ASUS Announces Intel Mehlow Platform Workstation Products
Up to 50% performance improvement on multi-threaded workloads and support for three independent displays simultaneously
KEY POINTS
- WS C246 PRO and WS C246M PRO are ATX and Micro-ATX workstation motherboards with M.2, USB 3.1 Gen 2 and dual Gigabit LAN support
- E500 G5 and E500 G5 SFF are tower and small-form-factor workstations with NVIDIA Quadro and AMD Radeon Pro support and ISV certification
- The new Intel Mehlow platform workstation products come with the ASUS Control Center (ACC) IT-management platform for improved productivity
Singapore, July 23, 2018 — ASUS, the leading IT Company in server systems, server motherboards, workstations and workstation motherboards today announced new workstation products built upon the latest Intel® Mehlow platform, including the WS C246 PRO and WS C246M PRO motherboards, and the E500 G5 and E500 G5 SFF workstations. The Intel Mehlow platform offers up to a
50% performance improvement on multi-threaded workloads, enhancing overall system performance compared to the previous platform. The Intel Mehlow platform also includes support for the latest Intel Xeon® E processors (Coffee Lake-S), which are designed to provide small and medium-sized businesses high performance for professional workloads, combined with leading reliability and security. With the new Intel Mehlow platform, Intel Xeon E processors provide better support for features such as 4K UHD video rendering, suitable for content creators.
The WS C246 PRO workstation motherboard features four PCIe® 3.0 x16 slots to support professional graphics cards and add-on cards, such as RAID controller and LAN cards. Featuring dual M.2 slots to unleash maximum next-gen data-transfer speeds, WS C246 PRO supports up to 32Gbps performance and data redundancy. It also supports up to three independent displays and comes with dual Intel LAN ports. Altogether, these features offer users more expandability and flexibility to fit their various needs.
In addition to WS C246 PRO, the Micro-ATX WS C246M PRO workstation motherboard is also available, giving users powerful workstation performance in a smaller form factor. Its rack-optimized design maximizes cooling efficiency for the best performance and stability, ensuring it’s ready to meet the demands of always-on usage scenarios. WS C246M PRO features one M.2 slot, which supports up to 32Gbps data-transfer speeds with native NVMe — up to 5.3X faster than traditional SSDs.
The ASUS E500 G5 and E500 G5 SFF workstations come in two sizes — tower and small-form-factor — and deliver high-end performance for business applications. Both workstations are built upon the Intel Mehlow platform and feature Intel Xeon E2100 series processors to empower users with faster, more efficient performance. E500 G5 and E500 G5 SFF support multiple graphics cards including NVIDIA Quadro and AMD Radeon Pro and have independent software vendor (ISV) certification to ensure the best reliability and compatibility with software from a wide range of companies, such as Adobe, Autodesk, and SolidWorks.
ASUS Control Center
The new Intel Mehlow platform workstation product series come with ASUS Control Center (ACC), a centralized and integrated IT management platform that enables asset and security management, remote BIOS updates, monitoring of multiple systems via mobile devices, and one-click software updates and dispatching, allowing easier management for any IT infrastructure.
