[SOLVED] Looking for the Cheapest Combo with a Motherboard can handle 128G ECC DDR3 Ram and a bare-minimum CPU with Integrated GPU

[eviLocK]

I am looking for the cheapest motherboard that use 128G of ECC DDR3 ram and the bare minimum CPU of any spec that comes with a GPU or the motherboard already has an integrated GPU, so I don't have to buy a stand-alone GPU. Any suggestion?

 

[Eximo]

How cheap? Can get the whole thing for just over $400, GPU included.

https://www.newegg.com/dell-precision-t7600/p/1VK-0001-4K239?&quicklink=true

Might be the only time I think buying the whole thing might be cheaper.

 

[kanewolf]

I am looking for the cheapest motherboard that use 128G of ECC DDR3 ram and the bare minimum CPU of any spec that comes with a GPU or the motherboard already has an integrated GPU, so I don't have to buy a stand-alone GPU. Any suggestion?

128GB RAM in how many DIMMs? Do you already have the RAM?

 

[digitalgriffin]

You're going to need a quad channel DDR3 memory controller which also supports ECC. Once you get past netburst/core, intel limited ECC to XEON chips and chipsets IIRC.

Not listed below is the 3450 chipset (see Xeon chipsets) which is compatible with Nehalem mainstream and high-end processors but does not claim core iX-compatibility. With either a Core i5 or i3 processor, the 3400-series chipsets enable the ECC functionality of unbuffered ECC memory.[49] Otherwise these chipsets do not enable unbuffered ECC functionality.

Why DDR3? Building a modern platform on DDR4 ECC using Ryzen pro would be much cheaper.

I'm guessing you're building a FREENAS box.

 

[eviLocK]

I choose DDR3 because I have another computer that already uses DDR3 ECC. I am also fairly sure that DDR4 ECC rams are beyond my budget.

 

[eviLocK]

How cheap? Can get the whole thing for just over $400, GPU included.

https://www.newegg.com/dell-precision-t7600/p/1VK-0001-4K239?&quicklink=true

Might be the only time I think buying the whole thing might be cheaper.

Great find.

For this type of Dual-CPU motherboard computers, does it require Server Edition of Windows to run it?
Can, let say, basic Windows 7 home edition run it?

 

[USAFRet]

Great find.

For this type of Dual-CPU motherboard computers, does it require Server Edition of Windows to run it?
Can, let say, basic Windows 7 home edition run it?

Win 7 Home can only utilize 1 processor.

But in the context of 128GB RAM and dual CPU...why are you trying to cheap out on a Home OS, that is also out of any support.
What is this system for?

 

[eviLocK]

Win 7 Home can only utilize 1 processor.

But in the context of 128GB RAM and dual CPU...why are you trying to cheap out on a Home OS, that is also out of any support.
What is this system for?

Data handling. I maxed out my current computer rams of 32G, thus I am looking for some heavy up grade with a shoes string budget.

What is the minimum Windows Edition to be capable of running dual-cpu?

 

[USAFRet]

Data handling. I maxed out my current computer rams of 32G, thus I am looking for some heavy up grade with a shoes string budget.

What is the minimum Windows Edition to be capable of running dual-cpu?

Win 10 Pro can speak to multiple physical CPU.

 

[USAFRet]

"Data handling " is a pretty generic term.