Built a system with an ASUS Z7S WS Motherboard

[Apoptosis]

The ASUS Z7S WS is a server motherboard that is designed for Dual Intel Xeon LGA 771 processors and uses the Intel 5400 SSI CEB. At $479.99 shipped it is by far not the cheapest LGA 771 motherboard on the market today, but it is packed with features.

It has....
*Four Channel FB-Dimm.
*Wide variety of E5xxx Xeons and QX9775 processors to pick from.
* Excellent Value, 1/3 less than the SkullTrail, with better performance (PCI-E 2.0 v. PCI-E 1.1).
*Ample USB slots
*Has a legacy IDE if you want to go old school on the hard drive, DVD Drives.

Here are a few pictures of a build that I did for a server:

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Four WD VelociRaptor Hard Drives in RAID 5

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Hardware RAID is the only way to go

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A little messy, but I am going to get a different case as the HAF 922 isn't going to work for this build...

Some of the system specs:

2x Intel Xeon E5450 Harpertown CPU's @ 3.0GHz- $1938
ASUS Z7S WS - $469.99
4x WD VelociRaptor HDD's - $720
Adaptec 3405 HW RAID - $299
2x Kingston 8GB FB-DIMM 800MHZ kits - KVR800D2D4F5K2/8G - $579.98 (incoming waiting on FedEX)
ATI Radeon HD 3450 - $23.99
Cooler Master HAF 922 - $129.99
PC Power & Cooling 1000W PSU (will be changed)

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That's one mean looking board right there

[Apoptosis]

Finally got in the 2x Kingston 8GB FB-DIMM 800MHZ kits - KVR800D2D4F5K2/8G that I ordered in... 16GB of memory in just 4 modules!

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