I agree. While it is possible to get GPU passthrough working, it's usually not worth the hassle. Plus ESXi updates seem to be hit or miss with maintaining passthrough compatibility.
My X10SAT has been running for almost 3 months with no issues though!
I have not tried vPro, I am going to shut down the server to install a NIC and I'll have the chance to dig through the BIOS and enable it and try it out (and also confirm C2 stepping). I'm curious too, I've never dealt with vPro before.
Good question about the SATA ports. There are 2 SATA ports...
That's what I've seemed to gather. For me at least, a 3D BIOS isn't necessary for a workstation/server board. For the Supermicro CZ87-OCE board though, perhaps. The ASUS P9D WS turned out to have several issues. It wouldn't POST with a Supermicro power supply, nor would it boot ESXi. I had to...
No dual BIOS that I can tell. I'm running ESXi so I can't get the chipset version...I think I have a USB boot drive that has CPU-Z that I can fire up and see real quick. Its been running straight since I set it up and no problems that I can see so far.
Look what I got from Superbiiz :O
http://imgur.com/a/0b3Oe
The motherboard is indeed blue, sorry for the bad photo. It also says "Use non-ECC RAM" on the board, but ECC RAM does work fine!
Someone on Hardforum tipped that this German store says availability will be September 30th. http://www.sona.de/.1004278378-Supermicro-Mainboard-X10SAT-Retail
I haven't heard back from Acmemicro whether they will also get it on the 30th, I'll try sending them another email...
I've been emailing Acmemicro for weeks to see when they would stock it. They say they don't have any in stock yet, but should get back to me later today with a definitive date. Fingers crossed!
I'm anxiously waiting for the X10SAT as well...I've emailed acmemicro and superbiiz and both tell me that it should be released this month. Hopefully, since they removed "Coming Soon", the release is imminent!
That is awesome news. I tried emailing them asking for a release date for the X10SAT and they didn't respond. I just hope the C2 Haswells come out at the same time so I don't have to wait any longer!
I use XBMC to playback blu-rays and downloaded TV, and Windows Media Center for TV recordings recorded by the Ceton InfiniTV 4. I have activities on my Harmony One remote to switch between the two programs and it works well.
First and only htpc setup:
Case + power supply: Antec ISK 310-150
MSI E350ia-e45 (AMD E-350)
4 gigabytes RAM
160 gigabyte WD Blue hard drive
64 gigabyte Crucial M4
Ceton InfiniTV 4 <- best part
Running Windows 7 Ultimate and Windows Media Center and XBMC.
All TV recordings are archived to an...
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