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[CWiz]

Hey all, I got some advice on my build months ago but the build got stalled due to other projects needing $

Wanted your opinion on motherboard options

Intended use: Low power media hub (movie/music) & personal cloud

Case: Cooler master elite 120
PSU: Corsair CX 430M 430W
CPU: Intel i3-4130T Haswell 35W
HDD: 2x 3TB WD Red

All i need at this point is the ram and mobo

Option 1:
MoBo: ASROCK C226M WS $169
RAM: Apacer Tech 8GB DDR3-1600MHz ECC $159 OR Transend 8GB ddr3-1600MHz ECC $135

Option 2:
MoBo: SUPERMICRO MBD-X10SLL-F-O $168
RAM: HYNIX 8GB DDR3-1600MHz ECC $99

Any big trade off between C226 and C222 chipsets?

Only things jumping out at me:
ASROCK C226 has all 6 SATA ports @ 6.0Gbps but... what's the point if my HDD run at 5400 rpm?

ASROCK has useless audio hardware that'll be sucking power for years

ASROCK has a 3yr parts&labor warranty vs Supermicro's 1yr parts/3yrs labor

Supermicro's tested ram will save me ~120 bucks for 16GB

Leaning towards Option 2 unless there is a real performance difference.

Cheers!

 

[Ericloewe]

Supermicro. Once you've used IPMI, you'll obsessively lust after it.

However, I'll take this opportunity to once again emphasize to any future readers that low-power processors (the T at the end, or L for Xeons) are a waste of money because they don't actually use less power. They just don't work as hard, thereby "saving power" - actually preventing an unmanageable thermal load, not really saving power.

 

[sremick]

There are ASRock C226 motherboards that support IPMI (like mine). SuperMicro is more popular though

 

[marbus90]

the ASRock C226 WS does not have IPMI. I'd go with Supermicro. Second on the Low-Power CPU, E3-1225v3 idles at below 2W - that is with the IGP active on 2 displays w/ Aero enabled. And idling is what it does most of the time.

With HDDs the SATA speeds don't matter. Have a look at X10SLL+-F, X10SLM-F and X10SLM+-F, sometimes only one model is on sale and there's not much difference for Joe Homeuser.