SUPER MICRO Computer X8ST3-F Motherboard Features, Memory, Chipset, Expansion Slots, Graphics

X8ST3-F/X8STE User’s Manual

Motherboard Features

CPU

•Single Intel® Core™ i7 and future Nehalem processors in the LGA1366 socket

Memory

•Six 240-pin, DDR3 SDRAM DIMM sockets with support for unbuffered ECC or non ECC 1333/1066/800 MHz memory.

Note: Both Unbuffered ECC and Non-ECC DIMM modules are supported by the motherboard. Using ECC or Non-ECC memory on your motherboard depends on the CPU installed.

•Supports 3-channel memory bus

•DIMM sizes of 256 MB, 512 MB, 1 GB, 2 GB, and 4 GB are supported

Chipset

•Intel® X58 Express Chipset (IOH)

•Intel ICH10R (South Bridge)

Expansion Slots

•One (1) PCI-Express x8 Gen2 on x16 slot (Slot 6)

•Two (2) PCI-Express x8 Gen2 slots (Slot 3/Slot 5)

•One PCI-Express x4 on x8 slot (Slot 4)

•Two (2) 32-bit PCI 33MHz slots (Slot 1/Slot 2)

Graphics

•Support for multiple PCI-Express Graphics cards (Gen 2 or Gen 1)

•Matrox G200 with 16 MB DDR2 Memory

Network Connections

•Intel Dual-channel 82574L Gigabit (10/100/1000 Mb/s) Ethernet Controller with two Gigabit LAN ports (LAN 1 and LAN 2)

•Realtek RTL8201N PHY (Dedicated LAN for X8ST3-F)

•Three (3) RJ-45 backplane connectors with Link and Activity LEDs built-in

I/O Devices

SATA Connections

•Six (6) SATA ports supported by the Intel ICH10R SATA Controller

•Supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 under the Windows OS environment

•Supports RAID 0, 1 , 10 under the Linux OS environment

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