Supermicro has established itself as a leader in server technology and continues its strong commitment to give you the best server solution with the MBDX8SAXO server board. Based on Intel's X58 Express and ICH10R chipsets this ATX board is ready to host the newest LGA1366 Core i7 processors for ultimate powerful performance. With 6 DIMM slots it can support up to 24GB unbuffered DDR3 800/1066/1333MHz memory to significantly improve the computing capability. This motherboard has a full range of expansion choices it features two PCI Express 2.0 x16 slots providing substantial I/O bandwidth for current and future application needs. It protects your investment with one PCI Express x4 slot 2 PCIX slots and a PCI slot as flexible options for server utilization. The server motherboard has integrated 6 SATAII 300MB/s ports which have builtin RAID support for better data protection. This really benefits small to mediumsized business with the best upgrade capability and data protection. South Bridge Intel ICH10R Number of DDR3 Slots 6 240pin DDR3 Standard DDR3 1333 Maximum Memory Supported 24GB Channel Supported Triple Channel ECC Supported Yes PCI Express 2.0 x 16 2 PCI Express x4 1 x4 PCIe slot using x8 slot