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ASUS, SUPERMICRO
and TYAN SEABURG MOTHERBOARDS
Introduction
Last year we looked at several Xeons
here
based on the Core2 and Netburst architectures.
The Paxvilles had eight available processing cores
Today, we will examine three motherboards
sporting Intel's i5400 "Seaburg" chipset using two
different models of "Harpertown" Xeon processors
based on the latest "Penryn" architecture.
Here are some notable features of the Seaburg
chipset:
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Intel® 5400 Chipset |
| HOST | 5400 Chipset |
| Target Segment | Workstation |
| Processor | Intel® Xeon® 5200 and 5400 processors |
| Number Processors | 1-2 |
| System Bus | 1067/1333/1600 MHz |
| MEMORY CONTROLLER HUB | 5400 Chipset |
| MCH - Type | 5400 MCH |
| MCH Package | 1520 FC-BGA |
| MEMORY | 5400 Chipset |
| Memory Modules | FBDIMM |
| Memory Type | DDR2 FBDIMM 533/667/800 |
| Max Memory | 128 GB |
| Number of Rows/Devices | Up to 8 rows and 4 DIMMs per memory channel |
| Mbit Support | 256 Mb, 512 Mb, 1 Gb and 2 Gb |
| ECC/Parity | Yes |
| EXTERNAL GRAPHICS | 5400 Chipset |
| Interface | N/A |
| I/O CONTROLLER HUB | 5400 Chipset |
| ICH Type |
6321ESB |
| ICH Package | 1284 FC-BGA |
| PCI Support | Two independent 64-bit, 133 MHz PCI-X segments |
| PCI Masters | 6 |
| IDE | Two channel Ultra ATA |
| Serial ATA | 6 serial ATA (SATA) controller |
| USB Ports/Controllers | 6 USB 2.0 ports |
| LAN MAC | N/A |
| AC'97 Digital Circuits | N/A |
| MANAGEABILITY | 5400 Chipset |
| RASUM | DIMM sparing, Memory RAID, Memory mirroring, x4 SDDC, Memory ECC, HUB interface ECC, DMA |
| I/O Management | SMBus 2.0 Support/GPIO |
| WORKSTATION/SERVER I/O EXPANSION | 5400 Chipset |
| PCI Controller Type |
6700 PXH 64-bit PCI Hub |
| WSE Package | 567 FC-BGA |
| WSE PCI Support | Up to 3 PXH 64-bit hub components, each with a maximum bandwidth up to 4 GB/sec |
| WSE PCI Masters | Each PXH contains two independent 64-bit PCI/PCI-X interfaces,
Maximum PCI interface bus speed: 66 MHz,
Maximum PCI-X interface bus speed: 133 MHz |
| Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O |
Yes |
| HYPER-THREADING TECHNOLOGY | 5400 Chipset |
| Hyper-Threading Technology Support | Yes |
1Intel® Application Accelerator: Accelerate boot time and disk I/O. Performs best on Pentium® 4 processor platforms.
2DVO = Intel® Digital Video Output Interface enables connection to TV or flat-panel displays.
3DDR266 memory will step down in speed to DDR200 when used in a 400 MHz front side bus system.
4In a x4 DDR memory device, the Intel® x4 Single Device Data Correction (Intel® x4 SDDC), provides error detection and correction for 1, 2, 3, or 4 data bits within that single device and provides error detection, up to 8 data bits within two devices.
Thanks to
Wikipedia, we have some info on the Xeons:
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Based on Intel Core
microarchitecture
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MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3,
SSE4.1, Demand Based Switching (Intel's
Server EIST), Intel 64 (Intel's x86-64
implementation), XD bit (an NX bit
implementation), Virtualization Technology
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Die size: 2 × 107 mm²
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12MB L2 cache
The first pair of Xeons is the
X5450, 3GHz, 1333MHz FSB, 120W. The second
pair is the X5482, 3.2GHz, 1600MHz FSB, 150W.
The remainder of the test platform is as
follows, and the OS is Windows XP 64-bit:
Yes folks, CrossFire!
Since we have 2x PCIe x16 slots, we took the
opportunity to see if CrossFire works, and what
sort of performance we can get out of two cheapo
HD2400 cards. As we all know, Seaburg does
not natively support SLI. Now let's meet
the three different motherboards...
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