How far back in my hardware collection can I go?

[AleiCat]

For example, can my old Socket 939 board come back from the grave, or does it need to be newer than that? Can I make use of a dual Xeon board from the DDR2 days? Or, is my retro hardware still gonna have to sit on the bench for this one?

[AleiCat]

If anyone at all is curious, I've figured out my Supermicro H8SSL-i is a no-go (4GB system RAM, sadly), but my X7DVL-E is a go. I'll be overjoyed to press it back into service.

[Dylan]

I think (not know) that if any given HW meets minimum capacity you'd be fine. Like if you have 8BG DDR2 with a Celeron chip that met clock speed minimums...you should be able to run. Now ow performant would it be?