Overview
Market leaders Supermicro have yet again produced another world class mainboard with the X8ST3-F. Delivering high power, high performance and incredible stability, this is the perfect board for those seeking to create the ultimate in computing.
With support for Intel Xeon 5600/5500 series processors and capable of supporting up to 24GB of DDR3 RAM, this will quickly handle even the most difficult of tasks. By using the high performance Intel X58 express chipset and Intel's QuickPath Interconnect, this ATX board can achieve an astonishing 6.4 GT/s of raw data transfer. Add in an 8 port SAS controller, 6 SATA (3.0 Gbps) ports, integrated IPMI 2.0 with dedicated LAN and a PCI-E (x16) 2.0 slot this becomes a must buy for the discerning user looking to create a world class workstation or server solution.
Key Features
- Intel Core i7/i7 Extreme Edition, and Intel Xeon 5600/5500/3600/3500 series processors (QPI up to 6.4 GT/s)
- Intel X58 Express Chipset
- Up to 24GB DDR3 1333, 1066 & 800 ECC / non-ECC Un-Buffered DIMM
- Dual Intel 82574L Gigabit Ethernet Controller
- LSI 1068E 8-Port SAS Controller; RAID 0, 1, 10
- 6x SATA (3.0Gbps) Ports RAID 0, 1, 5, 10
- 3 (x8) PCI-Express 2.0 (1 in x16 slot), 1 (x4) PCI-Express (using x8 slot), 2x 32-bit PCI Slots
- Integrated IPMI 2.0 with Dedicated LAN
- 8x USB (2 rear, 2 on-board, 2 headers)