The Crucial M4 256GB SSD is a very popular SSD that has a proven Marvell controller. One of the big advantages Marvell controllers enjoy over their SandForce competitors is the ability to handle non-compressible data at relatively fast speeds. This is a key reason that we saw nice performance in the OCZ Vertex 4 review. Recently, the price of...
It seems to be raining new dual Intel Xeon E5-2600 series motherboards at the moment. Today we look at the very new Supermicro X9DR7 and X9DRE. Like many we have seen thus far, they are dual Intel E5-2600 LGA 2011 motherboards, but what makes these motherboards different over all the other versions? Let's take a closer look a the specs and...
Moving up the stack, today we are taking a look at the Intel Xeon E3-1270 V2, which is a new Ivy Bridge Xeon E3 series CPU built on Intel's new 22nm process. Like last year where most of the original E3-1200 series was reviewed, we will be reviewing the vast majority of Intel's Xeon E3 V2 lineup. The Xeon...
Recently I found the MSI MS-S0221 over at MSI's website by accident, these guys have been very quiet on the server/ workstation front. This particular Intel Xeon E5-2600 series or Xeon E5-1600 series single CPU motherboard looks a standard server motherboardboard but with good quality components which could make it an interesting motherboard if you can find one. There is nothing...
The ASUS Z9PE-D8 WS motherboard is a workstation board meant to house dual Xeon E5-2600 series CPUs as well as several PCIe 3.0 cards. Recently Pieter previewed the Z9PE-D8 WS and noted that it is a competitor to offerings such as the Supermicro X9DA7 and EVGA's SR-X Classified. The ASUS Z9PE-D8 runs around $600 right now at retail, which...
Today we are taking a look at the Intel Xeon E3-1220 V2, which is a new Ivy Bridge Xeon E3 series CPU built on Intel's new 22nm process. Last year, ServeTheHome was the first site to review the Intel Xeon E3-1220 (V1) that was long delayed as there was a delay with the Sandy Bridge Bromolow platform. This year, we...
Also just released from ASUS is their range of dual LGA1356 (E5-2400) motherboards supporting two Intel Xeon E5-2400 series CPUs. We have already previewed the Supermciro dual Xeon E5-2400 series motherboards and Gigabyte dual Xeon E5-2400 series motherboards and have seen a common theme, there are a lot fewer options with the Intel Xeon E5-2400 series sporting the LGA 1356...
Supermicro is releasing a new dual LGA 2011 workstation motherboard which is very much a competitor to the ASUS Z9PE-D8 and EVGA SR-X Classified although it is clearly targeted at systems integrators who are also using a Supermicro workstation chassis. Since the EVGA SR-X Classified and ASUS Z9PE-D8 will not overclock the Intel Xeon E5-2600 series CPUs much if...
The OCZ Vertex 4 256GB SSD is absolutely a fast solid state drive. Recently I started picking up on doing more SSD benchmarking for the site. A lot of users had been requesting that I do some independent testing of the SSDs out there, and specifically ones that are likely to be consumer drives found in servers and workstations....
Joining the Intel Xeon E5-2400 series launch is Gigabyte with a few new dual socket LGA 1356 motherboards. Gigabyte is working to enter the US market with its server boards having already established itself as a major player on the desktop enthusiast segment. Let's have a look at what Gigabyte has to offer in terms of the dual socket...