ASUS Makes Z9PE-D8 WS 2P-LGA2011 Motherboard Official

btarunr · Mar 7, 2012

ASUS made its workstation-grade Z9PE-D8 WS motherboard official. The board is built for 2P Xeon E5-2600 series processors in the LGA2011 package, is based on the Intel C606 "Patsburg" chipset, and is built in the 30.5 x 33 cm EEB form-factor. Each of the two sockets is wired to four DDR3 DIMM slots, supporting quad-channel memory, each. Up to 256 GB of registered DDR3 memory is supported.

Expansion slots include four PCI-Express 3.0 x16 (blue), two PCI-Express 3.0 x16 (electrical x8, top two black), and one PCI-Express 2.0 x16 (electrical x4, bottommost black). 4-way SLI and CrossFireX are supported. Storage connectivity includes six SATA 6 Gb/s (two from the PCH, four from two Marvell 9230 chips), and eight SATA 3 Gb/s (all from the PCH). An ASPEED ASMB6 provides basic display and iKVM functions. Realtek ALC898 provides 8-channel HD audio. There are two gigabit Ethernet interfaces, driven by Intel 82574L chips. The Z9PE-D8 WS from ASUS is priced around US $630.

View at TechPowerUp Main Site

rob49152 · Mar 7, 2012

really nice looking board! But EEB Form Factor? Which is the same size as EATX so why not make it an EATX mobo!! Now I need a different case and I love my antec P280 I just bought.

Disparia · Mar 7, 2012

rob49152 said:
really nice looking board! But EEB Form Factor? Which is the same size as EATX so why not make it an EATX mobo!! Now I need a different case and I love my antec P280 I just bought.

It should fit... if you rip out the entire drive cage. Luckily it's a model with a door.

Then you'd just need to place 4-5 new screw mounts to support the edge of the board.

Batou1986 · Mar 7, 2012

14 SATA ports and no SAS wtf ASUS :confused:

Steven B · Mar 7, 2012

So awesome!!!!

pjl321 · Mar 7, 2012

Does it have all the normal overclocking features?
Anyone know how well the Xeon E5-2600 overclocks?

nickbaldwin86 · Mar 8, 2012

pjl321 said:
Does it have all the normal overclocking features?
Anyone know how well the Xeon E5-2600 overclocks?

It should, but not one has said for sure... rumors only. :ohwell:

The E5 procs are locked down and have bad BLCK OC potential so don't go into it think you will get to 4.2Ghz+ from what is being said by EVGA and the SR-X board.

rob49152 · Mar 8, 2012

Just ordered my Z9PE-D8 WS from Newegg!! When I compared it to the SR-X it was a no brainer. 6 SATA 6Gb/s ports on the board as compared to 4 ( 2 of those being external eSATA) and ASUS SSD caching. Combine this with my RevoDrive 3 X2 and my system will fly.

I think I'll be able to shave at least 2 seconds off my MS Solitare record!! :rockout:

Fitseries3 · Mar 8, 2012

its capable of OCing but the cpus arent. cpus will cost you $5000 easily. have fun at stock speed

waste of money despite being such an awesome board. not asus' fault though.

rob49152 · Mar 8, 2012

With workstation or server motherboards you want stability ANYDAY over being able to over-clock the CPUs on it. These really are not systems for enthusiasts, game players or over-clockers.

So YES I will enjoy it at stock speeds! Thanks

and the CPUs I am looking at go up to 3.8Ghz when needed.

Fitseries3 · Mar 8, 2012

you're mistaken.. they build these for OCing. hands down. you want stability get a tyan or supermicro.

The Von Matrices · Mar 8, 2012

I wonder what the performance impact of CrossfireX/SLI over QPI will be, considering that you can connect GPUs across CPUs.

