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Subject: Re: Server motherboard recommendation wanted
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> We have great success using the Tyan Thunder K8SD-Pro (S2882-D) 
> motherboard.  It is a dual socket 940 motherboard that supports AMD 
> Opteron 200-series CPU (including dual-core), 16 GB ECC DDR400 RAM, with 
> 2 64-bit/133 MHz PCI-X slots, 2 64-bit/100 MHz PCI-X slots, and 1 
> 32-bit/33 MHz PCI slot.  Comes with onboard SATA and (optional) SCSI 
> controllers.

I can second this - I bought one after a recopmmendation on this
list for a dual core Opteron board to replace a rather flaky MSI.
It has performed magnificently, and is comletel stable, plus being
well supported by FreBSD 9amd64 in my case). I run Adaptec SCSI
controllers, and the onboard NIC's are good quality as well.
definitely recommended.

-pcf.