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Product SKUs | |
MBD-X10DAi -B | X10DAi (Bulk Pack) |
MBD-X10DAi -O | X10DAi (Retail Pack) |
Physical Stats | |
Form Factor | E-ATX |
Dimensions | 12" x 13", (30.5cm x 33.0cm) |
Processor/Cache | |
CPU |
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Cores / Cache | Up to 18 Cores / Up to 45MB Cache |
System Bus | QPI up to 9.6 GT/s |
Note | ** Motherboard supports this maximum TDP. Please verify your system can thermally support. |
System Memory | |
Memory Capacity |
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Memory Type | 2133/1866/1600MHz ECC DDR4 SDRAM 72-bit |
DIMM Sizes |
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Memory Voltage | 1.2 V |
Error Detection | Corrects single-bit errors |
On-Board Devices | |
Chipset | Intel® C612 chipset |
AHCI SATA | SATA3 (6Gbps); RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 |
SCU SATA | SATA3 (6Gbps); RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 |
Network Controllers |
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Audio | RealTek ALC888 7.1 High Definition Audio with S/PDIF header |
Input / Output | |
SATA | 10x SATA3 (6Gbps) ports |
LAN | 2x RJ45 Gigabit Ethernet LAN ports |
USB |
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Audio | 7.1 HD Audio with optical S/PDIF |
DOM | 2x SuperDOM (Disk on Module) ports |
TPM | 1x TPM 1.2 20-pin Header |
Pros: If you're reading this review, you're you probably have this motherboard along with several other dual socket 2011-V3 motherboards tabbed open right now. Let me save you some time: this is the one you want to buy. Don't get the ASUS or Gigabyte dual sockets. Those companies both offer exactly one of those motherboards, the ASUS takes ages to post (simply because the BIOS bantha poodoo) and the Gigabyte is stability issues, and it makes sense: those companies do not make enterprise/workstation class motherboards, so avoid their single attempts at doing so. Supermicro *only* makes enterprise/workstation/server motherboards, and they've been doing this for many years. Sure, their motherboards aren't as pretty, but the quality is top notch. You have to hold these boards in your hands to understand just how high quality they are. Down to the silkscreen and extra thick solder mask, they're beautiful in a much more tangible way - not just fluff and pomp like 'gamer' motherboard stylings. This board in particular is probably not what you want if you're building a server, but is wonderful for workstations. I am running dual E5-2690v4s with 64GB of Registered DDR4 2133 (Kingston Value Ram...it's on newegg. $193 for 32GB, make sure you get registered ECC, unregistered will not work). So, a quick breakdown: 1. Has phat audio, including S/PDIF optical audio out. 2. Does not have integrated video, which often causes problems with certain OSes when there is also discreet graphics. 3. 16 Memory slots for all teh rams, and they are spaced a nice distance from the CPU slots so most CPU coolers will not stand in the way. I added 4 more sticks to my machine later, and the slots were easily accessible without removing any part of the CPU coolers. 4. Dat USB. 4 USB 3.0 and 2 USB 3.0 ports are on the back, plus it has an additional dual USB 3.0 header for front plates, along with dual USB 2.0 broken out to a header as well. It also has an actual USB port directly on the mother board, but internal, so you can stash a thumb drive or whatever plugged in there as an emergency boot loader etc. You will want not for USB. None of the ports are hubbed, they all have dedicated controllers. 5. Dat Ethernet. Dual Intel 210 GbE will let you get you webbed up to the intertubes. Great if you want hardware separation between the external Internet and a LAN-only internal network. 6. Lots of little expansion options. Thunderbolt like a bad mf, TPM module, all that. 7. Just a butload of storage IO. Has two entire SATA controllers, both with hardware 0,1,and 5 RAID. A few of the SATA ports might be blocked by a sufficiently long PCIE card in slot 0, but the PCIE slot is extra tall so you if you use right angle SATA cables on the ports, then there is no problem and all ports can be used. 8. This thing has more 4 pin PWM fan connectors than Canada has meeses. Mooses? Moose. It straight up has _8_ PWM fan connectors, and an additional 8 tach fan connectors, for 16 fans total. It also has internal temperature sensing, overheat indicator, chassis intrusion detection. 9. BIOS is great. Tons of options. You can literally configure everything. Comes with the latest (v2.0) BIOS. 10. Everything is hot pluggable. And I mean everything. You can hotplug ___PCI Express cards___. As in remove and install them while the system is booted and running. Hard drives are similarly hot pluggable. Make sure your OS supports this before attempting, otherwise Bad Things may happen.
Cons: Some of these reviewers don't seem to understand that when you buy something, you generally receive what you buy. So when they buy a motherboard without SLI, and they get a motherboard without SLI, this is so unexpected to them that they come to leave a bad review. The secret is you have to order a motherboard that says it supports SLI to get a motherboard to that supports SLI. This concept is apparently far too cognitively difficult for some reviewers that they actually blame their own mistake on Supermicro and leave a bad review. Anyway, just to be clear: 1. This motherboard does not have SLI. Nor does it say it does, and there is no reason to assume it does. So if you need SLI, there is a slightly more expensive version of this board that does support SLI. 2. No SAS, but you can get versions that do. But I mean, for the price, that is not really a con, just something to be aware of.