Preview: Gigabyte GA-7PESLX
Published by Christian Ney on 04.09.12Conclusion
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| At a first glance we were surprised that the Gigabyte GA-7PESLX is very similar to the GA-7PESH1 when you look at it from a layout point of view. Of course the socket is not the same (LGA1356 vs LGA2011), the memory architecture as well (Triple channel vs Quad Channel) and also the PCB colour (most important ;) ) went from ultra fast blue to green. It was also possible to install large CPU coolers, which would be usful if you want to build a high-end workstation that operates at low noise level. Another nice addition is the LSI RAID Controller which is capable of managing up to eight drives. Therefore it is also worth mentioning that the RAID Controller has been connected via eight lanes. In other words, there is plenty of bandwidth. | - Design - LSI RAID Controller |
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Looking at the DIMM slots showed that they have been placed very close to the CPU sockets. Like this Gigabyte has been able to save some space which they needed because of the expansion slots. In fact there is a good mix. What you get is two PCI Express x16 Gen3 slots, two PCI Express x8 working at only x4 (one is Gen3 the other is Gen2) slots as well as another PCI Express x4 Gen2 slot. If you for example want to install a high performance PCI Express SSD then you'll be happy about the PCI Express x8 Gen3 Slots. We also have to mention that Gigabyte put the main PCIe 16x quite close to the last DIMM slot. Never the less this causes no issues since we managed to install a high end graphics card equipped with a backplate and it didn't collide with the memory modules. |
- Location of DIMM Slots - Expansion Slots - PCI Express Gen3 |
| Page 1 - Introduction | Page 4 - Connectors and I/O |
| Page 2 - Specifications / Delivery | Page 5 - Conclusion |
| Page 3 - Layout |
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Author: c.ney@ocaholic.ch Copy edited and translated: m.buechel@ocaholic.ch c.ney@ocaholic.ch
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