I've been thinking about getting a new mobo next year I wanted to explore IPMI, but keeping the same CPU (i5 4590s), and  I also want 1 pcie 16x and 2 pcie 8x for SAS controllers.

I've been looking around newegg and other sites and many of mobo have c200 chipsets with support of Intel® Xeon® E3-1200 v3/v4, 4th gen and Core i3. None of them say i5/i7.

 

Is there any reason for this? how could a mobo support i3, but not i5/i7?

Go to the manufacturer's site and check CPU compatibility. While newegg and such are usually pretty accurate, I look at the source to be sure.

Go to the manufacturer's site and check CPU compatibility. While newegg and such are usually pretty accurate, I look at the source to be sure.

I did, and it clearly states Single socket H3 (LGA 1150) supports Intel® Xeon® E3-1200 v3/v4, 4th gen.Core i3, Pentium, Celeron processors. But my question is how could it support i3, but not i5 or i7?

here is an example of motherboard I was interested in:

http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/Xeon/C220/X10SLH-F.cfm

Go to the manufacturer's site and check CPU compatibility. While newegg and such are usually pretty accurate, I look at the source to be sure.

I did, and it clearly states Single socket H3 (LGA 1150) supports Intel® Xeon® E3-1200 v3/v4, 4th gen.Core i3, Pentium, Celeron processors. But my question is how could it support i3, but not i5 or i7?

here is an example of motherboard I was interested in:

http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/Xeon/C220/X10SLH-F.cfm

 

I would guess it was a typo. As long as the sockets match I can't see why a motherboard would support i3, but not i5/i7. It doesn't make sense.

Go to the manufacturer's site and check CPU compatibility. While newegg and such are usually pretty accurate, I look at the source to be sure.

I did, and it clearly states Single socket H3 (LGA 1150) supports Intel® Xeon® E3-1200 v3/v4, 4th gen.Core i3, Pentium, Celeron processors. But my question is how could it support i3, but not i5 or i7?

here is an example of motherboard I was interested in:

http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/Xeon/C220/X10SLH-F.cfm

 

I would guess it was a typo. As long as the sockets match I can't see why a motherboard would support i3, but not i5/i7. It doesn't make sense.

that's exactly what I thought as well, but then based on further research alot of LGA1150 mobo are using C200s chipset and most of the mobo especially supermicro's mobo do not have i5 and i7 as supported CPU. I even looked at intel's 1150 mobo, and sure enough there's bunch of i3s in the list of compatible CPUs, but no i5 or i7... I didn't want risk purchasing it... Other than the socket, is there anything else preventing non-supported CPUs to be used on this board?

 

 

http://ark.intel.com/products/71384/Intel-Server-Board-S1200V3RPL

Its Intel's spec... I would guess the socket does not have the traces/wiring for those CPUs. Why waste time and effort on something that doesn't work for you

that's exactly what I thought, but then I couldn't find any 1150 motherboard (with 2~3 PCIE8x) with IPMI feature. Anyone have a reco??

I've been thinking about getting a new mobo next year I wanted to explore IPMI, but keeping the same CPU (i5 4590s), and  I also want 1 pcie 16x and 2 pcie 8x for SAS controllers.

I've been looking around newegg and other sites and many of mobo have c200 chipsets with support of Intel® Xeon® E3-1200 v3/v4, 4th gen and Core i3. None of them say i5/i7.

 

Is there any reason for this? how could a mobo support i3, but not i5/i7?

 

If I am not wrong, there are no i5/i7 which supports ECC.

An i5 or i7  will work, but they're not listed as compatible with the C226 as almost all i5/i7 chips lack ECC support.  The Xeon E3 is basically just an i5 or i7 with ECC turned on and a little more cache.

 

For example, my E3-1226v3 is a quad core with no HT, so is effectively an i5-4590. 

 

Take a look at: http://ark.intel.com/compare/80917,80815