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
>
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