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DUAL XEON MBs with PAXVILLE, WOODCREST and CLOVERTOWN CPUs

Tyan Tempest i5000PX S5380G2NR


Moving on to Tyan's i5000PX offering, this board can be considered as one of those torque-monster V-10 diesel engines.  Designed for maximum memory capacity and stability, these are truly server-oriented boards.  This first one is the S5380, the entry-level i5000PX system:



 


 
Processor
 • Dual LGA771 sockets
 • Supports up to two Intelฎ Xeonฎ processors
     5000/5100/5300 series; dual-core, quad-core
 • 1333/1066/667MHz FSB; VRD 11.0
 • Note: supports future Quad- and Dual-Core
    Intelฎ Xeonฎ Processors, including
    Next Generation 45nm based processors


Chipset
     Intelฎ 5000P chipset
     Intelฎ 6321ESB I/O Controller Hub
 • Winbond 83627HF Super I/O chip

Memory
 • Eight (8) 240-pin DDR2 FBDIMM sockets
      - Eight (8) FBDIMMs onboard
 • Supports DDR2-533/667 FBDIMM; max. 32GB

Expansion Slots
 • (2) PCI-X 64/133MHz slots
 • (1) inversed PCI-E x4 slot (w/ x8 signal) for
     risers, in-lined with the first PCI-X slot
 • (1) PCI-E x16 slot (w/ x8 signal)
 • (1) PCI-E x8 slot (w/ x4 signal)
 • (1) PCI-E x16 slot (w/ x8 sig. from Blackford MCH)
 • Total of five expansion slots

Integrated I/O
 • One 9-pin 16550 UART serial port
 • One 15-pin VGA port
 • One IDE and onefloppy connector
 • Six (6) SATA 2.0 ports support RAID 0, 1, 5, 10
 • Eight (8) USB 2.0 ports (six at rear, two onboard
     vertical USB Type A connectors))
 • PS/2 mouse and keyboard connectors

System Management
 • Analog Devices ADT7468 Hardware Monitor
     ASIC
 • CPU thermal and voltage monitor support
 • 2-pin chassis intrusion header
 • Multiple 4-pin and 3-pin fan monitoring headers

Integrated Video Controller
 • ATIฎ ES1000; PCI interface
 • 32MB DDR frame buffer of video memory   
Integrated LAN Controllers
 • One Intel Intel "Gilgal" network controller
      - Direct link to ESB2
 • Two Gigabit LAN ports
 • Front panel LED headers (Link/Act)

Integrated SATA Controller
 • Six (6) SATA 2.0 ports from Intel ESB2
 • RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 supported
     (RAID 10 only supported under windows)

Intelligent Platform Management Interface (optional)
 • Baseboard Management Controller (BMC)
 • BMC from daughter card M3291
     (Hitachi BMC Renesas H8S2167)
 • Tailored for IPMI 2.0 specification
 • Supports remote Power on/off and reset support
     (IPMI-over-LAN)
 • Server Management Daughter card via built-in
     2x25 header

BIOS
 • Phoenix BIOSฎ on 8Mbit Flash ROM
 • Serial Console Redirect
 • PXE via Ethernet, USB device boot
 • PnP, DMI 2.0, WfM 2.0 Power Management
 • User-configuration of H/W monitoring
 • Auto-configuration of hard disk types
 • Multiple boot options
 • 48-bit LBA support

Form Factor
 • SSI / Extended ATX footprint (12" x 13")

Power
 • EPS12V / SSI (24 + 8 + 4 pin) power connectors

Regulatory
 • FCC Class B (Declaration of Conformity)
 • European Community CE (DoC)

Photos of the retail-boxed product:

POST and BIOS setup pix unavailable for this motherboard.  Fortunately, it is as similar to the following S5382 motherboard as the S2692 is similar to the S2696...

Here are the benchmarks using Clovertowns:

 


   1. Introduction  
   2. Asus PVL-D/SCSI NEXT:  Tyan Tempest i5000PW S5382WAG2NRF
   3. SuperMicro X7DAE  
   4. Tyan Tempest i5000XL S2692ANR  
   5. Tyan Tempest i5000XT S2696WA2NRF  
   6. Tyan Tempest i5000PX S5380G2NR  
   7. Tyan Tempest i5000PW S5382WAG2NRF  
   8. Windows XP 64-bit Benchmark Results  
   9. Conclusion  
     
     

 

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