Yes, bought it from Newegg using PriceUSA.
Although I have 3 x BR10i cards plugged in, I am only really using one (only have 6 x HDDs). All passed through to SE11.
I haven't got around to customising ESXi with Chilly's oem.tgz. Process looks complicated.
Another board to consider is the Tyan S5510GM3NR - much the same as the X9SCM-F except with three well supported Intel 82574L ports. Can't fault the X9SCM-F though, it has worked well for me.
I am also nowhere near finished setting up mine. Completely underestimated how long learning SE11/ESXi...
The X9SCM-F motherboard (you are correct, it has the C204 chipset) includes onboard video - there is no point buying the E3-1235 as the on-die video won't be used.
I have the X9SCM-F and E3-1230. I haven't had any issues so far other than the lack of drivers for the second LAN port (Intel 82579LM).
It is early days and we've only seen one C206 board so far. Might be worth waiting.
I sympathise with you, though. I would like a board with 3 or 4 full x8 slots but there isn't one. I could pay a bit more, change platform, and go for an X8ST3-F but realistically the X9SCM-F or S5510GM3NR...
The Asus page doesn't spell it out but this is likely the case. Two of the x16 slots on the Asus P8B-E/4L and P8B-WS will be sharing lanes. If both are occupied the bandwith of each will reduce to x8, otherwise if only the first is used it will be able to utilise the full x16 bandwith.
Same...
The accurate way is to download the board manual and check the layout diagram. I checked out a couple of the Supermicro (X9SCM/X9SCL) and Tyan (S5512/S5510) manuals and I didn't see a switch on the diagram.
The quick (and unreliable) way is to just add up the lane count. You'll see that a few...
Quick Feature Comparison
To follow on, the Intel and Asus boards included.
Manufacturer Intel Intel Asus Asus Asus Asus Asus Asus
Model S1200 S1200 P8B-X P8B-M P8B-E P8B-C P8B-C P8B-WS
BTL BTS /4L /SAS/4L /4L
Chipset C204 C202 C202 C204 C204 C204 C202 C206
Size ATX mATX ATX mATX...
Quick Feature Comparison
I thought I'd share some info I have been gathering in order to do a motherboard comparison (i'll be buying one). It only includes the features I'm interested in, but it might help somebody.
At the moment, I am leaning towards the SM X9SCM-F given I have a few x8...
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