2012-10-02, 02:04
Gigabyte boards are safe as long as the Backup BIOS Image to HDD option is disabled by default on your board (and you never enable it). This is true on just about every recent Gigabyte MB I've looked at - which was not the case for boards produced just a few years ago. I've run Gigabyte boards in my server and I've never had a problem so long as I stuck to those guidelines.
Also, using an Intel "T" CPU in a media server is a waste of money IMO. There are numerous reviews out there which show that at idle the "T" version does not use any less power than the non-T version of the CPU. The difference is only noticeable at full load and since your server is likely to be running at idle or very low CPU load I don't think the T version CPUs are worth the extra money.
Also, using an Intel "T" CPU in a media server is a waste of money IMO. There are numerous reviews out there which show that at idle the "T" version does not use any less power than the non-T version of the CPU. The difference is only noticeable at full load and since your server is likely to be running at idle or very low CPU load I don't think the T version CPUs are worth the extra money.