CARTES MERES ASUS Chipset Intel Z10PA-D8 (ASMB8-IKVM) 90SB03X1-M0UAY0

Asus Z10PA-D8 LGA2011-v3 Socket C612 ATX MotherboardYou will probably never get everything on a board this size so there may be few compromises.If you want multiple GPU support this board is probably not for you. Use the Z10pe WS D8/D16 EATX size.Bear in mind that this is a server board without workstation features and will be slow to get through the BIOS.As there is no sound you could get the MIO card (costs around £35)  Asus MIO-Audio 892 Internal Sound Card  but this switches the PCIe slot next door (probably your graphics card) from 16x to 8x. You could go for a USB 5.1 sound box/card which you can find for around £20 which eliminates the problem.I used two 2.2GHz 10 core 20 thread ES processors to test, running with 64GB of Hynix DDR4 2133 ECC memory. There was not enough room in the Silverstone GD07 case  SilverStone SST-GD07B - Grandia HTPC ATX Computer Case, Silent High Airflow Performance, black  I used for water cooling, so I used two Noctua NH-L9x65 CPU fans  Noctua NH-L9x65 - NH-L9x65 Low Profile Performance CPU Cooler . It is important to look at the TDP (Thermal design power) for the processors and heat sinks. It looks like your should be able to use 145w processors if the case cooling is good enough. To get better airflow around the Silverstone GD07 case I used two Arctic F8 PWM fans  ARCTIC F8 PWM PST CO - 80 mm PWM PST Case Fan for Continuous Operation | Cooler with PST-Port (PWM Sharing Technology) and Dual Ball Bearing | Regulates RPM in sync  and four ARCTIC F12 PWM fans  ARCTIC F12 PWM PST - 120 mm PWM PST Case Fan - Five Pack | Cooler with Standard Case | PST-Port (PWM Sharing Technology) | Regulates RPM in sync  connected to the motherboard.I have used a GTX 4GB 1050Ti in this setup and although not silent with all the fans, it runs very quietly.This motherboard surpassed my expectations and with a few add-ons is just as good as my Z10pe WS D8.LikesDual processor support.Can apparently use all PCIe slots with just one processor (not tried but shown in manual).ATX motherboard will fit in an ATX size case like the Silverstone GD07 (nice for multimedia)My board came with the ASMB8 module and support discs.Lots of PWM fan headersComes with back plate, ASMB8 module and support discs.DislikesNo onboard sound chip. Used a CSL 7.1 EXTERNAL USB SOUNDCARD @ £20  CSL - USB 7.1 external sound card (8-channel) | 7.1 Channel USB Soundbox | Dynamic 3D Surround Sound | up to 8 speakers | simultaneous recording and playback | analog and digital audio equipment Not enough USBs. Used a KKmoon STW PCI Express Card PCI-E to USB3.0 @ £13 (this is an NEC chipset)  KKmoon STW PCI Express Card PCI-E to USB3.0 2-Ports Mini PCI-E USB 3.0 Hub Controller Adapter with Internal USB 3.0 19-Pin Connector and 5V 4 Pin Male Power Dual Port Connector The M.2 slot is too short and not NVme Used a PCI-E 4X to B-key+M-key M.2 NGFF+NVME SSD Adapter Card @ £9  Rivo Dual M.2 SATA III and M2 to PCIe 3.0 X4 Adapter Card - Add M.2 SSD Devices to PC or Motherboard, Supports 1 M.2 SATA III (B Key) SSD and Second M.2 PCIe 3.0 SSD (M-Key)

Purchased this board last week as the base of my first workstation build. Generally speaking, this is a ok board except several facts which eventually forced me to exchange for another MB:1. The IOs provided are really really poor - 2*USB2.0 and 2*USB3.0 (one 9 pin and one 19 pin internal header). Sure, as a server motherboard, this amount of USB ports seems reasonable enough but it also been advertised as workstation MB. How on earth today's WS gonna work with such limited IO? I cant even attach enough external storage while import footage from cameras. Don't say to use a hub or pcie card, they are only patches, not solution. each of those pcie slots should well be used for something that may improve productivity.2. Don't fully rely on the description on amazon. Please go the asus website and download the user manual to see what exactly this board can do and where's the limitation. You generally can't or difficult to gather these info from both amazon or asus spec pages. They seems very ignorant regarding the intro of business/server grade products. Take me as an example, I became quite disappointed when I got this MB and gone through the manual. First, the top PCIe slot can not be used in conjunction with propitiatory Asus MIO sound card (this MB doesn't has embedded sound chip). In other words, it's kind of a fake expansion slot unless you want to spend 40 for a rather basic sound card which has been embedded by 99% consumer boards. Second, I planed to use the on board M2 slot for the boot drive and found that this one only support 2242 form factor and SATA bus. Frankly, I'm not that care about the speed but the extreme form factor just made most reputable & reliable SSDs off the table.Third, as a "server board" with a dedicated management LAN port, it's reasonable to assume it has on board IPMI. BUT BE AWARE it does not! You need to spend another 30-40 bucks for an add on module. The same apply to the TPM.Now, I'm really curious, what makes this a business/server grade board despite none of above functions have been included as standard????I bought this C612 based board rather than X99 based ones simply because it supposedly support Xeon E5 V3 V4 better; and being "server grade" product, it should be reliable and purposely designed. However, the fact is, for workstation use, it's clearly an overpriced and unfit for purpose product.Just do a simple calculation before make the purchase: 250(this MB) + 60 (decent USB 3.0 expansion card) + 40 (MIO sound card, if have to use native analog output) + 15 (TPM) + 30 (IPMI) +........ An Asus X99 WS series can give you all this with better price, better UEFI interface even much better appearance if it's important to you. Plus Xeon and ECC memory support.For server build, I don't know why not to choose 2 socket versions since that's the main point of C612 isn't it? Or at least choose the one with two onboard 10Gb LAN ports. Honestly, now I really can't justify why this model at this price point exists. If I were more experienced or Asus and/or Amazon provided more detailed info on their intro page, I wouldn't buy this board for sure.PLEASE DOWNLOAD AND READ USER MANUAL CAREFULLY BEFORE BUY!