New dual socket gigaboard

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.
 
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.
 
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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
 
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.
 
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
 
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. :)
 
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