GIGABYTE Technology, a manufacturer of high performance server hardware, has introduced a new lineup of motherboards based on the new Intel†C230 series†chipset family. Supporting the new Intel†Xeon†Processor E3-1200 V5 product family (former codename Greenlow) and designed with the Skylake microarchitecture, this new lineup includes two workstation motherboards and two server motherboards.
MW31-SP0 – 2-Way Graphics Workstation Board†
The MW31-SP0 is the company’s first ATX workstation motherboard supporting the†Intel†Xeon†processor E3-1200 V5†product family. The motherboard features:
- 4 x DDR4 DIMM slots supporting up to 64GB of ECC memory
- 2 x GbE LAN ports (Intel†I210 + I219LM controllers)†
- 2-way†NVIDIA†SLI &†AMD†CrossFireX†support
- Rear I/O add-on card slot
- 1 x M.2 slot
- 8 x SATA III 6Gb/s ports
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MW21-SE0 – Entry Level Workstation†Board
The MW21-SE0 is a microATX form factor entry-level workstation board with minimal specifications for users looking for a simple yet durable solution to access the features of the Xeon E3-1200 V3 product family. It includes:
- 4 x DDR4 DIMM slots supporting up to 64GB of ECC memory
- 1 x GbE LAN port (Intel†I219LM controller)
- 6 x SATA III 6Gb/s ports
- 1 x PCIe x16 (Gen3 x16 bus) connector
- 4 x USB 3.0 ports
- 2 USB 3.0 + 2 x USB 2.0 ports via headers
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MX11-PC0 – Compact NVMe Enabled Server Board
The MX11-PC0 is a Mini-ITX form 
factor server motherboard built for high density or low-profile server integration and provides all the features required to build a professional server, including comprehensive integrated remote management features via IPMI 2.0 web interface.
Additionally, it is the first GIGABYTE server motherboard to be released with a mini-SAS HD†connector capable to connect to†one NVMe drive. With higher IOPS, lower latency, and lower power consumption, the NVMe technology is designed to deliver faster data transfer performance between a storage device and the processor. Other features include:
- 2 x DDR4 DIMM slots supporting up to 32GB of ECC memory
- 2 x GbE LAN ports (Intel†I210 controller)†
- 1 x NVMe port
- 4 x SATA III 6Gb/s ports
- 1 x PCIe x16 (Gen3 x16 bus) connector
- Aspeed AST2400 remote management controller
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MX31-BS0 – Entry Level Server Board
The MX31-BS0 is a†microATX form factor entry-level server board with all the features required to integrate a standard server system based on the new†Intel†Xeon†processor E3-1200 V5†product family,†including comprehensive integrated remote management features via IPMI 2.0 web interface. It also features:
- 4 x DDR4 DIMM slots supporting up to 64GB of ECC memory
- 2 x GbE LAN ports (Intel†I210 controller)†
- 1 x M.2 slot
- 6 x SATA III 6Gb/s ports
- 1 x PCIe x16 (Gen3 x16 bus) connector
- Aspeed AST2400 remote management controller
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