EVGA's Classified SR-X Motherboard Hits the Market

[phamhlam]

People here really don't get sarcasm unless I add a "/s". Do you fools really think I would want a IDE/PATA port on that mobo?

 

[Luscious]

[citation][nom]warmon6[/nom]Sad part is, unlike the SR-2, the SR-X is limited by the cpu for overclocking. http://www.evga.com/forums/fb.ashx?m=1485672Quote from their Product Manager.So one of this board strong point from it's predecessor is non existent here because of intel and there no unlocked xeon's in the future from what i can see.[/citation]
Total downer. I think I need to drink a few cans of Cocaine after that news...

 

[Crush3d]

Well played, EVGA.

 

[remotie]

O.O

 

[dragonsqrrl]

[citation][nom]phamhlam[/nom]People here really don't get sarcasm unless I add a "/s". Do you fools really think I would want a IDE/PATA port on that mobo?[/citation]
Are you new here? I've heard people complain about far crazier things then that with complete sincerity. Just visit the comments section of any recent processor related review...

 

[blazorthon]

Unless there are multiplier unlocked Xeons later on, it would be beaten by LGA 2011 systems with an overclocked i7 in gaming, not that it would be any better even with multiplier unlocked Xeons. This is not a gaming platform, plain and simple. Sure, some people can and may try it out for gaming, but unless three are multiplier unlocked Xeons compatible with it, it will be beaten by far cheaper alternatives.

However, it would be great for highly parallel workloads. Problem is that it will be far more expensive than other solutions so unless Intel releases some unlocked Xeons, it's a lot more of a gimmick than the previous EVGA dual Xeon boards like this. Sucks to have it beaten down by Intel being Intel.

Also, is it just me, or does one CPU have eight DIMM slots and the other have only four? That's pretty odd. Why is it that it can't do quad x16 PCIe if both Xeons have 32 or 40 lanes? Just seems like it has some odd quirks. It's still awesome, but it should be more consistent. Sucks that the Xeons aren't very good for overclocking, but I shouldn't blame that on EVGA.

 

[TheWhiteRose000]

I think I just jizzed in my pants.

 

[Maziar]

Looks impressive!!

 

[warmon6]

[citation][nom]blazorthon[/nom]Also, is it just me, or does one CPU have eight DIMM slots and the other have only four? That's pretty odd. [/citation]

I forget when and where i read this, (this was a few month back when the question was asked) but it was for If the Sr-2 users upgrade, they didn't need to invest in more ram to get quad channel memory.

That's how they put it.....

Why is it that it can't do quad x16 PCIe if both Xeons have 32 or 40 lanes?

That would be because they're only useing the PCI-e lanes of 1 xeon. To get the extra lanes needed for the other PCI-e slots, they're using the PXL or PLX (forgot the name at the moment) bridge chip.

 

[ewood]

[citation][nom]phamhlam[/nom]People here really don't get sarcasm unless I add a "/s". Do you fools really think I would want a IDE/PATA port on that mobo?[/citation]
i got it and it made me chuckle. it made me chuckle again when i realized people thought you were serious

 

[ewood]

[citation][nom]ashesofempires04[/nom]Someone is going to use it for gaming, simply because they can. It's not about because it's designed for it.You can make the same argument for having a full-size pickup truck as a daily driver. The purpose of a pickup truck is a work vehicle, but that doesn't stop people from buying them because they look and sound badass, and because they can.If someone wants to dump the cash on it, by all means.[/citation]

i still dont get it. if i didnt need a truck for work i would gladly save the cost of diesel, bumpy ride and being a pain to go through the bank drive through and spend the 45k on an audi or evo or bmw or anything besides a 22 foot long truck. it is nice when people get the fu** out of your wan in traffic though

 

[ughmas]

as someone who has a Xeon gaming PC.... mother of god...

 

[cptnjarhead]

"classified" so mysterious, cause its "classified"
nice specs, lame branding. imo

 

[cptnjarhead]

[citation][nom]ewood[/nom]i still dont get it. if i didnt need a truck for work i would gladly save the cost of diesel, bumpy ride and being a pain to go through the bank drive through and spend the 45k on an audi or evo or bmw or anything besides a 22 foot long truck. it is nice when people get the fu** out of your wan in traffic though[/citation]

listen, i live in northern michigan and people use and needs trucks up here and imop they are a pain sometimes, but a lifesaver at other times. Yet i know several people who drive 3/4 to 1 ton dually's and have nothing to hall, no camper, no boat, no trailer, nadda. It doesnt make sense to me either but sometimes people buy things to compensate for other things.
just go to that face book site - nice truck, sorry about your di@k. its funny as hell, but so true.

