EVGA SR-X

[rjk]

http://www.evga.com/articles/00668/

Chipset - Intel C606

SLI - 4-Way

SATA - Native 3/6G

SAS - Native 3G

Memory Support - 12 DIMM Quad-Channel DDR3 1600MHz+ (Up to 96GB)

PCI-E Slots - 7 PCI-E 3.0 16/8x slots

Capacitors - 100% POSCAP

Form Factor - HPTX

Ethernet - Gigabit Intel NIC

3x USB 2.0 Headers

1x USB 3.0 Headers

4x SATA 3G Ports

2x SATA 6G Ports

2x Mini SAS Ports

1x 1394b Firewire Header

4x Rear Panel USB 2.0 Ports

6x Rear Panel USB 3.0 Ports

8x Channel Audio + Optical

Dual Intel Gigabit Ethernet

2x E-SATA Ports

300% More Gold Content

2x6 Phase PWM

Onboard Bluetooth

PCI-E Disable Switches

E-LEET Tuning Utility Support

Triple BIOS Support

EZ Voltage Read Points

Onboard CPU Temp Monitor

Passive Chipset Heatsink

8+6PIN CPU Power

100% POSCAP Capacitors

DIMM Disable Switches

Chipset and Bus Details

The EVGA SR-X uses the Intel® C606 chipset. This chipset has native SATA 6G and SAS.

Only Xeon® E5 Class Socket 2011 CPUs are compatible. It IS NOT compatible with Core i5/Core i7 CPUs. Please visit our CPU Support Page for details.

The EVGA SR-X motherboard supports PCI-E 3.0 performance via a PLX PCI-E 3.0 certified bridge chip. This allows the SR-X to populate all PCI-E 3.0 slots at the maximum bandwidth possible. The PCI-E lane configuration is as follows:

1 Card: x16
2 Cards: x16 - x16
3 Cards: x16 - x16 - x16
4 Cards: x16 - x16 - x8 - x8

 

[Yaayuh!]

Sweet merciful god!
*has a fit*

 

[Andrew Moore]

Nice!! Im guessing none Xeons like the SR-2 for the QPI however we dont have 2011 "official" overclockable chips

 

[8 Pack]

No overclocking Xeons as yet = Boring !!!!!!, All ES was locked anyway.

 

[Biffa]

http://www.evga.com/products/moreIn...therboard Family&series=All Motherboards&sw=5

$648.00 + no overclocking

 

[bledd]

*Dear Santa..



This WILL run Crysis!

 

[Mr. May]

my question is does one cpu have 8 ram slos and the other have 4 ??

 

[FreeStream]

This is the only board that would ever tempt me away from a Mac Pro.

I assume over clocking by the bclk multiplier is the only way here?

Edit: Nope. No BLCK straps and E5 Xeons are locked.

The whole thing seems a little pointless now :/

 

[Yaayuh!]

There must be (i hope) some unlocked 2011 Xeons coming soon, just a matter of time.

 

[FreeStream]

There must be (i hope) some unlocked 2011 Xeons coming soon, just a matter of time.

If you were Intel, why would you bother?

Xeons are for servers and workstations where stability is paramount. The amount of people who would buy SR-X type machines are very, very few in number.

Hence, I don't see it happening.

The best I recon will happen is BCLK multipliers.

Bit of a shame really but hey-ho.

 

[panyan]

Dear Santa..

+1

 

[Yaayuh!]

If you were Intel, why would you bother?

Xeons are for servers and workstations where stability is paramount. The amount of people who would buy SR-X type machines are very, very few in number.

Hence, I don't see it happening.

The best I recon will happen is BCLK multipliers.

Bit of a shame really but hey-ho.

Maybe some Extreme versions are based on Xeon? I don't know. There has been a load of unlocked Xeons in the past, so why not in the future?

Edit:
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Intel-May-Release-Unlocked-Xeon-E5-CPUs-in-2012-236174.shtml

 

[Biffa]

Asus has put theirs up as well: http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/Intel_Socket_2011/Z9PED8_WS/#specifications

 

[adriancal]

no thunderbolt ports on either, thats a shame

 

[FreeStream]

Maybe some Extreme versions are based on Xeon? I don't know. There has been a load of unlocked Xeons in the past, so why not in the future?

Edit:
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Intel-May-Release-Unlocked-Xeon-E5-CPUs-in-2012-236174.shtml

May is a key word

They will eventually, but from a business PoV I don't see it.

 

[panyan]

Asus has put theirs up as well: http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/Intel_Socket_2011/Z9PED8_WS/#specifications

i didnt know other manufacturers apart from EVGA made boards like these (enthusiast server board sort of things )

 

[Duff-Man]

I think I just soiled myself...


I had to laugh at this though:

300% More Gold Content

 

[FloppyPoppy]

i think someone should glue two g1 assassins together!! and market it as a dual cpu gaming board, id buy one

 

[ZXSpectrum]

Asus will also be bringing out their own Dual Socket 2011 board shortly. And unlike EVGA you shouldnt have any issues with getting hold of them..

 

[rjk]

the whole Xeon thing is the only thing concerning me

the overclockable nature of the last gen of westmere xeons was superb

my X5680 did 5GHz with ease in my X58UD7 board. but it does seem a little pointless.

that said, the features of the board do make up for it a little.

without clocking, i cant see it being much faster than an SR-2