Motherboards for Xeon E3 by Taiwanese manufacturers
A move to offer high-end systems more economical, without sacrificing performance and balancing the reduced volumes of CPU Core family Skylake? These are the reasons behind new motherboards for processor Xeon E3-1200 v5.
One of the latest trends among Taiwanese motherboard manufacturers is the development of new models for desktop systems that are compatible with processor Intel Xeon E3-1200 family v5. These models for motherboards with socket 1151, with only chipset Intel C232 Express that can exploit them.
Hence the motherboard manufacturers engaged in the development of socket 1151 motherboards that do not use chipset Z170 but the model C232 Express, so as to ensure full compatibility with the Xeon E3-1200 family processors v5 alongside those of the Core series.
One may wonder why many manufacturers are presenting solutions of this type, and the answer is in this very simple way. At present, the market demand for the Intel Core family Skylake is very strong, and this is leading to problems of reduced availability in volumes on the market. The solution’s Xeon E3-1200 v5 represent an interesting alternative in this sense, with the advantage of a cost that is less than equal technical characteristics.
It is true that the chipset Intel C232 Express has an Official higher than the Z170 model, estimated at about $ 20, but in a complex system based on the processor Intel Xeon E3-1200 v5 turns out to be cheaper than one with the Core Family Skylake the clock rate comparable due to lower prices of the proposals Xeon.
We do not know whether this is a short-term commercial approach by the Taiwanese motherboard manufacturers, or is expected to continue over time. In the past, users have more fans Xeon family processors used in high-end desktop systems, taking advantage of what is perceived to be a higher overall quality and better tolerance to operating out of specification.
To be specified as the frequency multiplier of the Xeon E3-1200 v5 is locked and that some versions are not equipped with its own internal integrated GPU, necessarily requiring the combination with a discrete video card.
