Motherboards (LGA1155)
Please carefully evaluate CPU and RAM support / requirements from the manufacturer’s spec page. Each motherboard will be different. This is not an exhaustive list of motherboards, just a handful of selections by the serverbuilds.net team. Feel free to use another make or model should you find a good deal or already have one on hand.
Review checklist:
- CPU support (Xeon / Core / Pentium, etc.)
- RAM support (ECC / non-ECC, etc.)
- Form factor (ATX / mATX / ITX, etc.)
- Onboard SATA controller and number of ports
- Onboard NICs
- Display output ports and requirements (iGPU), if any.
- Heatsink mounting method (fixed backplate?)
| Brand | Model (link) | Specifcations | CPU | RAM | Form Factor | PCI-E | Video | SATA | NIC | Expected Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acer (ECS OEM) | Q77H2-AM | Link | Core i3/i5/i7 | Non-ECC UDIMM ONLY | Micro ATX | 3 | DVI, 2xDP (via CPU) | 2xSATA3, 4xSATA2 | 1 | $24.38 |
| Acer (ECS OEM) | Q77H2-AD | N/A | Core i3/i5/i7 | Non-ECC UDIMM ONLY | DTX | 2 | DVI, 2xDP (via CPU) | 2xSATA3, 2xSATA2 | 1 | $26.88 |
| Supermicro | X9SCL | Link | Xeon, Core i3 | ECC UDIMM ONLY | Micro ATX | 3 | VGA (onboard) | 4xSATA2 | 2 | $45.00 |
| Supermicro | X9SCM | Link | Xeon, Core i3 | ECC UDIMM ONLY | Micro ATX | 4 | VGA (onboard) | 2xSATA3, 4xSATA2 | 2 + IPMI | $50.00 |
| Inventec | B400GA0 | N/A | Xeon | ECC UDIMM ONLY | ATX | 3 | VGA (onboard) | 2xSATA3, 4xSATA2 | 2 | $25.95 |
| Gigabyte | GA-H77-DS3H v1.1 | Link | Core i3/i5/i7 | Non-ECC UDIMM ONLY | ATX | 4 | VGA, DVI, HDMI (via CPU) | 2xSATA3, 3xSATA2, 1xmSATA | 1 | $75.00 |
| Intel | DQ77KB | Link | Core i3/i5/i7, Some Xeon* | Non-ECC UDIMM ONLY, SODIMM | Mini-ITX | 1 | DP, HDMI (via CPU) | 2xSATA3, 2xSATA2, 1xmSATA | 2 | $41.00 OBO |
| Intel | DQ77MK | Link | All 1155 | Non-ECC UDIMM ONLY | Micro ATX | 3 | DP, 2 DVI | 2xSATA3, 4xSATA2 | 2 | $55.00 |