > > http://www.amazon.com/Crucial-PC3-12800-Unbuffered-240-Pin-CT102472BA160B/dp/B006YG8ZNI/ref=sr_1_3?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1436133691&sr=1-3&keywords=unbuffered+ecc > > > Probably not. The specs on that server board do not specify ECC, and > the memory is ECC. > You can google around for some more specific info on the subject, but > generally, if a newer motherboard doesn't support ECC RAM, it won't > work at all, unlike the "good old days" (pre-DDR) when it just didn't > function as ECC. > You're probably better off going for a non-ECC version of the memory, > or continuing your search for a board, if ECC is a deal-breaker for you. > - Justin > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list -- Linda Kateley Kateley Company Skype ID-kateleyco http://kateleyco.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20150706/c801720b/attachment.html>