Hello,
I'm building a new server for ESXI 5.1, have decided upon the Intel Core i7-3770 CPU which is Socket 1155. What I'm now looking for, but struggling to find, is a socket 1155 motherboard which supports ESXI 5.1 and has compatible NIC and Hard Drive Controller onboard. Just to save me money basically. I already have an ESXI 4.1 server on an older Socket 1366 board but I had to buy a Adaptec RAID Card and an Intel Pro Network card just to get everything installed.
I've looked at a few whitebox websites but I cant see anything about a compatibility list for ESXI 5.1 anywhere, apart from Pre-built servers, but I'm definitely going to build my own to keep the costs down.
Thanks for reading hopefully someone can help me out.
Mark