If god had created a mobo

[Potticus]

http://www.gamingshogun.com/Article/6350/E...otherboard.html

EVGA has announced what is certainly to be remembered as an incredible development in gaming computers. The new Classified SR-2 motherboard features two CPU slots, twelve RAM slots, USB 3.0 ports, and up to 4-way SLI. Also announced was a special, 1200W PSU dedicated to running this new mobo. No release date was mentioned for either product.

Official Specs:
EVGA Classified SR-2 (Super Record 2)
Part Number: 270-WS-W555-A1
CPU Support: Intel Socket 1366 (Xeon 5600/5500)
Chipset: Intel 5520
Memory Support: Dual or Triple Channel DDR3
SLI Support: 2-way, 3-way, 4-way
SATA Header: 8
SATA Type: 2x600MB/sec / 6x300MB/sec
USB Ports: 2x3.0 / 10x2.0
PCIE Slot: 7 x PCIe x16/8
Integrated LAN: 2 x 10/100/1000

The EVGA Classified SR-2 will retail for $599.99

 

[Fluto]

sweet

 

[_Chaz_]

Wow, a steep price, but nice specs.

 

[Range-TE]

damn that price is steeeeeep

 

[Westside]

Wow, a steep price, but nice specs.

Considering when I first got my non deluxe standard X58 motherboard it cost $300, this is actually REALLY cheap. 48GB RAM is possible on this mobo?

 

[Schizoanalysis]

Whenever I see OPs avatar, I feel slightly disturbed.... It freaks me out...

 

[Canonbeat234]

No way, that's a mobo that even WOW players will worship.

 

[Rydian]

Too bad home versions of windows only support one processor.

 

[Gore]

No way, that's a mobo that even WOW players will worship.

WoW being pretty low standards, running well on older less powerful PCs, I don't really get what you're saying

 

[Joe88]

a gaming mobo yet its running cpu's meant for servers...
what?

 

[Cermage]

a gaming mobo yet its running cpu's meant for servers...
what?

more appeal to the gullible.

USE THE SAME CPU'S THAT ARE USED IN WOW SERVERS

 

[Gore]

oh I see it's apparently used for.. okay then

 

[myuusmeow]

The SR-2 is old news, the story was from 4 months ago. A lot of people have dual Xeon rigs with this thing now.

a gaming mobo yet its running cpu's meant for servers...
what?

Consumer Core i7/i5 processors only have one QPI link and so only work in single socket motherboards. Only Xeons have two QPIs.

Anyway, this can do 12 cores/24 threads, 48GB of DDR3, and quad SLI. All those with 4 GTX 480s and a few SSDs = incredible

 

[Perseid]

Actually, this isn't impressive at all.

Xeons for gaming? That's a real waste of processor, and it won't be as awesome for games as it first appears. They're marketed as server CPUs for a reason.

So why would a server motherboard need quad SLI support?

Who are they trying to sell this to?

 

[Alato]

Who are they trying to sell this to?

That's what I was wondering when I first read about it.
I mean, there's the super-geeks who will probably spend a whole lot of money to build some insane powerful PC out of this, and brag about their 48GB of ram which essentially has the tiniest benefit over 8GB in a PC when it comes to games and applications.
Otherwise, what's the point right now?

 

[Rock Raiyu]

The SR-2 is old news, the story was from 4 months ago. A lot of people have dual Xeon rigs with this thing now.

a gaming mobo yet its running cpu's meant for servers...
what?

Consumer Core i7/i5 processors only have one QPI link and so only work in single socket motherboards. Only Xeons have two QPIs.

Anyway, this can do 12 cores/24 threads, 48GB of DDR3, and quad SLI. All those with 4 GTX 480s and a few SSDs = incredible

You wouldn't need to upgrade your PC for quite a while with those specs. That's a monster of a computer.

 

[Thoob]

You should have named this thread: "If Carlsberg did motherboards..."

 

[Overlord Nadrian]

600 MB/s reading speed, I presume? That's fast as hell.

On another note, I never knew USB 3.0 already existed, is it used in anything yet or still in a prototype phase? Either way, just the name can make me tremble with excitement

 

[DCG]

my new pc (which should come tommorow and gets builded tuesday) will also have 2 usb3.0 connectors.
usb3.0 is out quite some time now

 

[Berthenk]

Who are they trying to sell this to?
Easy. People that think that the most expensive computer is the best. Also, bragging rights. Besides that, there are people that want fast render times without
having to buy a renderfarm.

QUOTE(Alato @ Aug 1 2010, 08:39 AM) essentially has the tiniest benefit over 8GB in a PC when it comes to games and applications.

It's really useful for rendering.