EVGA Classified SR-2 HPTX Motherboard Unboxing (Dual XEON w/ Intel 5520 Chipset)

Ok, here is the unboxing of the EVGA SR-2 HPTX Dual XEON LGA1366 Motherboard. Finally got it the other day and have been experimenting with it. I will probably post a CineBench 11.5 Benchmark soon. I am pretty far from having a finalized build, so that overview will have to wait till I get everything exactly right.

Enjoy!!!

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• HPTX
• Intel
• Classified
• Dual
• QPI
• 5520
• Chipset
• LGA
• 1366
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• Overclocking
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[morgorth3242]

does this one works with 2 dekstop i7 cpu's ?

[Trubyd44]

@morgorth3242 Nope, only Xeon CPUs. I know a guy on the EVGA forums that actually bought two i7-980Xs for this mobo and was wondering why it wouldn't post. Someone had to tell him that he wasted $2000 on CPUs that wouldn't work in there. Sheesh, bad research for sure.

[pannupoo]

emm is there even case for this? I didn't find :/

[Trubyd44]

@pannupoo Very few. Mountain Mods has some, and a modified Corsair Obsidian 700D / 800D can be used. It can be bought from performance-pcsdotcom.

[sixequalszero]

@pannupoo Lian-Li PC-V2120

[MrHermes123456789]

best motherboard in the world

[dejaillusion]

Affirmative guys :), the Xilence Interceptor Pro supports this motherboards!

Cheers!

[Marcusismify]

@quadcorecocsukr It runs games

[quadcorecocsukr]

Why cant this type board run gaming and everything else. from impression it looks well my jaw dropped off months ago.

So while xeon is interesting processor why cant it run games, and if so have any people ever done it before minute this guy mentions 16 gig sli it raises question again is it possible since xeons not consumer embedded.

[KEEVVY]

Are this 2 xeons powerfull than a i7-980X 6core or a i7-3960X ?

[jnewbon00]

any one else rolling there eyes as he touches every part of the board in trun, with out any anti static precautions !

[TommyIrianto]

*drool* I think the ideal one to use is the Intel Xeon X5690 with 6/12 Core/Thread and 12MB cache EACH... so you put those two in, it'll be a whopping 12-core processor and 24MB cache.. @.@

Fill all the memory slots with Corsair Dominator GT 4GB DDR3 and u'll get a 48 GB computer RAM.

Fill the two 6 Gbps SATA slots with 256 GB SSD each and u'll get a 512 GB main superspeed storage.

A question tho, if u put 4-way SLI GPU and no X-Fi, then u'll have awesome graphics with shit sound?

[MoreSharp999]

Did anyone else see the sticker fly in front of the camera at 4:00

[DralnuduLouvre]

@eyadkalaji Discussions in forums lead to a no...

[eyadkalaji]

do cooler master haf 932 or haf X can support this one ?