New dual socket gigaboard

[unknownuser200]

http://www.techpowerup.com/190596/g...he-new-xeon-processor-e5-1600-v2-2600-v2.html

Read up supports 2 TWELVE core socket 2011 cpus and massive amounts of ram. while this would be pointless for gaming, a workstation point of view or even folding at home this would be nuts!

 

[Feronix]

That's a LOT of RAM slots (24) :lol:

Seems like board with a lot of options. But with a lot of options come a lot of things that can break. Still a beast of a board though and considering this is Gigabyte I'm assuming it's going to be of good quality.

 

[Mark3Max]

That's a LOT of RAM slots (24) :lol:

Seems like board with a lot of options. But with a lot of options come a lot of things that can break. Still a beast of a board though and considering this is Gigabyte I'm assuming it's going to be of good quality.

Actually according to the article it's only 16 slots , 8 slots per socket.
But to support 1866 mhz memory at 4 slots per socket , that is going to be a beast of a board.
Leave it to Gigabyte to come out with a board like this.

 

[unknownuser200]

my thought process though it maybe possible wrong , if i was to have a work station i would more then likely also want to place atleast 1 work station graphics card as well.The question or thought in mind is it me or do they look like 8 x physical slots? i guess though as im typing this i realize it wouldnt make much of a difference as they would be 3.0 still? just a thought

 

[Feronix]

Actually according to the article it's only 16 slots , 8 slots per socket.
But to support 1866 mhz memory at 4 slots per socket , that is going to be a beast of a board.
Leave it to Gigabyte to come out with a board like this.

Then what are the blue slots for? :huh:
Cause I count literally 24 slots when enlarging the picture.

 

[jamesriley94]

More worryingly... I only count a single SATA port and 2 I/O USBs?

 

[SPS]

More worryingly... I only count a single SATA port and 2 I/O USBs?

It is a server board though

 

[jamesriley94]

It is a server board though

I know, (and I'll admit my knowledge on servers isn't great at all), but the SATA ports are still a bit limited aren't they for a server?

Or am I missing some somewhere?

 

[Jordan]

Or am I missing some somewhere?

Be using a RAID card I expect.

 

[unknownuser200]

see those bigggge hugee bulky looking squares on it? those are SAS 12.gbs which you can buy break away cables and spilt them to 4 drives per slot

 

[Chris230291]

Cool!
That'd make a nice little web browsing rig

 

[Bartacus]

I know, (and I'll admit my knowledge on servers isn't great at all), but the SATA ports are still a bit limited aren't they for a server?

Or am I missing some somewhere?

Depending how high-end you're talking, most servers come bare bones and use mid/high level NAS disk for storage. Or fibre-attached SAN storage at the higher end. The throughput capability of server disks is ridiculous, especially the high-end fibre SAN stuff. It makes SATA look silly.

 

[Wraith]

More details here. http://b2b.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4261#ov

 

[unknownuser200]

10GbE LAN Controller :O

 

[sheroo]

I know, (and I'll admit my knowledge on servers isn't great at all), but the SATA ports are still a bit limited aren't they for a server?

Or am I missing some somewhere?

Its a server board - looks like inbuilt SAS for the HDD.