 

[jlwtech]

So.. I'm gonna tell a little story about a geeky friend of mine with a fat trust fund.

I have this friend who is a millionaire trust fund baby. He is also the stereotypical slob geek with no hygene.
He would live in his mothers basement if it wasn't for that trust fund.
He is extremely intelligent, and his knowledge far supercedes my own.
He decides one day to build himself a new gamin machine.
He goes for one of these cross-dressing server/gaming dual socket mobo's.
He spends almost 20 thousand dollars on new parts and equipment.
Builds himself a liquid-cooled dual-xeon monster.
The single most powerful gaming computer I have ever 'touched" in my life.
And it gives him nothing but headaches.
he gets kicked out of the guild HE CREATED in WoW because he can't stay online long enough to finish a raid.
He couldn't get most games to run properly on it.
He couldn't use it's monsterous power.
He spent most of his time trying to get it to work, but never did.
It is now in his basement acting as a web and file server and he built himself a X58 to game with.
Which he just recently replaced with a socket 2011 sandy bridge-e rig.
That computer literally RUINED HIS LIFE. He is the biggest WoW gamer I have ever met and when he got kicked from his guild he quit playing WoW...... For 27 days..... Which is an eternity to him.

 

[ughmas]

what did i just read ^

 

[jlwtech]

You just read how a dual-xeon computer ruined a millionaire WoW players life causing him to swear off playing WoW forever.... for 27 days!! LOL

 

[jlwtech]

I just thought I should share that little slice of ridiculousness.

 

[hetneo]

[citation][nom]noobalert[/nom]so do u kinda PSU do u need for this thing?and will it fit in a Extended ATX case like my Thermaltake Level 10 GT?[/citation]
PSU depends more on the GPUs as they are the biggest consumer of electricity, but maybe I have misunderstood your question and will say it needs ATX12V 2.3 compliant PSU, or in other words any newer PSU that will feed GPUs with needed wattage plus 270W (E5-2690 needs 135W each, other need less) for CPUs and 100-150W for HDD, DVD and other peripherals. Depending on number of GPUs it might be smarter to go with 2 PSUs and not just one.

Level 10 doesn't support HPTX motherboards, extended ATX is much smaller than HPTX.

 

[hetneo]

[citation][nom]jlwtech[/nom]So.. I'm gonna tell a little story about a geeky friend of mine with a fat trust fund...[/citation]
Building gaming rigs around these type of motherboards is like building F1 racing car, complicated and requires high level of expertise. Playing WoW 25/8 doesn't give you that level of expertise, either millions of dollars. And your friend is not "extremely intelligent" but I would rather think that your standards are low.

 

[hetneo]

USB 2.0 and SATA 3Gb/s are kind of downers, especially when of all 6Gb/s ports half are eSATA. Both USB 3.0 and SATA 6 Gb/s are backward compatible, so it's kind of wasteful to keep older standard dedicated ports.

 

[Guest]

They Should Of Made It So It Could Take Duel i7's Both OC'ed To The Max

 

[warmon6]

[citation][nom]GrimShadows[/nom]They Should Of Made It So It Could Take Duel i7's Both OC'ed To The Max[/citation]

cant. limitation of the cpu's only having 1 QPI instead of 2 or more to get multiple cpus working together.

there nothing that any MB maker can do about it on these newer cpus.

 

[K2N hater]

[citation][nom]hetneo[/nom]USB 2.0 and SATA 3Gb/s are kind of downers, especially when of all 6Gb/s ports half are eSATA. Both USB 3.0 and SATA 6 Gb/s are backward compatible, so it's kind of wasteful to keep older standard dedicated ports.[/citation]
The older USB are good for mice and keyboards as most are USB 1.1 hence not compatible with USB 3.0 ports (USB 3.0 are backwards compatible with 2.0 but not 1.1).
SATA 3Gbps ports are sub par for that sort of motherboard. Considering the price tag alone and the myriad of 2P workstation boards out there it desearved an LSI controller.
Let's also argue Marvell NIC are just plain junk. Intel Ethernet adapters are far more reliable and tolerate oveclocking rather well. And... The secondary adapter should have been 450Mbps wireless.

 

[K2N hater]

Nice to see EVGA replaced the Marvell NIC to Intel. The older SR-2 would kill the Marvell NIC when some serious overclock is applied. However their storage choice is horrible. While having 1 or 2 SATA 3Gbps ports is just fine for any optical drive the typical customer of such highly priced board expects nothing but cutting-edge components. A single LSI SAS controller would have improved performance, reliability and the layout of the board as there would be fewer connectors.