Workstation System Essential in Your Professional Studio

The ASUS Workstation System is designed for a powerful PC. It delivers awesome power, dependable performance and unparalleled multiple I/O scalability for the most demanding tasks and future upgrades. Also, it provides extreme power savings with the EPU function. The ASUS Workstation System intelligently reduces operation noise and dissipates heat through advanced and environmentally friendly methods to accommodate user needs. Don´t change yourself for a computer. Instead, let the ASUS Workstation System improve the quality of your work and life.

Designed with Optimized Workstation Architecture

The ESC500 features Intel® Xeon® E3-1200 workstation processors and the workstation-specific Intel® C206 chipset to boost extreme-output HD3000 integrated graphics. It provides ultimate visualization and 3D modeling capabilities, with dedicated support for professional applications like Adobe® Photoshop®, Autodesk® AutoCAD® , Autodesk® Inventor®, UGS® Solid Edge® and more to experience extreme graphics performance.

Ultimate Graphics Performance with NVIDIA® Quadro® GPUs

The ESC500 is specially designed to accommodate optimized professional OpenGL performance. Benchmarking in SPECviewperf® 11 indicates the ESC500 design results in outstanding performance, so users in computer-aided design (CAD), computer-aided engineering (CAE), digital content creation (DCC) and geographic information systems (GIS) can make good use of the ample graphics power the ESC500 supports.

Diverse CPU and Memory Types

The ESC500 supports 2nd generation Intel® CoreTM i3 series desktop processors and Intel® Xeon® E3-1200 series server/workstation CPUs. System builders can also choose between robust server-grade DDR3 ECC unbuffered memory modules and more mainstream and readily available DDR3 non-ECC unbuffered memory. By supporting different processors and memory types, the ESC500 allows for a wide range of workstation builds for every budget and need.

Built in Dual Intel® Server-class Gigabit LAN

For more reliable networking, the ESC500 features built-in dual Intel® server-class Gigabit LAN connections. It uses lower CPU utilization, increasing throughput to achieve outstanding performance as well as better support for diverse operating systems. It also features teaming and fault tolerance functions provide doubled bandwidth/network redundancy compared to standard Gigabit LANs. Intel® 82574L chipsets are certified by VMware for native virtualization support. IPv6 readiness resolves upcoming IPv4 address shortages even before they occur, hassle-free.

True USB 3.0 Support

Experience ultra-fast data transfers up to 4.8Gbps with USB 3.0— the latest connectivity standard. Built to connect easily with next generation components and peripherals, USB 3.0 transfers data up to 10X faster and is also backward compatible with USB 2.0 components.

True SATA 6Gb/s Support

Supporting next-generation Serial ATA (SATA) storage interface, this motherboard delivers up to 6.0Gb/s data transfer rates. Additionally, get enhanced scalability and faster data retrieval, double the bandwidth of current bus systems.

SAS Upgrade Kit for Multiple Storage Solution

The ESC500 supports four SATA3G and two native SATA6G HDDs to meet the data storage demands of professionals. In addition, to make hardware upgrades simpler and more convenient, the optional ASUS upgrade kits SASsaby 1064E (supports LSI® Integrated RAID 0, 1, 1E) and SASsaby M (supports H/W RAID 0, 1, 10, 5) provide direct support for SAS storage and ensure reliable data protection.

Ultra-Quiet Working Environment

With ASUS unique fan control technology, the ESC500 is able to adjust fan speeds intelligently and run Quad-core CPU systems at a very low acoustic level (24.5dBA at idle mode), providing a super quiet working environment for customers, which will facilitate SOHO & SMB users.

Extreme System Energy Efficiency

Tap into the EPU, the world's first real-time PC power saving chip through a simple onboard switch or the AI Suite II utility. Get total system-wide energy optimization by automatically detecting current PC loadings and intelligently moderating power consumption. This also reduces fan noise and extends component longevity!

High Quality Components for Great System Reliability

The ASUS 8-Phase CPU power and 2-Phase memory power design provides support to 95W CPUs, reduces input ripple current and output ripple voltage, which keeps CPUs and power modules from suffering the risk of high power stress. Furthermore, high quality power components effectively lower system temperatures to ensure longer component lifespan.

The ESC500 utilizes all Japan-made 5000hr ultra long life conductive polymer capacitors, which is sustainable up to 57 years.

80+ Bronze PSU for Energy Saving

With current trends leaning towards power efficiency, the ESC500 is equipped with 80+ Bronze PSU to reduce the power loss and power consumption, and save power bills for users.