Question about the new Gigabyte GA-X79S-UP5-WIFI and SAS/SATA ports.
On this link here: http://www.tonymacx86.com/142-gigabyte-silently-launches-two-new-x79-motherboards.html the article says,
"The other new model is the GA-X79S-UP5-WIFI which isn't a direct replacement for the GA-X79-UD5, nor is it actually using the X79 chipset at all. Instead, this is something of a consumer friendly workstation board which is built around the Intel C606 chipset. What does this mean in practical terms? Well, if you can afford to invest in an LGA-2011 compatible Xeon processor, then you get an extra eight (!) SAS/SATA 3Gbps ports as well as four extra lanes of PCI Express 3.0 bandwidth. None of these features will work without a Xeon CPU, so keep this in mind if you're planning on getting this board."
Does that mean if i pair it with a Core i7-3930K I won't be able to use them? Can someone please clarify.
On this link here: http://www.tonymacx86.com/142-gigabyte-silently-launches-two-new-x79-motherboards.html the article says,
"The other new model is the GA-X79S-UP5-WIFI which isn't a direct replacement for the GA-X79-UD5, nor is it actually using the X79 chipset at all. Instead, this is something of a consumer friendly workstation board which is built around the Intel C606 chipset. What does this mean in practical terms? Well, if you can afford to invest in an LGA-2011 compatible Xeon processor, then you get an extra eight (!) SAS/SATA 3Gbps ports as well as four extra lanes of PCI Express 3.0 bandwidth. None of these features will work without a Xeon CPU, so keep this in mind if you're planning on getting this board."
Does that mean if i pair it with a Core i7-3930K I won't be able to use them? Can someone please clarify.