What current motherboards support Dual-Core Opterons best?

[aka1nas]

Hi all,
I am building a low-end server for work and I want to get an Opteron 165. I know plenty of boards will work with some BIOS trickery (running a 165 at home on my Neo2), but as this is for work, I would like a board that has somewhat more official support. There will be no overclocking, of course, and stability is the prime concern. What can you guys recommend for an extremely stable board that will accept a dual core 939 Opteron without too much hassle?

 

[CP5670]

I think Tyan makes some 939 boards with official Opteron support. I don't know much about them though.

 

[themusgrat]

I will second Tyan. They are great.

 

[Fazzi]

Tyan is good and stable for server apps. if you are interested in oc'ing then look somewhere else. I use an Asus A8N-SLi Premium with an Opteron 175 bolted to it. It runs well with good oc'ing prospects.

 

[EatSpam]

Supermicro H8SSL-i ... I haven't used this board, but I have had much better luck with SM than Tyan.

 

[kravmaga]

For 939 pretty much any board out there will work. I don't think any except for Tyan are "officially" supported though. Official meaning AMD hasn't given the companies allowence to say OUR MOTHERBOARDS OFFICIALLY SUPPORT 939 OPTERONS. All motherboards support them otherwise though.

Also if you look at some older Anantech articles they say the Tyan boards have a lot of bios issues. So it's possible for something to be officiall supported by AMD yet actually have less support due to instabilities etc. If that makes sense.

 

[aka1nas]

Thanks for the input guys. I ended up picking the A8N SLI as Asus at least states support for the chip. Tyan is the only manufacturer with AMD approved 939 opteron boards, but as few people here use them I am not familiar with any quirks they may have.

 

[Matt2]

Just installed my Opty 170 on my DFI board, works great.