Supermicro MBD-X12SCZ-TLN4F-O server motherboard LGA 1200 DDR4 2933 10Gbps LAN

Micro ATX server board with 10 GbE

The Supermicro MBD-X12SCZ-TLN4F-O is a Micro ATX server motherboard built around the Intel W480E chipset and LGA 1200 socket. It supports 10th Generation Intel Core and Xeon W-1200 processors up to 125 W TDP. Four 288-pin DDR4 slots accept up to 128 GB of unbuffered ECC or non-ECC memory at 2933 MHz. Dual 10 Gbps and dual 1 Gbps LAN ports provide high-throughput networking for storage or virtualisation hosts.

Suits compact ECC builds.

This board fits builders who need ECC memory and 10 GbE in a Micro ATX form factor for file servers, hypervisors or workstations. The single PCIe 3.0 x16 slot plus two x4 slots limit multi-GPU or multi-NIC expansion. Buyers who need more than three PCIe devices or a larger ATX layout should look at a different platform.

One PCIe 3.0 x16 slot plus two x4 slots

The expansion layout centres on one full-length PCIe 3.0 x16 slot, one x4 slot wired through an x8 connector and a second x4 slot. This fixed lane allocation decides whether your add-in cards will fit and run at required bandwidth. Verify your GPU, HBA or NIC count against these three slots before purchasing.