

- Tons of expansion - 6 x16 PCIe 5.0 slots and 2 x8 MCIO ports. - 8 PWM fan headers allow for complete customization of cooling configuration without needing to use splitters. - BMC allows for remote monitoring and diagnostics. The AST2600 is a big upgrade over the AST2500 from previous boards. - IPMI Serial Over LAN provides logging of everything from when the power button is pressed. - Socketed CPU means you can easily swap processors to for example swap to a CPU with fewer cores but higher per-core speeds.



Supports ECC memory















Built myself a fileserver in an Antec 300 case using this board, a Xeon X3440, and a bunch of disks. Everything works as expected. Was very easy to setup. Comes with a nice fold-out quick start guide.