Component

Test  System 1

Test  System 3

Mainboard

Supermicro X8SAX

Supermicro X8DA3

CPU

1 X  Intel® Core™ i7-980X Processor Extreme Edition 12MB Shared Cache, 6.4GB/s QPI

2 X 3.33GHz Intel® Xeon® X5680 Nehalem EP®, 12MB Shared Cache, 6.4GB/s QPI

HSF Coolers

Intel's Socket 1366 Stock Cooler

2 X Noctua NH-U9DX 1366

Memory

3 X 2GB Crucial DDR3 (6GB Total) 1333MHz
Unbuffered Non ECC DIMMS  Memory Modules

6 X 2GB Crucial DDR3 (12GB Total) 1333MHz
Unbuffered ECC DIMMS  Memory Modules

Hard Drive

1 X 256GB Western Digital SiliconEdge™ Blue™ SSD

1 X 256GB Western Digital SiliconEdge™ Blue™ SSD

PCI Ex Video Card

NVIDIA Quadro® FX4800

NVIDIA Quadro® FX4800