Skylake CPU's are so low power (most of the high end models are like 53w right?) that a basic 4-phase power arrangement is plenty. This isn't socket 1366 where the lowest TDP offered was 130w. But you are right, they look incredibly bare. That's progress I guess. And it isn't like anybody is going to overclock on these boards, they probably don't even support voltage adjustment.
Oh, and E7 parts should be fun. Haswell's E3 chips max out at 84W, and their E7 chips max out at 165W. I wonder what Skylake will bring in that department.
I'd love to see a fully loaded E7 Skylake on that mATX board's 3 phase, bare VRMs.
The E5's and E7's are irrelevant since they will use a larger socket in the 2xxx pin configuration. These LGA1151 boards only have to support the 4 core configurations topping out at 80-90W of draw.
"increased limitations" There is healthy competition, there goes healthy competition, there was... :-(
My needs are micro ATX board, Xeon CPU with ECC-ram, Intel graphics with digital out (HDMI) and sound. Would be nice if I could buy Z170 board and 50$ license key from Intel to enable ECC & Xeon. Why we "need" to have separate products for Xeon and ECC?
Buying Xeon & ECC-boards from Europa is pain. Ordering from US is not real option as there is VAT-wall and its pain if you need to RMA.
Man only single proc variants? I have a 16-DDR4 DIMM, dual-Xeon, quad gbit Ethernet, Asus ATX mobo. Not bad motherboards at all, but I would have expected at least one more expandable version out of the four.
When you can get so many cores in a single chip I don't see the need for a workstation board to have multiple sockets. I think it makes a lot more sense to put your massive, 128 core systems with 4 Nvidia Titans in a server room. Then you use a virtual or remote desktop.
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chlamchowder - Monday, October 19, 2015 - link
Wow, their VRMs must be so good that they don't need heatsinks. Or at least I hope...Samus - Tuesday, October 20, 2015 - link
Skylake CPU's are so low power (most of the high end models are like 53w right?) that a basic 4-phase power arrangement is plenty. This isn't socket 1366 where the lowest TDP offered was 130w. But you are right, they look incredibly bare. That's progress I guess. And it isn't like anybody is going to overclock on these boards, they probably don't even support voltage adjustment.That ITX boards is pure drool....................
chlamchowder - Tuesday, October 20, 2015 - link
According to http://www.anandtech.com/show/9730/intel-launches-... the E3 Xeons are 80W parts. That's not so bad, but if E5 parts are launched with more cores and cache, things could get iffy.Oh, and E7 parts should be fun. Haswell's E3 chips max out at 84W, and their E7 chips max out at 165W. I wonder what Skylake will bring in that department.
I'd love to see a fully loaded E7 Skylake on that mATX board's 3 phase, bare VRMs.
William Kennington - Tuesday, October 20, 2015 - link
The E5's and E7's are irrelevant since they will use a larger socket in the 2xxx pin configuration. These LGA1151 boards only have to support the 4 core configurations topping out at 80-90W of draw.Samus - Tuesday, October 20, 2015 - link
Haswell had 88w parts (i5/i7 Devil's Canyon) but realistically yeah Skylake only reduced the TDP to Haswell Xeon E3 territory (they were 80w too)jabber - Tuesday, October 20, 2015 - link
Yeah IT Pros or people whose reputation/job rely on 100% reliability (not to mention complying with service/warranty contracts) never ever overclock.Anato - Tuesday, October 20, 2015 - link
"increased limitations"There is healthy competition, there goes healthy competition, there was... :-(
My needs are micro ATX board, Xeon CPU with ECC-ram, Intel graphics with digital out (HDMI) and sound. Would be nice if I could buy Z170 board and 50$ license key from Intel to enable ECC & Xeon. Why we "need" to have separate products for Xeon and ECC?
Buying Xeon & ECC-boards from Europa is pain. Ordering from US is not real option as there is VAT-wall and its pain if you need to RMA.
jabber - Tuesday, October 20, 2015 - link
Wait 18 months and pick them up on Ebay.petteyg359 - Wednesday, October 28, 2015 - link
That first board seems like a rather ridiculous combination of bad ideas...Jorsher - Thursday, October 29, 2015 - link
Man only single proc variants? I have a 16-DDR4 DIMM, dual-Xeon, quad gbit Ethernet, Asus ATX mobo. Not bad motherboards at all, but I would have expected at least one more expandable version out of the four.Zan Lynx - Wednesday, May 4, 2016 - link
When you can get so many cores in a single chip I don't see the need for a workstation board to have multiple sockets. I think it makes a lot more sense to put your massive, 128 core systems with 4 Nvidia Titans in a server room. Then you use a virtual or remote desktop.snakyjake - Tuesday, February 2, 2016 - link
Why did Gigabyte go with Marvell on the C236?The C236 is capable of 8x prorts, but decided to use 4x ports and use another controller for the other 4x ports. Is this an advantage or disadvantage?
I won't be using hardware RAID/RST.