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12-23-2011, 04:44 PM,
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Hello,
I read the article on the Budget workstation, and this is pretty much what I am looking for, thanks! I'm wondering if you can recommend a motherboard in that configuration that's mATX? My preferences are: -Support Intel socket 1155 (for Core i5 2500 or i5 2400) -4 slots for RAM (for 16GB) -I'm not going to be adding a video card (I don't play games, the on-chip graphics should be good) so probably not going to be adding very many things in the PCIe / PCI slots (if at all) -mATX form factor... I want to keep the case somewhat small (but not ITX small) -Last 5+ years. I mainly use either Visual Studio or have an environment for Linux Kernel development (so lots of compiling and building) -Compatible with Ubuntu (10.04LTS) .. or I can run Ubuntu in a virtual machine Not completely necessary (not a deal breaker): -USB 3.0 -SATA III ports (for possible future SSD some years from now) -6 audio ports on motherboard (as opposed to 3 since I have the speaker set up for that) -RAID support (I don't plan on running RAID, have own backup solution plus hard disks are pricey now) H61 is out of question (only 2 RAM slots). That leaves either H67 or Z68. Since they are somewhat similar priced, most likely Z68? What do you recommend? Thanks in advance! |
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