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I've built three systems with Intel desktop boards, and only one of them survived longer than three years; the other two succumbed to Bad Capacitor Syndrome. I
by flyinghamster 7y ago
I've built three systems with Intel desktop boards, and only one of them survived longer than three years; the other two succumbed to Bad Capacitor Syndrome. I wonder if the caps were counterfeits, since they were (at least ostensibly) from respected Japanese manufacturers.
The survivor is a D945GCLF2 (Mini-ITX Atom board) that runs my Asterisk installation. Even it's a bit wonky, though; kernels newer than 2.6 have a weird ACPI issue that crops up when the CPU temperature is above 71 C (which normally only happens when I'm compiling a new version of Asterisk). No BIOS or kernel fix is forthcoming.
If it wasn't for the expensive-to-replace PCI telephony card, I'd chuck it for an AMD-based Mini-ITX.
- simcop2387 7y agoIt might be worth looking at some of the pcie to pci risers out there, you can find them for about $40-50, and you can likely get much better power efficiency on modern CPUs and platforms. That'd give you more time on a UPS along with better power bills (though likely not enough to recoup costs alone)
- paulmd 7y agoFYI there are still LGA1551 and AM4-based boards with PCI slots available, at least in mATX and ATX form factors. So you could potentially replace it with a modern board if you wanted. https://pcpartpicker.com/products/motherboard/#xcx=0&d=1,6&s=33,30&sort=price&page=1 https://pcpartpicker.com/products/motherboard/#xcx=0&d=1,6&s... (although apparently not in mini-ITX, but there are still a few Atom boards with ITX and PCI non-E available) https://pcpartpicker.com/products/motherboard/#xcx=0&d=1,6&sort=price&f=8&page=1 https://pcpartpicker.com/products/motherboard/#xcx=0&d=1,6&s...