Motherboard for 1U

Computer Forum CPU, Motherboards and Memory
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Hi,

I’m currently using a certain model of Gigabyte motherboard for building my 1U servers, but this specific model is becoming outdated. What I’m after now is a mATX board with either no onboard audio, or horizontal lying audio jacks. I have found a few out there but they’re over 3 times the price of the Gigabyte one I’m using – also, since I’m running FreeBSD on the servers, SiS chipsets tend to have a few problems.

For those who don’t know; vertical standing audio jacks are about 3mm too tall for 1U servers.. and removing the jacks completely is a nasty job and could ultimately break the motherboard!!!

Any help would be much appreciated.

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I’ve looked around and, you’re pretty much limited to boards from Tyan and SuperMicro…most of which are 2+ processor boards for high-end server apps and start at around $400 or so. Retail-wise, I’d say to look at eBay as being the best bet for your needs. If it’s low-enough computing power you need, the VIA Epia motherboards with the C3 chip in it might be the ticket.