Xeon 5500 Reviews Please

[Eric Kolotyluk]

Now that it's March 31st and Intel has officially announced the Xeon 5500 line it would be really cool to get some Reviews on 5500 based motherboards. Some suggestions include: Supermicro X8DAH+, Supermicro X8DAI, Supermicro X8DAL-i, Tyan S7002WAG2NR, Asus Z8NR-D12, ASUS Z8NA-D6, etc.

Cheers, Eric

 

[roadrules66]

I second this request...the Supermicro X8DAH+-F model with specs below appears to be the most interesting choice of the new X5500 workstation boards with maximum expansion capabilities and an incredibly full feature set.

1. Dual Intel® 5500 series Xeon® Quad/
Dual-Core, with QPI up to 6.4 GT/s
2. Dual Intel® 5520 (Tylersburg) Chipsets
3. Up to 144GB DDR3 1333/ 1066/ 800MHz
ECC Registered DIMM / 24GB
Unbuffered DIMM
4. Intel® 82576 Dual-port Gigabit
Ethernet Controller
5. 6x SATA2 (3 Gbps) Ports via
ICH10R Controller
6. 2 (x16) PCI-E 2.0,
4 (x8) PCI-E 2.0 (1 in x 16 slot),
1(x4) PCI-E slot
7. Realtek ALC888 7.1 HD Audio
8. Integrated Matrox G200eW Graphics
9. 2x IEEE 1394a Ports
10. Integrated IPMI 2.0 with Dedicated LAN

Best Regards...Scott Kaplan