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I built a system with the above mentioned ASUS MB and am quite happy so far.

 

Two problems I encountered-

The first power supply I bought had the wrong type of connector for attaching to the MB. Had to get a much more expensive one. As I recall ther were only two choices and I took the more costly on some advice received here.

 

The two XEON procs I got form NewEGG had different core steppings and would not work together. I tried, unsucessfully, to find a place that could gaurantee shipping matched procs. Ended up reordering two more from Newegg and they came, thankfully, matched. They refunded my originals in full but there seemed to be a time limit to the return that i almost missed.

 

hope this helps a bit. good luck!

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Two problems I encountered-

The first power supply I bought had the wrong type of connector for attaching to the MB.

I got bitten by that one recently, too. I haven't tried to build/re-build a machine for a while. I didn't know that there is now a new type of ATX MB that has the second power connector. These are called ATX+12v not to be confused with ATX (which supplies, of course, 12v). I just bought another supply, the previous one is here on the floor next to the previous motherboard.
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How many clams did the mobo set you back Greg?

 

Exactly which wattage of PSU did you end up going for in the end?

 

Is the model in here by any chance?

 

http://www.pc-pitstop.com/power_supplies/

 

Case Mod have an explanation of EPS here:

 

http://www.case-mod.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=463

 

Lost circuits are probably about the best dealing with mobos at the present.

 

http://www.lostcircuits.com/advice/robanton/

 

here is a PSU review they did when you would have built your system Greg.

 

[ December 27, 2003, 09:26 AM: Message edited by: garethace ]

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