WHS rebuild, looking for a server class mobo

[Hunter69]

Hello,
I am looking to rebuild my whs machine. I bought a low power I3 2100. My whs machine runs sagetv, comskip and mymovies (plus normal fileserving and whs related tasks). I run two internal Colossus tuners.

I want to stay with a server grade mobo. Anyone have any suggestions.

Thanks for any suggestions you can help with.

[panteragstk]

Assuming you don't need more than 4 pcie slots this one would work.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813182254

[Hunter69]

So I have a couple of questions about PCI express slots. The Colossus uses a PCI express X1 slot. Are PCI express X4 and X8 slots backwards compatible with X1. Currently I have a Colossus installed into a PCI express X16 2.0 slot and it seems to function properly. I just want to make sure that when I purchase this the PCI express slots will work with the Colossus.

Thanks for the info
Bill

[panteragstk]

Originally Posted by Hunter69

So I have a couple of questions about PCI express slots. The Colossus uses a PCI express X1 slot. Are PCI express X4 and X8 slots backwards compatible with X1. Currently I have a Colossus installed into a PCI express X16 2.0 slot and it seems to function properly. I just want to make sure that when I purchase this the PCI express slots will work with the Colossus.

Thanks for the info
Bill

There are a few boards that act funny when pcie 1x are plugged into a larger slot, but that board should be fine. Supermicro makes quality stuff.