EVGA preview high-end, overclockable Dual-LGA1366 Motherboard

[rjk]

EVGA is keeping up its streak of releasing high-end motherboards for processors based on the new Intel Nehalem architecture, with a new dual-socket monstrosity. Slated for CES 2010, not much about this high-end workstation motherboard has been revealed beyond the picture below. From the looks of it, probably EVGA is making a high-end, overclocker-friendly dual LGA-1366 motherboard based on the Intel 5500 "Tylersburg" chipset with the usual ICH10R southbridge. Existing LGA-1366 processors that support dual-socket operation which includes Xeon 5500 series may work on it. Probably, a future high-end Intel Core family CPU is released that is capable of dual-socket setups, too. The picture reveals two LGA-1366 sockets, each powered by an 8-phase digital PWM circuit. Each socket is wired to six DDR3 DIMM slots supporting triple-channel memory for that socket. More this CES.

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[rjk]

im guessing:
£450 for the board
£1800 minimum for the CPUs
£650 for the memory

and £300+ for a psu that will run the damn thing

 

[rjk]

im guessing:
£450 for the board
£1800 minimum for the CPUs
£650 for the memory

and £300+ for a psu that will run the damn thing

It's that old rule from the 1990's - the PC you want always costs £3000.

not quite with you

my estimates are gained from the following

the board is EVGA and the 4way classified cost 400, so it will be 450 Minimum

the cpus will most likely be server grade i7 5 series Xeons or maybe a pair of gulfys, which at a minimum of £800 per chip will bring it to what i stated

then you would obviously put 24gb of dominator GT in there to make it worth bothering with [an underestimation on my behalf] as 24gb of 2000mhz GT will cost a tidy sum of £1200

then you are going to need at least a 1200w pc power and cooling to run it

add in a high end gpu array and 4 SSDs in RAID0

so that is around £6000 for the internals

grab a premium case to fit it in, £200+
add a budget of £700 to watercool the whole thing

there is the pc that you want for £3000
and there is the pc that I want

 

[rjk]

Corrected.

i am not a sales man, i am a hardware enthusiast

the fact that i am employed by OcUK has nothing to do with my love of fast computers [and the inevitably large price tag attatched to the fast computer]

 

[rjk]

I apologise unconditionally if I caused any offence to you as a person or as an enthusiast. You are an excellent ambassador for OcUK and their forums and there was nothing personally malicious intended in the comment.

sorry matey, a smiley should have been put on the end to make it sound more jovial

i was only having a bit of banter, no offence intended or taken

 

[rjk]

added new pic to the OP

WOW

thats all im saying

just... WOW

 

[rjk]

its not i9

its still called i7 but is tagged as the 980x

it would fit in my tj07 width ways, but probaly not height wise

it looks to be as tall as the classified X4 SLI
probably best to put it in a bit lian li armoursuit or something that would have the extra pci brackets

 

[rjk]

i knew you would be interested bobbydigital

 

[rjk]

http://www.semiaccurate.com/2010/01/09/evgas-dual-1366-board-explored/

looks like its wired for bloomfield chips?

pair of 920/930 chips?

hmmm.....

 

[rjk]

it doesnt work that way bulldog

 

[rjk]

oh hai

EVGA Names and Details its Dual-LGA1366 Enthusiast Motherboard
EVGA today named its dual-LGA1366 enthusiast-grade motherboard, so far known by the codename W555. After a short contest on the company's forums, the company came up with "EVGA Classified SR-2" for its name. SR stands for "super record" and 2 denoting the dual-socket design. The Classified SR-2 is a an entusiast-grade (read: overclocker friendly) implementation of the Tylersburg platform, supporting Intel socket LGA1366 processors with two QPI links (2P Xeon, etc.) As an addition, the board allows you to do something that's difficult on typical 2P server motherboards: it allows you to mix different models of Xeon processors, provided they're based on the same architecture, and series. For example, you can mix a Xeon 5520 with Xeon 5540. You can also mix a quad-core processor with a six-core processor, provided the quad-core part is based on the Westmere architecture (32 nm), not Nehalem (45 nm).

The board will also let you run a single 2P-capable processor in either sockets. DDR3 memory modules can be non-ECC or even ECC. 2P Xeon DRAM Multipliers / Uncore Multipliers are locked so you will only be able to use maximum 2:8 or 2:10 depending on segment of CPU. EVGA tells that the board supports 4-way SLI on its GTX 285 Classified VGA, but adds that a "future flagship GPU" also supports it. Could this be GeForce GTX 400 series having it as a standard feature? We have to wait and see. 4-way CrossFireX is supported.

EVGA carried out power consumption tests where test beds' power consumptions (at wall socket) were measured with different CPU and VGA combinations. They are as follows:

* 2.8GHz x 2 @ 1.20v w 24 threads Full Load + 12GB Rams + 1x GTX285 Classified Full Load = 535w from AC socket
* 2.8GHz x 2 @ 1.20v w 24 threads Full Load + 12GB Rams + 4x GTX285 Classified Full Load = 991w from AC socket
* 4.0GHz x 2 @ 1.30v w 24 threads Full Load + 12GB Rams + 1x GTX285 Classified Full Load = 766w from AC socket.
* 4.0GHz x 2 @ 1.30v w 24 threads Full Load + 12GB Rams + 4x GTX285 Classified Full Load = 1,243w from AC socket
* 4.2GHz x 2 @ 1.40v w 24 threads Full Load + 12GB Rams + 1x GTX285 Classified Full Load = 913w from AC socket
* 4.2GHz x 2 @ 1.40v w 24 threads Full Load + 12GB Rams + 4x GTX285 Classified Full Load = 1,390w from AC socket

this is my new favourite thing

 

[rjk]

what processors are you running in it?

 

[rjk]

Hi will be running 2 x5670 xeons....hopefully.Seem to be in short supply in us, always going out of stock..

cool, i am looking at an X5650 at the moment, loving the low TDP of the xeons

Might be a chance they will work, will have to see, how hard are xeon i7 to come by.

xeons are hard to get hold of and obviously command enterprise pricing

the chipset on the SR-2 wont support chips with single QPI links

so none of the i7 range basically

in other news...

Full board block for EVGA Classified SR-2 motherboard - 11/06/2010

We are developing new water block for EVGA Classified SR-2 motherboard.

ETA 3-4 weeks.

 

[rjk]

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-024-EA&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1695

 

[rjk]

when you bought board and other stuff for it you dont have to much money left on cpu ;f probably with 5680 i could get 5ghz ....

i highly doubt that

the SR2 clocks NOTHING like an X58 board

5ghz stable isnt going to happen