Supported CPUs for and Asus M2N-LR motherboard?

[JPS]

Asus makes a pretty sweet motherboard that would be a great ZFS-based server, the M2N-LR. If one could pair it with a low-energy Brisbane core, specifically the BE-2350, that would be perfect for a ZFS server.

What I cannot determine is what specific CPUs the darn thing supports. Asus tech support over the phone says only the Opteron 1000 series of CPUs and Phenoms, but the manual says, "Socket AM2 for Athlon 64 X2, AMD Athlon 64, AMD Athlon 64 FX, AMD Sempron, AMD Opteron 64 X@ Processors".

Adding further to the confusion, is the fact that there reports on the net of it working with the BE-2350 cores. Specifically, here, here, and here for general Brisbane support.

Does anyone here have experience with the M2N-LR and non-opteron CPUs? Care to comment or hazard a guess on whether or not an M2N-LR motherboard and a BE-2350 CPU would behaver and function properly?

 

[nenforcer]

I was browsing through the NewEgg comments for that motherboard and I think I found your answer.


Link to comments on NewEgg

Somebody is using this exact board as a ZFS Server with X2 Brisbane 3800+.

I suspected this because it appears the mainboard northbridge nForce Professional 3600 supports but does not require ECC DDR2 DRAM.

Since the memory controller is on chip on Opterons and X2-Brisbane it appears you can either use DDR2 w/o ECC and Brisbane CPU's or Opterons and DDR2 with ECC.

Keep in mind I have never used this motherboard or Opterons ever!

 

[JPS]

Originally posted by: nenforcer

I was browsing through the NewEgg comments for that motherboard and I think I found your answer.


Link to comments on NewEgg

Somebody is using this exact board as a ZFS Server with X2 Brisbane 3800+.

I suspected this because it appears the mainboard northbridge nForce Professional 3600 supports but does not require ECC DDR2 DRAM.

Since the memory controller is on chip on Opterons and X2-Brisbane it appears you can either use DDR2 w/o ECC and Brisbane CPU's or Opterons and DDR2 with ECC.

Keep in mind I have never used this motherboard or Opterons ever!

No worries and thanks for the comments - your points are spot on and also the reason why I think it would work.

Since posting, I have changed my plans slightly having discovered this little mobo made by Asus: M2A-VM . That will suit my needs even better.