Motherboards

[MusicMakesDaMan]

Sorry if this sounds basic, but Server motherboards are just like regular mobos only they are designed to handle higher memory/speed/etc., right? Any mobo can handle server OS' and vice versa? Are many of the server mobos incompatible with ATX?

 

[wasisnt]

They are basically the same. You will find server motherboards to be dual or more processors or made for Xeon processors etc. You can run a server OS on any motherboard providing the CPU is fast enough.

 

[Nitestick]

server motherboards are normally a different socket e.g. s940 and have support for various features required for servers like ECC.