Introduction

Continuing in our roundup of Intel E7505 motherboards, we take a look at the Iwill DP533 motherboard. This board has been around for some time now and is seen as a favorite among the XEON community alongside the Supermicro boards. Iwill has traditionally been friendly to those who like to modify BIOS settings and push their components to the limit whereas Supermicro takes a more conservative approach to system configurations. I was interested to see how Iwill would perform in the server market given the fact that their name isn’t as popular in this particular market as Supermicro or Tyan. I’ll be upfront in this article and say that I was initially skeptical on an Iwill manufactured server board. My past experiences with Iwill have not always been stellar so I was hoping that the DP533 would change that assessment. However there are many of you out there who have had a great deal of success with Iwill products and in particular with the DP533. Given that, I was more than willing to see if the DP533 would be a solid board for a dual XEON setup. Let’s take a look at this huge board and see if Iwill can deliver.

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