System Name	RBMK-1000
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 5700G
Motherboard	Gigabyte B550 AORUS Elite V2
Cooling	DeepCool Gammax L240 V2
Memory	2x 16GB DDR4-3200
Video Card(s)	Galax RTX 4070 Ti EX
Storage	Samsung 990 1TB
Display(s)	BenQ 1440p 60 Hz 27-inch
Case	Corsair Carbide 100R
Audio Device(s)	ASUS SupremeFX S1220A
Power Supply	Cooler Master MWE Gold 650W
Mouse	ASUS ROG Strix Impact
Keyboard	Gamdias Hermes E2
Software	Windows 11 Pro

Processor	Intel i5-6600
Motherboard	ASRock H170M-ITX
Cooling	Cooler Master Geminii S524
Memory	G.Skill DDR4-2133 16GB (8GB x 2)
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte R9-380X 4GB
Storage	Samsung 950 EVO 250GB (mSATA)
Display(s)	LG 29UM69G-B 2560x1080 IPS
Case	Lian Li PC-Q25
Audio Device(s)	Realtek ALC892
Power Supply	Seasonic SS-460FL2
Mouse	Logitech G700s
Keyboard	Logitech G110
Software	Windows 10 Pro

Processor	Ryzen 5900X
Motherboard	ASUS Prime X470 Pro
Cooling	Arctic liquid freezer II 240
Memory	2 x 16 Gb Gskill Trident Z 3600 Mhz
Video Card(s)	MSI Ventus 3060 Ti OC
Storage	Samsung 960 EVO 500 Gb / 860 EVO 1 Tb
Display(s)	Dell S2719DGF
Case	Lian Li Lancool II Mesh
Audio Device(s)	Soundblaster Z
Power Supply	Corsair RM850x
Mouse	Logitech G703
Keyboard	Logitech G513
Software	Win 11

System Name	Red 101
Processor	9th Gen Intel Core i9-9900k
Motherboard	EVGA Z370 Classified
Cooling	Custom Primochill and Heatkiller water cooling loop
Memory	16GB of Gskill 3200Mhz CL14
Video Card(s)	EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 FTW2 with Heatkiller block @2114Mhz
Storage	4- Samsung Evo 250GB, 1- Pro 512GB and 1-512GB M.2
Display(s)	LG 38" UW
Case	In Win 101 customized a lot and painted red
Audio Device(s)	Razer Kraken 7.1 Chroma
Power Supply	EVGA 850w G2
Mouse	Razer DeathAdderv2
Keyboard	Razer Ornata Chroma
Software	Win10Pro and games
Benchmark Scores	NA

System Name	My Surround PC
Processor	AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
Motherboard	ASUS STRIX X670E-F
Cooling	Swiftech MCP35X / EK Quantum CPU / Alphacool GPU / XSPC 480mm w/ Corsair Fans
Memory	96GB (2 x 48 GB) G.Skill DDR5-6000 CL30
Video Card(s)	MSI NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Suprim X 24GB
Storage	WD SN850 2TB, Samsung PM981a 1TB, 4 x 4TB + 1 x 10TB HGST NAS HDD for Windows Storage Spaces
Display(s)	2 x Viotek GFI27QXA 27" 4K 120Hz + LG UH850 4K 60Hz + HMD
Case	NZXT Source 530
Audio Device(s)	Sony MDR-7506 / Logitech Z-5500 5.1
Power Supply	Corsair RM1000x 1 kW
Mouse	Patriot Viper V560
Keyboard	Corsair K100
VR HMD	HP Reverb G2
Software	Windows 11 Pro x64
Benchmark Scores	Mellanox ConnectX-3 10 Gb/s Fiber Network Card

ASUS Makes Z9PE-D8 WS 2P-LGA2011 Motherboard Official

btarunr

Editor & Senior Moderator

rob49152

Disparia

Batou1986

Steven B

pjl321

nickbaldwin86

rob49152

Fitseries3

Eleet Hardware Junkie

rob49152

Fitseries3

Eleet Hardware Junkie

The Von Matrices