MB for SP

[Mr Bill]

I have just bought Edius SP and was about to buy the P5WDG2 WS Professional
which was given the thumbs up by so many of you. See this thread. . .

Unfortunately I have just learnt that this MB is no longer available.

So now I am looking at the Asus P5K WS

Sorry to start this discussion all over again but I really need to know if this MB will work with SP.

I have also emailed the Grass Valley guys here in Melbourne, just waiting for a response.

Thanks to anyone who can help (again)

Bill :)

[shueardm]

That chipset is untried afaik. It could work or it could give you trouble.
It looks like ti only has 1x PCI-X, 1x PCI-e and 2 X PCI. So you would use all them up and left with only 1 x PCI----- that's a bit of a concern, no room for a raid card.

Perhaps think about the Supermicro X7DA-LE which is an ATX form factor Greencreek (good) chipset dual Xeon board, so it will fit a standard case, have more slots and you only need to put in 1 Xeon, upgrade to 2 later if you choose. It would retail around $750AU though.

[Mr Bill]

Thanks Mark,

This MB has:
1 x PCI-E x 16 slots
2 x PCI-E x 1 slots
1 x PCI-X
2 x PCI 2.2

See here


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[shueardm]

OK, the 1x PCI-e slots were too small to the naked eye :)

1x PCI-e slots are not useable for a decent raid card either, so there's still limitations.

[Mr Bill]

Has anyone tried the Asus P5K WS with Edius SP ?

Any other thoughts would be appreciated as I'm about to build my system.

Thanks

(thanks again Mark for your help)

[johannesj]

Just got supermicro x7da8 for the SP, onboard it has :
1 (x16) & 1 (x4 in x16) PCI-Express,
2x 64-bit 133/100MHz PCI-X,
1x 64-bit 100MHz PCI-X,
1x 32-bit PCI 33MHz
6x SATAII Ports via ESB2 Controller RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 support.
Adaptec AIC-7902 Dual Channel Ultra320 SCSI RAID 0, 1, 5, 10

Still waiting for the memory so i can get it started..........................

[Zorro]

I've been told by tech support that this board might work:

http://www.tyan.com/product_board_detail.aspx?pid=349

[gapmedia]

This is working for me and my SP, but doesn't really help Mr.Bill, sorry.

http://www.tyan.com/product_board_detail.aspx?pid=43

[Mr Bill]

Thanks so far guys.

I am leaning toward the Asus because this motherboard supports the latest Intel 45nm CPU Core 2 Quad.

Tech support told me that this board should be OK
But could not guarantee anything as it hasn't been tested yet.


Bill