My NASv2 motherboard (SuperMicro, ECC question)

[Fig Newton]

I have decided to go with a SuperMicro brand motherboard, but I am having trouble narrowing down my decision.

This is the motherboard I am thinking should work. Yes? No? Comments?

SUPERMICRO MBD-X10SLM-F-O uATX Server Motherboard LGA 1150 Intel C224 DDR3 1600
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813182820&ignorebbr=1

This motherboard supports up to 32GB and says it supports ECC. My follow up question is, do I have to use a certain CPU that supports or works better with ECC? Does ECC only refer to RAM? I was thinking of using this processor

Intel Intel Xeon E3-1220V3 Haswell 3.1GHz 8MB L3 Cache LGA 1150
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116907

I am open to suggestions and criticism. :)
My plans are:
6 disk RAIDZ2, 4TB disks (I think that's right)
Keep all personal files and pictures on it
Stream movies from my NAS to a Windows Media Center PC
Stream converted movies and shows to mobile devices
Use plug-ins (not sure which ones yet)

If I am forgetting anything, just let me know. I did read the suggested hardware thread, which is most of the reason I am doing this now. My current setup has run great, but I think this will be better in the long run.

Thanks, Joe

 

[cyberjock]

You must use an ECC supported processor. Just check out the intel ark pages and they will say ECC or no. For example, here's your CPU on ark...

http://ark.intel.com/products/75052/

 

[Fig Newton]

Ah. Okay. Thank you for posting to check the arc pages. I just noticed that processor (Intel Intel Xeon E3-1220V3 Haswell 3.1GHz 8MB L3 Cache LGA 1150) has no graphics specifications.

Does that mean it won't run a monitor hooked to the system?

 

[cyberjock]

Ah. Okay. Thank you for posting to check the arc pages. I just noticed that processor (Intel Intel Xeon E3-1220V3 Haswell 3.1GHz 8MB L3 Cache LGA 1150) has no graphics specifications.

Does that mean it won't run a monitor hooked to the system?

That depends on your motherboard. The manual will tell you if you must include a graphically capable processor or not. :)

 

[Fig Newton]

Thanks cyberjock, for all of your help. I have learned so much more the second time around. :)

It looks like that motherboard (SUPERMICRO MBD-X10SLM-F-O uATX Server Motherboard LGA 1150 Intel C224 DDR3 1600) comes with an onboard video chipset. If I decide to go with the Xeon E3-1220 I will double check.

In the mean time, I have been reading that the i3-4130 would probably do everything I need and then some. Thanks for pointing me to the Intel arc pages to look up information about processors. I found that the i3-4130 supports AES (which I am still reading about), and ECC memory.

 

[DJ9]

You don't really need a video card. Just get a SuperMicro motherboard with IPMI support, and your good. :)

 

[Fig Newton]

Yeah the motherboard I am looking at has that.....but I don't know how to use it yet.

 

[Durandal]

I recently bought a SuperMicro X10SLM-F motherboard and a Intel Core i3 4130T CPU and 16 GB Kingston ECC memory and it has worked perfectly so far.