Performance
| Motherboard form factor |
Extended ATX |
| Audio system |
RealTek ALC888 |
Back panel I/O ports
| Parallel ports quantity |
1 |
| Serial ports quantity |
1 |
| S/PDIF in port |
Y |
| PS/2 ports quantity |
2 |
| Firewire (IEEE 1394) ports |
1 |
| Headphone outputs |
1 |
| S/PDIF out port |
Y |
| Microphone in |
Y |
Processor
| Maximum number of SMP processors |
2 |
Internal I/O
| USB 2.0 connectors |
4 |
| Number of SATA connectors |
6 |
| ATX Power connector (24-pin) |
Y |
| Power fan connector |
Y |
| Number of IEEE1394 connectors |
1 |
| Floppy disk drive connector |
Y |
| CD/AUX audio in |
Y |
| CPU fan connector |
Y |
| Chassis intrusion connector |
Y |
| Front panel audio connector |
Y |
Other features
| RAID controller type |
SATA II |
Memory
| ECC |
Y |
| Number of memory slots |
8 |
| Maximum internal memory |
32 GB |
Expansion slots
| Expansion slots |
2 x PCI-E x16,\n1 x PCI-E x8,\n2 x PCI-X 133/100MHz,\n1 x PCI |
Networking
| Networking features |
GbE LAN |
Additionally
| Chipset |
Intel 5000X |
| Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) ports quantity |
2 |
Power and performance combine in this exciting new offering for the workstation market: the Tempest i5000XT (S2696). Based on Intel's 5000X chipset, the Tempest i5000XT offers many key features, including support for (2) Intel® Xeon® processors 5000/5100/5300 series; FBDIMM support; dual PCI Express x16 slots, as well as multiple PCI-X slots; built-in FireWire (1394a), Audio, SAS, and SATA2 RAID, and onboard dual Gigabit Ethernet ports.