Super Micro C2SEA G45

Back in June we had looked at the Super Micro C2SBX+ motherboard, which was a workstation motherboard oriented around the Intel X48 Chipset. This was our first time reviewing a Super Micro product at Phoronix, but from the success of the C2SBX+ we decided to look at another one of their motherboards. This time around we have our hands on the Super Micro C2SEA, which is a desktop motherboard that uses the Intel G45 Chipset and provides integrated GMA X4500 HD graphics.

Features:

Processor
- Supports an Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9000/QX6000 series
- Supports an Intel Core 2 Quad Q9000/Q6000 series
- Supports an Intel Core 2 Duo E8000/E7000/E6000 series
- Supports an Intel Pentium dual-core E2000 series
- Supports an Intel Celeron dual-core E1000 series
- Supports an Intel Celeron 400 series
- 1333 / 1066 / 800MHz System Bus

Memory
- 4 x 240-pin DDR3 DIMM Sockets
- Supports Up To 8GB of Unbuffered, non-ECC SDRAM
- DDR3-1333/1066/800MHz Supportive

Chipset
- Intel G45 Express Chipset
- Intel ICH10

Disk Controller
- 7 x Serial ATA 2.0 ports
- 1 x EIDE channel

Expansion Slots
- 2 x PCI Express x16 slots (one bound to x4 bandwidth)
- 1 x PCI Express x1 slot
- 2 x PCI slots

Form Factor
- ATX
- 30.5 cm x 24.4 cm

Contents:

As we were receiving the C2SEA early on prior to Super Micro shipping this motherboard to retailers, our sample had arrived in a different box. However, the C2SEA that is now available for purchase will have a correctly labeled container that should look similar to this packaging. Included with the Super Micro C2SEA were a contents checklist, Super Micro system advertisement, user's manual, two Serial ATA data cables, I/O panel, driver installation CD, ribbon IDE cable, and a ribbon FDD cable.