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Hi all,
Looking to build a cheap video editing workstation with a £34 Socket 771 server motherboard (such as this one) and a pair of L5420 Xeons, £25 each. I know I will have to get a pair of Socket 771 heatsinks along with EEC RAM. Passmark claims that the CPU Mark for those 2 CPUs will be 8010.
Would I come across any problems with using such a server motherboard? How different is it to a desktop motherboard? Is it mountable in an ATX case? Is it possible to use a standard ATX PSU? Any other pitfalls I'm not aware of?
Passmark claims an i5 2400 gets a CPU Mark of 6153 and it costs £99 just for the CPU, plus £25 for the motherboard. How accurate is the comparison? Would this be a better option?
Many thanks!
Looking to build a cheap video editing workstation with a £34 Socket 771 server motherboard (such as this one) and a pair of L5420 Xeons, £25 each. I know I will have to get a pair of Socket 771 heatsinks along with EEC RAM. Passmark claims that the CPU Mark for those 2 CPUs will be 8010.
Would I come across any problems with using such a server motherboard? How different is it to a desktop motherboard? Is it mountable in an ATX case? Is it possible to use a standard ATX PSU? Any other pitfalls I'm not aware of?
Passmark claims an i5 2400 gets a CPU Mark of 6153 and it costs £99 just for the CPU, plus £25 for the motherboard. How accurate is the comparison? Would this be a better option?
Many thanks!