Supermicro X9DRL-EF Motherboard

Conclusions

The Supermicro X9DRL-EF is an interesting choice for building servers with two Xeon E5-2600 series processors. It brings all you need, such as two Gigabit Ethernet ports and support for up to 64 GiB (un-buffered) or 256 GiB (registered) of RAM, plus a network port for the IPMI (Intelligent Platform Management Interface) function. One of the highlights of this motherboard is the use of the standard ATX form factor, so you won’t need to worry about compatibility when picking a case. For those who need SAS-600 ports with hardware-based RAID, Supermicro offers an upgraded version of this motherboard, the X9DRL-7F.

The only drawback of this motherboard is its price, though it is in line with the market at which it is targeted.