EVGA CLASSIFIED SR-2 MOTHERBOARD INSTOCK NOW!

NathWraith · 3 Nov 2010 at 12:08

The mammoth SR-2 motherboard is now back instock with limited stock available get yours now!

EVGA Classified SR-2 Intel 5520 (Socket 1366) DDR3 Motherboard (270-WS-W555-ER) @ £489.98 inc VAT

The EVGA Classified SR-2 Motherboard with dual CPU support, 4-way SLI support, SATA III 6GB/s, USB 3.0 and much more; this setup sets new standards for what was once considered a highend platform. Whether you are an extreme gamer, overclocker, power user, workstation user, server admin, folder/cruncher or just a PC enthusiast; this is the ultimate board for you. This board is designed from the ground up not only to break records, but tto be able to complete any task you throw at it faster than you ever though possible.

- Based on Intel 5520/ICH10R chipset
- Supports Dual QPI Socket 1366 Intel Xeon 5600 and 5500 Processors
- Memory: 12 x 240-pin DIMM sockets, Triple Channel DDR3, Maximum of 48GB of DDR3 1333MHz+
- Expansion Slots: 7 x PCIe x16/x8, 1 x UltraDMA133, 8 x Serial ATA 2x600MB/sec / 6x300MB/sec with support for RAID 0, 1, 5, 10, JBOD, 8 Channel High Definition, 2 x 10/100/1000, 2 x USB3.0 ports, 10 x USB2.0 ports, Audio connector (Line-in, Line-out, MIC)
- Form Factor: HPTX Form Factor
- Length: 13.6in - 345.4mm
- Width: 15in - 381mm

Note: This motherboard requires two Intel Xeon X5000 (Socket 1366) series processors to operate. Intel Core i7 series processers are not compatible.

Only £489.98 inc VAT.

ORDER NOW

reilly · 3 Nov 2010 at 19:31

The xeon chips are still pre order/out of stock, they have been for months, is there a supply problem?

chuck990 · 3 Nov 2010 at 19:51

how fast can a fully speced up one of these go?

VFM Addict · 3 Nov 2010 at 20:35

Probably finishes any job even before you've thought of it.........

rixarena · 4 Nov 2010 at 00:38

Has anyone bought one of these? ive got a couple of the Skulltrail machines and didnt know if it was worth upgrading yet but ive been wanting to ever since xeon 5600s came out.

Regards Sa,

Gibbo · 4 Nov 2010 at 08:28

reilly said:
The xeon chips are still pre order/out of stock, they have been for months, is there a supply problem?

There is no supply issue, we buy them to order, takes 24-48hrs to deliver.

Diggsy · 4 Nov 2010 at 09:23

NathWraith said:
Note: This motherboard requires two Intel Xeon X5000 (Socket 1366) series processors to operate. Intel Core i7 series processers are not compatible.

That's over £2k minimum just for the board and CPU's :eek:

NathWraith · 4 Nov 2010 at 09:42

rixarena said:
Has anyone bought one of these? ive got a couple of the Skulltrail machines and didnt know if it was worth upgrading yet but ive been wanting to ever since xeon 5600s came out.

Regards Sa,

Well a normal quad core i7 (930) at 4GHz is quicker than a 771 Skulltrail clock for clock, so just imagine what one of these babies with two 6 core chips at 4.2GHz each!

littlepuppy · 4 Nov 2010 at 10:34

Diggsy said:
That's over £2k minimum just for the board and CPU's

This board aint for the masses....

reilly · 5 Nov 2010 at 21:19

There was a nice thread on here where OCUK build one of these babies for a customer, though on air and not water, but there was some nice pictures.

GoogalyMoogaly · 5 Nov 2010 at 21:25

OK, time for me to score some n00b points...
From what i gather these only support Xeon chips right?
Why can't you put i7s on/in this board?
Why make them Socket 1366 if they're separate? Why not 1365 or 1367?
Can you put 1366 Xeons in a 'normal' 1366 board?

Are EVGA motherboard any good these days?
The last one I had was sh... was shocking.

Azuse05 · 5 Nov 2010 at 21:32

It takes xeons because it is a workstation board. It is however, unlike other such board, built for over-clocking. One would assume if you had the cash you would have the experience to clock 4k of hardware.

for the record ocuk sell these as a 4GHz bundle and have done since they could (when they can) lay their twitchy hands on them

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BU-053-OE&groupid=43&catid=339&subcat=

anemos101 · 6 Nov 2010 at 23:23

What case could that actually fit into especially considering that deal Azuse

RizlaKing · 7 Nov 2010 at 17:55

I remember seeing a video on the tube on how to mod an 800D to take this board so quite scary to think something as huge as a 700\800D has to be modded lol. Sadly i don't have the cash laying around right now to buy this though it surely would be fun to have it and play

darkwildchild79 · 7 Nov 2010 at 18:37

Dear Father Christmas, can i get one of these under my tree, with all the memory banks filled in and the top of the range xeon.......................and in return i promise to leave you a glass or milk and cookies....

(i hope he does not thing, i am asking too much...)

kalvindeane · 9 Nov 2010 at 22:11

10+ in stock :eek:

Do these sell a lot? :eek:

Duke · 9 Nov 2010 at 22:14

Nice, nice.

NathWraith · 10 Nov 2010 at 09:21

GoogalyMoogaly said:
OK, time for me to score some n00b points...
From what i gather these only support Xeon chips right?
Why can't you put i7s on/in this board?
Why make them Socket 1366 if they're separate? Why not 1365 or 1367?
Can you put 1366 Xeons in a 'normal' 1366 board?

Are EVGA motherboard any good these days?
The last one I had was sh... was shocking.

i7 CPUs have a single QPI link which is the link between the CPU and memory. It requires another QPI link (for a total of 2) so it can link to the memory and another CPU.

Xeon CPUs have dual QPI links so they can link to the memory and another CPU.

So using an i7 950 or similar would not work at all, it simply does not have the required hardware for it to operate.

However you can put a Dual QPI Xeon in a standard X58 motherboard, the 2nd QPI link simply disables itself as their is nothing else to link to.

GoogalyMoogaly · 10 Nov 2010 at 13:52

NathWraith said:
i7 CPUs have a single QPI link which is the link between the CPU and memory. It requires another QPI link (for a total of 2) so it can link to the memory and another CPU.

Xeon CPUs have dual QPI links so they can link to the memory and another CPU.

So using an i7 950 or similar would not work at all, it simply does not have the required hardware for it to operate.

However you can put a Dual QPI Xeon in a standard X58 motherboard, the 2nd QPI link simply disables itself as their is nothing else to link to.

Ah, I see.
Thanks.

RizlaKing · 10 Nov 2010 at 16:11

Kalvin i think these are boards that if were honest we would all buy to play with if we had the cash but we don't but i bet OcUK will sell at least ten of them and probably quite easily.