There are quite a few different versions of these motherboards up for sale on ebay, somehow I found the chinese factory and sent them an email with some basic questions. This was the reply I got:
I hope this thread can provide information to those who are looking into buying such a mobo.
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Apparently the boards that can be bought on ebay for $160 can be bought in bulk for as low as $83 however they do not support Intel VT-d according to a seller's response.i am sophia, and we are motherboard X79 LGA2011 ECC Motherboard factory.
your question for our X79 different versions.
i will explain to you following as:
- "X97 v150"-----this is ordered for one of our big client.
- "X97Z VER:2.4A"
- "X97Z VER:2.4B"----2.4B is the update from 2.4A for our factory sell directly.now all the X79 ecc lga2011 demand , for normal clients,
- we provide 2.4B version
our this X79 ECC LGA2011 motherboard, bulk order price is $82.99 per pcs, exw shenzhen, and for sample, need add $3 per pcs.
exw shenzhen price.Could I know how many pcs x79 motherboard you want to get?
and where to send?then i could check the shipment cost for you!
best wishes
I hope this thread can provide information to those who are looking into buying such a mobo.
Some links