The GA-6PXSV3 is a different version of the GA-6PXSV2 with slightly different connectors and headers, and it is certified with the VMware Ready and the Red Hat Certified Hardware programs.
The 6PXSV Series being the only ATX boards supporting the Intel Xeon E5-1600 V2 & E5-2600 V2 processors, ECC memory and boasting the C604 chipset, they will be the perfect solution for professional users and prosumers wishing to build compact yet highly productive workstations that will boost their workflow.
Deployable through a simple BIOS update, the support of Intel Xeon processors E5-1600 V2 & 2600 V2 product families delivers the benefits of the 22nm tri-gate process technology to the high end server industry. Those benefits include, among others, higher frequencies, higher core counts (up to 12 cores / 24 threads) and larger last-level caches, but especially a much more varied mix of core/frequencies with notably the introduction of a new dual socket workstation segment. This new die shrink also allows for overall energy efficiency increase, with up to 30% average decrease in idle power consumption.
Finally, virtualization applications will benefit from increased performance thanks to the Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller (APIC) technology, and more security features are included in the mix as well, such as the Intel® Platform Protection Technology with OS Guard, and Intel® Data Protection Technology with Secure Key.