server/workstation motherboards

GA-6PXSV1, ATX, 305 x 244mm, LGA 2011, Intel C604, 8 x DIMM, Intel Xeon E5 support, Realtek ALC892 controller Designed for Content Creation
The 6PXSV Series being the only ATX boards supporting the Intel Xeon E5-1600 V2 & E5-2600 V2 processors, ECC memory and boasting the C604 chipset, they will be the perfect solution for professional users and prosumers wishing to build compact yet highly productive workstations that will boost their workflow.

Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-1600 V2 & E5-2600 V2 Product Families
Deployable through a simple BIOS update, the support of Intel Xeon processors E5-1600 V2 & 2600 V2 product families delivers the benefits of the 22nm tri-gate process technology to the high end server industry. Those benefits include, among others, higher frequencies, higher core counts (up to 12 cores / 24 threads) and larger last-level caches, but especially a much more varied mix of core/frequencies with notably the introduction of a new dual socket workstation segment. This new die shrink also allows for overall energy efficiency increase, with up to 30% average decrease in idle power consumption.
Finally, virtualization applications will benefit from increased performance thanks to the Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller (APIC) technology, and more security features are included in the mix as well, such as the Intel® Platform Protection Technology with OS Guard, and Intel® Data Protection Technology with Secure Key.

Faster Memory, With GIGABYTE Only

Always eager to go beyond the industry standards, GIGABYTE’s engineering has enabled through its capabilities in design, PCB layout and BIOS fine-tuning the support of 1866 MHz memory frequency running at higher DIMM population (8 DIMMs per socket) where Intel’s standard and the rest of the market’s products will typically operate memory speed downgrade and support 1866 MHz at lower DIMM population only (4 DIMMs per socket). GIGABYTE therefore offers at launch on its 2011 socket based products this unique feature which will benefit to high density and memory intensive applications, such as high frequency trading, telecommunication networks, mobile data transfers, and so on.

Digital Power Control

The GA-6PXSV1 includes GIGABYTE’s digital PWM controllers, guaranteeing a dynamic power supply to the processor and memory with an ultra-fast response time. Built with advanced calibration tools, they allow to get the purest and efficient electrical supply to date. When the CPU workloads vary in function of the applications running, the Intel Turbo Boost Technology will do a dynamic overclock of the CPU cores. This is where the digital PWMs outshine the previous analog solutions. This way the CPUs operations are much more stable, and the overall reliability of the system is greatly improved.

Support of PCIe Generation 3.0

With the support of the latest PCI Express Gen.3.0 technology directly on the CPU, the GA-6PXSV1 is fully configured to provide users with dramatically reduced latency and improved data bandwidth to get the most out of the latest discrete graphics cards. Moreover, it is built with a comprehensive variety of PCIe connectors to provide the most flexible expansion platform to the user.

SATA 3.0 & SAS 2.0 Revisions

The GA-6PXSV1 can receive up to two SATA 3.0 devices and four SAS 2.0 devices to benefit from today’s best data transfer rates.

Firewire

Quite an exclusive feature on the market and especially useful for professional audio/video applications, the GA-6PXSV1 is equipped with an external and internal IEEE 1394 connector, allowing the board to be connected to one external Firewire device and one Firewire connector integrated in the chassis.

HD Audio

Last but not least, the motherboard is built with a high quality audio chipset providing support to 7.1+2 channels of high definition audio.

Red Hat Certified Hardware

GIGABYTE certifies its server hardware with Red Hat Enterprise Linux to provide its customers with the confidence of knowing that their hardware systems are supported by Red Hat when they run Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

VMware Ready

The VMware Ready program allows customers to quickly identify products and solutions from VMware's partners, which are optimized for VMware vSphere.
The VMware Ready logo certifies that this product addresses VMware's specific criteria in terms of integration and compatibility, and that it is ready to execute mission-critical applications and operations.