For those running this board with an AM3 cpu and 2.0GHz HyperTransport, I found 7W-8W savings by downclocking HyperTransport to 1GHz. This is what I'm running Athlon II X2 250u 1.6GHz, 25W TDP BioStar TA760G 4GB DDR2 ECC 160GB 2.5" SATA laptop drive 250W Sparkle 80+ PSU After following many of the r...

After digging around, I realized I misinterpreted what memtest86+ v4.10 (latest) was saying. It's saying that ECC detection and correction are on, but not chipkill. It looks like the the TA760G supports chipkill with x4 chips, but my modules use x8 chips . If I turn off ECC in the bios, then memtes...

What version of memtest86 are you using? A too-old version of memtest86 won't recognize the memory controller, and therefore won't be able to use the ECC checks. Also: in every version of memtest86 I've used, I've had to manually turn on the ECC checking. While memtest is running, there is a button...

I installed 2 sticks of Kingston 2GB DDR2 ECC http://www.ec.kingston.com/ecom/configurator_new/PartsInfo.asp?LinkBack=&ktcpartno=KVR800D2E5/2GI&root into the TA760G and flashed to latest BIOS. I then setup basic ECC mode in the BIOS and ran memtest86. However, the "ECC : Detect / Correct - Killchip"...

Sounds like it, unfortunately. We've had to do similar things with both AMD and Intel boards in the past. At least it is updateable! 775 cpus, for example, have come in many variants, many incompatible w/ boards using chipsets of the previous generations. Fry's tech support might help... or perhaps...

Wanting similar goals as Matt, I decided to purchase the TA760G and an Athlon II X2 240e. After plugging everything in, I powered the system on, and it did not post, there was no beep, and no video. I exchanged the motherboard for another TA760G from Fry's, and followed the Bare Bones Boot procedure...

more oomph than an atom for a zfs nas system To answer your original question... I'm not sure I get why you need a Core i3 or i5 for this application. Such NAS boxes routinely use modest processors and still get excellent results -- the biggest performance issue being network transfer speed. Sure i...

Why buy the unlocked version when a Core i3-530 will give you similar results for less than half the price? From Anandtech's review, they don't bin these unlocked chips any differently. Most motherboards will already allow you to use lower multipliers so you just want to look for a motherboard with...

Unlocked Intel Core i5-655K Clarkdale 3.2GHz

Looking for a good low power processor with more oomph than an atom for a zfs nas system. Would this chip work well, better than say a Celeron E3300 idle power-wise?