Workstation Motherboards

3 workstation motherboards from Supermicro, Shangzhaoyuan, Machinist and more. Prices run $650 to $949.

Boards whose listing states an LGA2011 family socket. Intel's Xeon platforms, which take many cores and far more memory than a desktop board.

We do not pick by hand: a motherboard is here because its listed specs pass the checks.

SupermicroSpec score 9.1

LGA2011, DDR4, 24 Memory slots, 2 PCIe x16 slots

+10G LAN speed for fast networking

+Twenty-four RAM slots for high memory capacity

+ECC memory support for error-checking RAM

−Only two PCIe x16 slots

$949.95

as of 11/04/2026 00:23 PST - Details

SupermicroSpec score 9.1

LGA2011, DDR4, 24 Memory slots, 2 PCIe x16 slots

+Twenty-four RAM slots for large memory capacity

+10G LAN speed for fast network connections

+ECC memory support for error correction

$650.00

as of 11/04/2026 07:10 PST - Details

SupermicroSpec score 8.9

LGA2011, DDR4, 24 Memory slots, 2 PCIe x16 slots

+Twenty-four RAM slots for high memory capacity

+ECC memory support for error-checking RAM

+Ten SATA ports for many drives

$928.44

as of 11/04/2026 00:23 PST - Details

Compare specs

Socket	Memory type	Spec score	Price
LGA2011	DDR4	9.1	$949.95 as of 11/04/2026 00:23 PST - Details
LGA2011	DDR4	9.1	$650.00 as of 11/04/2026 07:10 PST - Details
LGA2011	DDR4	8.9	$928.44 as of 11/04/2026 00:23 PST - Details

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