frenchc Posted May 24, 2010 Share Posted May 24, 2010 I am having a hard time choosing between these. The UD7 has everything I would ever need except ECC support, and since this is a server, that is a big strike against it for me. I would love for somebody to tell me ecc works as ecc ram in the UD7. It seems to be more osx friendly- down to three kexts. The Asus P6T6/P6T7 WS boards (I like the WS designation, Asus seems to put that over gaming) are also loaded and do support ECC, but from what I've read so far, seems to need like 10-15 kexts to get osx stable! Once again, I would like for somebody to tell me otherwise. I'm sure either motherboard will work fine for my needs. I just want a fairly stable server/workstation with few kexts. ? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/219294-photo-serverworkstation-motherboard-gigabyte-x58a-ud7-or-asus-p6t7/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdnz01 Posted May 25, 2010 Share Posted May 25, 2010 Could I ask you why you really need ECC? Normally servers only run for their services and not being used for example browsing the internet. ECC is normally used in large databases, not really needed for a photo server in my opinion. I'd say give the Gigabyte board a look, Mac OS runs pretty good on those. Check around the forum to get yourself started. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/219294-photo-serverworkstation-motherboard-gigabyte-x58a-ud7-or-asus-p6t7/#findComment-1475473 Share on other sites More sharing options...
frenchc Posted May 26, 2010 Author Share Posted May 26, 2010 Yeah that is where I'm at now. I've never had any problems with the other computers with non-ecc ram, but it just seems to make more sense in this case. There will be about ten people on it at any given time. I just need a good reliable photo server. With all of that said, I'm taking my chances and going with the UD5 (I don't really care for all the watercooling stuff and power handling on the UD7). I don't see many P6T7s running OSX. I'm pretty sure I can get it going, but I just can't risk going into it blind. Check around the forum, I live in here! I never post though because I can usually find what I need if I look hard enough. Thanks for replying, I didn't think it was that bad of a first post. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/219294-photo-serverworkstation-motherboard-gigabyte-x58a-ud7-or-asus-p6t7/#findComment-1475979 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdnz01 Posted May 26, 2010 Share Posted May 26, 2010 You take more effort to ask your questions than other people, so kudos to that. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/219294-photo-serverworkstation-motherboard-gigabyte-x58a-ud7-or-asus-p6t7/#findComment-1475987 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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