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X9SAE Motherboard Series User’s Manual
1-2 Chipset Overview
The X9SAE Motherboard Series supports a single Intel® Xeon® E3-1200 v2 series,
Xeon E3-1200 series, Pentium®, and Celeron® processor in an LGA 1155 socket.
Leveraging the features of the Intel C216 chipset, the X9SAE motherboard pro-
vides substantial enhancement to system performance high performance gaming
platforms and entry-level workstations.
Intel C216 Chipset Features
•Server-class performance, reliability, and security at entry-level price points
•Enhanced performance and energy-efciency
•Support for ECC Memory - Better data integrity and system reliability through
automatic data correction
•Intel® Rapid Storage Technology (Intel® RST) with E-mail Alerting - Uninter-
rupted operation and quick data recovery in the event of a hard drive failure
•Intel® OS Guard - Improves security by strengthening malware protection
•PCI Express 3.0 Interface (up to 8.0 GT/s)
•SATA 3.0 Controller (up to 6Gb/sec)
•Intel® Turbo Boost Technology 2.05
•Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology6 (Intel® HT Technology)
Complete specications are available at Intel's website:
http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/chipsets/server-chipsets/server-chipset-
c202.html