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The Gigabyte GA-7PESLX proposes to accommodate two Xeon 2400 series family Sandy Bridge Intel products via a socket uncommon: the 1356 not to be confused with the popular 1366. We could then have 24 to 32 calculation units clocked 1.8GHZ to 3.1GHz depending on selected processors. This chipset on Gigabyte GA-7PESLX is the recent Intel C602. It allows a maximum of 384GB of RAM with twelve slots.

For storage, the Gigabyte GA-7PESLX has in addition to its six SATA ports managed by the chipset of a third-party controller, an LSI SAS 2008 with an extension of eight units compatible storage SAS.

 

Network connectivity is provided via two Ethernet controllers standard and gigabyte Gigabyte GA-7PESLX also has an integrated graphics controller Aspeed 2300. Originally scheduled for enterprise servers, we will not fail to test this  Compaq Presario CQ60 Battery prestigious Gigabyte GA-7PESLX on most common applications such as video encoding, for example, to check whether it is suitable for all uses. That gives the Gigabyte GA-7PESLX equipped with two Intel Xeon 2470 eight-core boarding each clocked at 3.1GHz to provide a total of thirty-two computing units? The performances will go to the material reaching the dizzying rate of three thousand five hundred euros?
Presentation

The motherboard is Gigabyte GA-7PESLX E-ATX format and with its two LGA 1356, so it can accommodate two Xeon 2400 Series. It also embeds an Intel C602, has twelve memory slots, two Ethernet controllers Intel graphics chip Aspeed 2300 but also a storage controller LSI SAS 2008.

 

GA-7PESLX is thought and designed to achieve an enterprise server even if we fail to check if it is an attractive alternative for fans of computing power absolute. This motherboard E-ATX is relatively compact under the number of components it can accommodate. It is on its width it "exceeds" face ATX models.

 

The first socket is placed as any motherboard and the second is a little more to the right where there are usually RAM. About the RAM, twelve 3 DDR DIMM slots are divided into two blocks of six ports for each respective processor.

1.on the CPU, memory will be installed just below the socket while for CPU

2, its ports are above or to the right of the first socket.

They meet the standard tri channel and it is suitable for use at best to install three.

The combined maximum of 384MB and tensions are supported 1.5V and 1.35V. In frequency will be at least 800MHz and 1600MHz maximum. Support ECC memory receiving error correction is present.

 

Chipset

The Intel   HP 484170-001 Battery is part of the range C600 intended to support the Xeon E5 designed for servers and workstations. They take place primarily in data centers, small and medium-sized enterprises, but also in clusters. Among the four Chipset Family Intel C600, we note that the characteristics are almost identical. We thus find under the name "Patsburg" the C602, C604, C606 C608 and finally. They are all engraved in 65nm, manage eight PCI Express 2.0 lanes either 2x4 or 4x2 and 8x1 yet. They support USB 2.0 via 14 ports and a Ethernet controller.

Only C606 and C608 have a TDP of 12 watts to 8 watts against C604 and C602 and it supports ten SATA ports (two SATA 6Gbps and eight SATA 3Gbps). The other three have six SATA 6Gbps ports with two still.

 

In the second half of the low-GA 7PESLX, there are six two PCI Express 16x, two 8x and 4x. The first three are wired directly to the processor through the twenty-four lines they each manage. And to achieve storage spaces worthy of our processors, the Intel C602 can benefit from six SATA connectors. Both would be consistent 6Gbps while the other four are limited to 3Gbps. Be? Yes, because during our test,  Dell XPS M1210 Battery was impossible to recognize any hard drive or SSD to speed. All were limited to 1.5Gbps or 3Gbps. Another curiosity of the GA-7PESLX, the C602 was announced by Intel as supporting ten or ports, are counted only six.

 

Storage

Meanwhile, you can fall back on the two ports LSI 2008 SAS controller because it is possible to connect eight storage devices including SATA format. But it will require to get special cables not included in the bundle. As if the final bill was too heavy like that. Few 290,000 IOPS capable of what this chip will maybe impress some users especially since it is compatible with SATA 6Gbps. By cons, if you want to make a RAID 5 cluster, it will go its way unless it acquires an additional unlock key. A limitation hardly acceptable for a product in this range.

 

Interfaces

The network portion is assigned to two Ethernet interfaces always referenced from Intel 82574L and compatible Gigabyte networks. GA-7PESLX also has a basic graphics chipset Aspeed 2300 associated with 128MB memory. It is intended to provide a desktop display only and we regret that the resolution is limited to 1280x768 pixels. Against by the great advantage of this chip is to provide a management solution through its dedicated Ethernet connector. It is compatible with the highest standards and as IKVM IPMI 2.0. Management of USB 3.0 is absent from the  Dell Studio 17 Battery  to leave room for eight USB 2.0 ports. Four are available on the rear panel and the last four will be through the front of the case or additional brackets. Just like the SATA ports, the Intel C602 is able to manage yet fourteen. Where are the six missing?

 

The breakdown is pretty consistent on GA-because 7PESLX six connectors four pins are reserved for cooling of the platform. Two of them feed the processor fan and the other four will be installed on the chassis. Their speed of operation is determined by the BIOS and it is not possible to intervene on their configuration.

 

Let us concentrate on the rear panel which like all server platforms remains confined to a minimum with:
4 USB 2.0 ports
3 RJ45 (2 + 1 Ethernet management)
COM 1 port
1 VGA port
1 ID switch
Intel Xeon E5 Series

Make a brief overview of the different processors Intel Xeon E5 Series to locate the range for which the GA-7PESLX is designed.

Exists for Intel Xeon E5 three categories:

The Intel Xeon 2400
Intel Xeon 2600
The Intel Xeon 4600

The 2600 and 4600 are quite similar because they are based on the 2011 socket and are part of the family Sandy Bridge EP the more upscale. The most powerful models can make machines based on four CPUs and their rates exceed three thousand five hundred dollars each.

 

On Intel Xeon 2400 Series E5 used in our test, there are seven basic models with four to eight cores and four threads thus thirty-two threads. Their speed of operation begins at 1.8GHz and 2.3GHz peaking at 3.1GHz with Turbo mode. They are engraved in 32 nm and 80 watts TDP varies between 95 watts and, values ​​considered low under the number of cores embedded. These Dell XPS M1330 Battery based on a QPI o