Build a cheap folding box with this deal? Gigabyte Server Board w/Two Xeon 2.4GHz CPUs $84.95

[Harbourmaster]

Or perhaps a home server or NAS?

This Gigabyte 8IPXDREL-GG socket 604 server motherboard features an Intel E7501 chipset and includes two Intel Xeon 2.4 GHz socket 604 CPU's! Six DIMM sockets support up to 12 GB of RAM and there is one PCI slot on board.

Key features include ATI Rage-XL graphics with 8 MB memory and an Intel 82546EB Gigabit Ethernet controller. Buy now and $ave on this great CPU and Server Motherboard combo!

http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=...L-XEON24-R&cat=MBB

Features/Specifications:

* Gigabyte 8IPXDREL-GG Server Board with Dual Xeon 2.4 GHz Processors

* General Features:
* Includes two (2) Socket 604 Intel Xeon 2.4 GHz processors pre-installed
* Socket 604
* Intel E7501 chipset
* Extended ATX form factor
* Supports up to 12 GB RAM (max.)
* ATI Rage-XL graphics with 8 MB memory
* Intel 82546EB Gigabit Ethernet controller

* Expansion slots:
* One (1) PCI slot
* Six (6) DIMM sockets

* I/O ports:
* Two (2) PS/2 ports
* Two (2) USB ports
* One (1) 9-pin Serial port
* One (1) 15-pin VGA port
* RJ-45 Ethernet port

* Supported Processors:
* Dual Intel Xeon CPUs up to 2.8 GHz in a PGA604 socket
* 400 MHz Front Side Bus
* 512 MB L2 cache

[john dough]

You can knock of $8 by using code DEALNEWS

(basically, you will end up paying $1 for shipping over the above price)

http://dealnews.com/deals/Gigabyte-8-IPX...ealnews_20

[kj]

What type power supply does it need? Anything special? Looks like a good folder for the money though. I bet it would boot off compact flash, which would make it even simpler, once you got it set up. kj.

[Harbourmaster]

It's ATX so it should use a standard PS.

Booting from a flash drive was exactly what I had in mind.

[blusubaru]

x86? I mean, I hear it's cool.