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Intel DX79SI Motherboard

Let’s take a look at this socket 2011 motherboard from Intel based on the new Intel X79 chipset and targeted to the new Core i7 “Sandy Bridge-E” CPUs.

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Introduction

Contents

  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Slots
  • 3. Memory Support
  • 4. On-Board Peripherals
  • 5. Other Features
  • 6. Voltage Regulator
  • 7. Overclocking Options
  • 8. Main Specifications
  • 9. Conclusions

Intel has released two motherboard models for the new socket LGA2011 platform, the DX79SI and the DX79TO, targeted to the most high-end processor Intel offers for desktops today, the Core i7 “Sandy Bridge-E” models. Let’s take a look at the DX79SI, which comes with three PCI Express 3.0 x16 slots.

To better understand the differences between the two socket LGA2011 motherboards released by Intel, we compiled the table below.      

  DX79SI DX79TO
Form Factor ATX ATX
Memory Sockets 8 8
PCI Express x16 3 (x16/x16/x8) 2 (x16/x16)
PCI Express x1 2 3
Standard PCI 1 1
SATA-300 4 4
SATA-600 2 2
eSATA-600 0 0
USB 2.0 14 14
USB 3.0 4 2
FireWire 2 0
Gigabit Ethernet 2 1
Wi-Fi IEEE 802.11b/g/n Yes No
Bluetooth 2.1 Yes No
Price USD 280 USD 230-250

In Figure 1, you see the Intel DX79SI motherboard.

Intel DX79SI motherboardFigure 1: Intel DX79SI motherboard

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