LGA 2011

Intel socket for Core i7 Extreme and Xeon E5 v1/v2 series processors — Sandy Bridge-E and Ivy Bridge-E. Chipsets: X79 on consumer motherboards and C602 on server motherboards. Quad-channel DDR3 memory. Multi-core Xeon processors are available on the secondary market at low prices, making this platform interesting for rendering and virtualization tasks.