Quote Originally Posted by DShankar View Post
Well I was originally planning on getting the TYAN S5392 (another Seaburg based system like the Supermicro X7DWA), then considered the Skulltrail because of OC'ing options, but now I'm considering one of the old 5000x motherboards that are in the $200~ range.
Let me ask: What Harpertowns are you planning on buying?
My question is because if one is spending say $2000.00 on chips why chinse on the board?
The 5400 seaburg is THE way to go if your building from scratch.
Yup, $500.00, but even a X7DAL-E open box is $300.00 at the egg and almost $400.00 new..
Buy the 5400 even if it's a stretch..I guarantee you you'll be happy you did in 3 months especially if you get 1600FSB cpu's..