What is the most dependable workstation MB?

[g725s]

If you were going to build a workstation for use with AutoCAD, Rhino, and CS4 suite, what motherboard would you choose?

 

[o1die]

You need to list a budget. The skies the limit for server boards. You can spend as little as $20 at computer geeks for an older opteron board, or hundreds for the latest chipset.

 

[lopri]

I'm personally biased towards P55 platform, but if you don't mind some extra heat then X58 platform should provide an excellent performance for your need. ASUS was the winner of AnandTech's X58 round-up.

http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=3471&p=13

 

[wwswimming]

What is the most dependable workstation MB

i think most dependable is often the MB that OC's the best - but run at stock speeds. i know that's not as much fun, but ... that it will take a major OC is an indication of the stability @ stock frequencies.

if you're willing to go socket 775, i think the intel 975 XBX2 is a classic. a little aged, admittedly.

on the socket 1366 side, the Asus P6* variations, e.g. the P6 WS model, stand out. there was an OC review where someone took one of the P6 WS' up to 5 GHz stable.

there's a few custom PC manufacturers that also use the Asus P6 in their workstation.