[Pc_Support] Home Server, is PCIe it?

[Jason Boxman]

For a commodity x86 file server with a couple users at most, is PCIe where 
it's at?  I know in the past, I'd buy an entry level server mainboard with 
independent PCI channels.  (I haven't made it up to PCI-X systems yet.)  I'd 
love to buy a midrange or highend workstation board instead ,though.

I'm not looking to buy right now, but I'll probably do the new AMD stuff when 
the time comes.

Also, my next workstation build will focus primarily on reduced power 
consumption and heat dissappation and hopefully be a lot quieter.  My old AMD 
Athlon 1800+ is still fast enough for me, it's just loud and hot.

If there isn't a question in there, it's:  Could my next home file server 
mainboard purchase be a PCIe based system instead of a used enterprise grade 
x86 mainboard?

Thanks.

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Jason Boxman
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