List of compatible motherboards? (desktop?)

[ootoaoo]

All-

I was curious if there was a list somewhere of compatible motherboards.  I google search only came up with information on ESXi 4.

I'm currently using a dell poweredge 2950 but the cost of upgrading the RAM just 16GB is the same as me just building a desktop machine with 64GB of RAM.  Mainly using it for testing VMs etc....

Anyone have a link? Or does this not exist?

Thanks in advance!

~ Josh

[SG1234]

please try this - seems useful to me

http://partnerweb.vmware.com/comp_guide2/search.php

[aravinds3107]

Checkout this link http://www.vm-help.com//esx40i/esx40_whitebox_HCL.php

[robinsedman]

Thanks for the link, even though I didn't create the thread.

Down under the Gigabyte-section it says:

"Note: Gibabyte MBs don't seem to like the
default partitioning of ESXi when booting from a
USB flash device. Check the forums for a
solution to that problem."

Have searced the forums for a while but it seems like I can't find it. Do you or anyone else know where I can find information about this? :smileyhappy:

Thank you!

[seetee]

Take a look at this thread, it outlines the desktop board options you have that others have experimented with.  I have experience with three labs that have all worked - one based on the Shuttle SZ77R5 with i7 3770 processor and 32Gb Memory; the next with an Intel DQ77MK motherboard (uATX) and 32Gb Memory and an i7 3770 processor and the third that i use now - an Intel DQ77KB (mini itx board) with 16Gb Memory and a i7 3770S processor.  Fine with ESXi v5.1.  Supports all virtualisation features.  The Shuttle requires a special BIOS build which is posted in the thread and the latest Bios's

http://communities.vmware.com/thread/403231?start=0&tstart=0