| SPECIFICATIONS[1] | ||
| WS C246 PRO | WS C246M PRO | |
| Processor | 1 x Socket LGA1151
Intel Xeon E processor family Intel Core™ i7/i5/i3 processors Intel Pentium™ processors Intel Celeron™ processors |
1 x Socket LGA1151
Intel Xeon E processor family Intel Core™ i7/i5/i3 processors Intel Pentium™ processors Intel Celeron™ processors |
| Chipset | Intel C246 Chipset | Intel C246 Chipset |
| Memory | 4 x DIMM, Max 64GB, DDR4 2666/2400/2133 MHz, ECC/ non-ECC UDIMM | 4 x DIMM, Max 64GB, DDR4 2666/2400/2133 MHz, ECC/ non-ECC UDIMM |
| Expansion Slots | 6 | 3 |
| Form Factor | ATX (12″x9.6″, 305mm x 244mm) | Micro ATX (9.6” x 9.6”, 244mm x 244mm) |
| Storage | 8 x SATA 6Gb/s ports or 7 x SATA 6Gb/s with 1 x M.2
4 x SATA shared with PCIe x16 1 x M.2 Intel RSTe (Windows & Linux) |
8 x SATA 6Gb/s ports or 7 x SATA 6Gb/s with 1 x M.2
Intel RSTe (Windows & Linux)
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| LAN | 1 x Intel I210-AT GbE LAN
1 x Intel I219-LM GbE LAN (Supports teaming function) |
1 x Intel I210-AT GbE LAN
1 x Intel I219-LM GbE LAN (Supports teaming function) |
| USB | 4 x USB 2.0 ports
6 x USB 3.0 ports 2 x USB 3.1 ports |
6 x USB 2.0 ports
4 x USB 3.0 ports 2 x USB 3.1 ports |
| Back I/O | 2 x USB 3.1 ports (1 port at Type A, 1 port at Type C)
4 x USB 3.0 ports 1 x HDMI 1 x DisplayPort 1 x DVI-D 1 x VGA 2 x RJ-45 ports 8-channel Audio I/O ports (5+1 Audio jacks) |
2 x USB 3.1 ports (Type A)
2 x USB 3.0 ports 2 x USB 2.0 ports 1 x HDMI 1 x DisplayPort 1 x VGA 2 x RJ-45 ports 8-channel Audio I/O ports (5+1 Audio jacks) |
| SPECIFICATIONS[1] | ||
| E500 G5 | E500 G5 SFF | |
| Processor | 1 x Socket LGA1151
Intel Xeon E processor family Intel Core™ i7/i5/i3 processors Intel Pentium™ processors Intel Celeron™ processors |
1 x Socket LGA1151
Intel Xeon E processor family Intel Core™ i7/i5/i3 processors Intel Pentium™ processors Intel Celeron™ processors |
| Chipset | Intel C246 Chipset | Intel C246 Chipset |
| Memory | 4 x DIMM, Max 64GB, DDR4 2666/2400/2133 MHz, ECC/ non-ECC UDIMM | 4 x DIMM, Max 64GB, DDR4 2666/2400/2133 MHz, ECC/ non-ECC UDIMM |
| Expansion Slots | 6 | 3 |
| Storage | 3 x Internal 3.5″ HDD Bays
1 x Internal 2.5″ SSD Bays 1 x M.2 (SATA 6Gb/s & PCIe Gen3 x2 link, NGFF 2280/2260/2242) 1 x M.2 ( PCIe Gen3 x4 link, NGFF 22110/2280/2260/2242) |
2 x Internal 3.5″ HDD Bays
(Or switch to max. 2 x 2.5″ SSD by cage) 1 x M.2 (SATA 6Gb/s & PCIe Gen3 x4 link, NGFF 2280/2260/2242) |
| LAN | 1 x Intel I210-AT GbE LAN
1 x Intel I219-LM GbE LAN (Supports teaming function) |
1 x Intel I210-AT GbE LAN
1 x Intel I219-LM GbE LAN (Supports teaming function) |
| Front I/O | 2 x USB 3.0
2 x USB 2.0 1 x Headphone port 1 x Microphone port |
2 x USB 3.0
2 x USB 2.0 1 x Headphone port 1 x Microphone port |
| Back I/O | 2 x USB 3.1 ports (1 port at Type A, 1 port at Type C)
4 x USB 3.0 ports 1 x HDMI 1 x DisplayPort 1 x DVI-D 1 x VGA 2 x RJ-45 ports 1 x 8-channel Audio I/O ports |
2 x USB 3.1 ports
2 x USB 3.0 ports 2 x USB 2.0 ports 1 x HDMI 1 x DisplayPort 1 x VGA 2 x RJ-45 ports 1 x 8-channel Audio I/O ports |
| OS Support | Windows® 10 | Windows 10 |
| Dimension | 423mm x 190mm x 435mm | 410mm x 96mm x 330mm |
| Regulatory
Compliance |
BSMI, CCC, CE, FCC, Energy Star | BSMI, CE, FCC, Energy Star |
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[1] Specifications, content and product availability are all subject to change without notice and may differ from country to country. Actual performance may vary depending on applications, usage, environment and other factors. Full specifications are available at http://www.asus.com
