EVGA'S SR-X MOTHERBOARD IN PRODUCTION !

[A_Love]

Building a new system, Evga's new mobo is out; here's the link:http://www.evga.com/forums/tm.aspx?m=1485669

[Jeff Kilgroe]

Unfortunately, it looks like a piece of crap. :-(

All PCIe slots are single-spaced and the slot assignment options are terrible. Actually kinda weird -- they're not using all available lanes between the two CPUs, so I'm not sure why the restrictions?

Memory access reverts to dual-channel from quad-channel if you populate all DIMM sockets due to the 12-socket design.

This board gets a big "MEH...."

The ASUS board doesn't have as many slots and only has 8 DIMM sockets, but I would say it's a better configured board -- and getting pretty good reviews. Other than that, SuperMicro seems to have the best options at the moment. Both the ASUS and EVGA boards have minimal overclocking options, whereas the SuperMicro does not. However, trying to overclock these new Xeons is mostly pointless anyway. They're multiplier locked and voltage aware. The W series chips suck 150W each and at 2.6GHz and above pretty much need to be water-cooled. If you want to overclock a Xeon, wait for Ivy Bridge here in a few months. Engineering samples are out there now and so far they're unlocked.

[Jason Enzer]

also nobody seems to make a point these sr-x boards are humongous! there are currently only a few cases made that can accomodate it. a 1000.00 supermicro being one of them... they are a form factor hptx which is evga created. not many manufacturers have picked up on htpx format yet.

[A_Love]

Check out this case that will support both EVGA's SR-2 & OR THE SR-X Motherboards:
http://www.rosewill.com/products/182...l_Overview.htm

[DJ Meyer]

Just built a machine based on the Asus and used the Case Labs MH10. Love it.

[Sven Seynaeve]

just don't get it why all these manufacturers that are aware of what we might need, don't come up with a MB that has as many slots as this evga, put with enough place to mount all cards in it without needing an expansion chassis. Not one of them seems to have this set in 2012??????? i don't care having a bigger or larger tower, just give us the option...

[A_Love]

Glad to see the cube style cases still around! CaseLabs has some nice cases. Most important having a case which keeps your system cool,be it air or water cooled.
One that supports all your drives or ssd's. ( 8 sas ) (1-ssd ) (4-sata) and 2 DVD drives.

[DJ Meyer]

Glad to see the cube style cases still around! CaseLabs has some nice cases. Most important having a case which keeps your system cool,be it air or water cooled.
One that supports all your drives or ssd's. ( 8 sas ) (1-ssd ) (4-sata) and 2 DVD drives.

I've worked with a lot of cases and the MH10 was by far my favorite just from a build quality and flexibility standpoint.

[Christopher*Seguine]

MB that has as many slots as this evga, put with enough place to mount all cards in it without needing an expansion chassis.

Its designed for folding/gamers, 4x sli gfx cards - not for loading up all the slots. Its easy to get around the limitation, just use flex pcie ribbon cables. I have all 7 slots used in a SR2 no problem - 3x nvidia, areca raid, 10gbe, rocket, BM - a bit tricky on older boards like the SR2 due to option rom space, but on uefi boards no problems.

[Jeff Kilgroe]

Its designed for folding/gamers, 4x sli gfx cards - not for loading up all the slots. Its easy to get around the limitation, just use flex pcie ribbon cables. I have all 7 slots used in a SR2 no problem - 3x nvidia, areca raid, 10gbe, rocket, BM - a bit tricky on older boards like the SR2 due to option rom space, but on uefi boards no problems.

And they did a crap job of designing it for quad-SLI. If you enable 4 slots for SLI, the best the board can muster is running each slot at X8 synched or 2 @X16 and 2 @ X8. FAIL. More lanes are there, maybe they should have used them?

SR-2 motherboard was awesome, arguably the best board out there for the i5520 platform. The SR-X is an enigmatic WTF???