Gigabyte GA-7PESLX Review

[MiniKnight]

Saw the Gigabyte GA-7PESLX review. Had a few questions:

Why so few PCIe slots?
Why review LGA 1356? Does anyone actually use it?
When can I get Gigabyte server boards on provantage and newegg?
Think it would be good for AIO server?
Again why review LGA 1356?

 

[Patrick]

Saw the Gigabyte GA-7PESLX review. Had a few questions:

Why so few PCIe slots?
Why review LGA 1356? Does anyone actually use it?
When can I get Gigabyte server boards on provantage and newegg?
Think it would be good for AIO server?
Again why review LGA 1356?

LGA 1356 supports fewer PCIe lanes than LGA 2011.
I would assume folks do. Lenovo just launched new 2P E5-2400 series servers.
Unsure.
The LGA 2011 board I reviewed is actually very stable and hardware is fairly standard.
It is there and people use it

 

[Mike]

I think there is a place for s1356 but currently pricing seems to be a rather odd situation. Most boards and cpus I see are priced relatively higher opposed to their s2011 counterpart while the latter is clearly the higher performing part. Perhaps in the server market pricing is different but for most of us the individual components are far more interesting

 

[Patrick]

I think there is a place for s1356 but currently pricing seems to be a rather odd situation. Most boards and cpus I see are priced relatively higher opposed to their s2011 counterpart while the latter is clearly the higher performing part. Perhaps in the server market pricing is different but for most of us the individual components are far more interesting

Totally agree there. I think once Intel's volume programs are taken into account the LGA 2011 platforms end up being equal or less expensive rather than the other way around.