Gigabyte unveils the ultimate mini server/networking motherboard

[qwertywarrior]

http://www.techpowerup.com/201027/gigabyte-unveils-ga-9sisl-micro-server-board.html

 

8 core avoton intel C2750 CPU at 2.40 Ghz - 20W TDP

32GB of DDR3 ram supported

6-port SATA AHCI/RAID controller with two 6 Gb/s and four 3 Gb/s ports RAID 0/1/10/5

ASPEED AST2400 chip for remote management and its integrated video, over a D-Sub connector

An Intel N354 NIC with four 1Gigabit Ethernet ports

 

[Wtalk2]

I really wan't one for a PFSense router!

[Scheer]

Asrock has had one for quite a while now, although it has less LAN ports...

 

http://www.amazon.com/ASRock-Motherboard-C2750D4I-COLOR-BOX/dp/B00HIDQG6E/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1400704477&sr=8-1&keywords=avoton

[qwertywarrior]

I really wan't one for a PFSense router!

or you could buy this

http://www.pcengines.ch/apu.htm

guys over pfsense forum are happy about it

[Wtalk2]

or you could buy this

http://www.pcengines.ch/apu.htm

guys over pfsense forum are happy about it

I want that expandability though.

[Misanthrope]

You're telling me that shitty little cooler can handle and 8 core processor? I'm genuinely impressed.

[Wtalk2]

You're telling me that shitty little cooler can handle and 8 core processor? I'm genuinely impressed.

It is not a very powerful 8 core (A bit less powerful than a i3 4130) and runs cool because it is clocked low and has a low TDP.

[tharvey]

 I like it... Would be awesome for creating a single machine to host a variety of virtual machines.  

[Misanthrope]

It is not a very powerful 8 core (A bit less powerful than a i3 4130) and runs cool because it is clocked low and has a low TDP.

 

Ah more akin to the mobile 8 cores? gotcha.

[Blade of Grass]

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813182851

I prefers Supermicro's, just because it has USB 3.0

 

EDIT: And if you need more onboard SATA, there's ASRock's: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157475

[Wtalk2]

Ah more akin to the mobile 8 cores? gotcha.

Pretty much would still be amazing for a home server.

[Wtalk2]

EDIT: And if you need more onboard SATA, there's ASRock's: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157475

That board would be AMAZING for a high-capacity NAS

[woochikaboo]

It's so cute!

[Vitalius]

You're telling me that shitty little cooler can handle and 8 core processor? I'm genuinely impressed.

It is not a very powerful 8 core (A bit less powerful than a i3 4130) and runs cool because it is clocked low and has a low TDP.

 

Well... you might want to eat your words Wtalk2 (about it being not very powerful) (this is in jest). 

There is a guy who did a review of the FreeNAS Mini. The FreeNAS Mini comes with the C2750D4I (the ASRock version with this CPU on it) motherboard in an M-ITX case with only a single case fan. The ASRock version's CPU heatsink is passive and slightly larger AFAICS. 

It never got over 60C (Intel rates this CPU up to 97C max). He could transcode three 1080p videos at the same time with Plex without buffering. Transcoding is very intensive. It got up to 87% or so CPU usage IIRC.

Here's the full review. 

 

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813182851

I prefers Supermicro's, just because it has USB 3.0

 

EDIT: And if you need more onboard SATA, there's ASRock's: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157475

The Gigabyte one for a Router/Networking server, and the ASRock one for a File server+VM Host. All my yes. All of it.

 

That board would be AMAZING for a high-capacity NAS

It IS amazing as a high capacity, but small form factor, NAS. Read the review I mention above.

[snowComet]

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813182851

I prefers Supermicro's, just because it has USB 3.0

EDIT: And if you need more onboard SATA, there's ASRock's: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157475

That board would be AMAZING for a high-capacity NAS

If you want more storage, Asus's solution could be a good choice. I just found Asus listed three C2750/C2550 based motherboards on their website. 2 of the 3 boards has 4 mini-sas connectors, which I believe you can buy internal mini-sas to sata cable (usually one internal mini-sas to 4 sata ports). So you can connect to (at least) 16 sata drive through these mini sas connectors. (Please feel free to correct me if I'm wrong)

All these three boards has 2 sata 6g connector, and a m2 connector as standard. (m2 ssd on server-grade motherboard?) But interestingly, you can't use all three ports at the same time, as this is listed on their spec pages.

SATA Controller : 2 x SATA3 6Gb/s ports or 1 x SATA3 6Gb/s ports + 1 x M.2 connector

It seems the m2 connector is connected via sata, not pcie. Thus don't expect much performance from the m2 connector.

Another downside of these 3 boards is there is only 2 ram slots on them, support 32GB ram at max. Btw, it seems these three boards don't have usb 3.0 support either.

https://www.asus.com/Commercial_Servers_Workstations/P9AIC2750SAS4L/

https://www.asus.com/Commercial_Servers_Workstations/P9AIC2550SAS4L/

https://www.asus.com/Commercial_Servers_Workstations/P9AIC25504L/

[One Who Craves Souls]

That is one small cooler. :huh:

[Vitalius]

That is one small cooler. :huh:

Read my post about how it probably doesn't need one 2 posts above you.

[EricX2]

Anybody talking about the small cooler, it's an Atom processor with a 20w tdp (as the OP says). With a bigger heatsink it could probably be passively cooled.

http://ark.intel.com/products/77987

[One Who Craves Souls]

Read my post about how it probably doesn't need one 2 posts above you.

Is small, I didn't say it wasn't enough, nor that it need it, it's... cute small, I wanna kiss it.