Dual socket 1366 capable of 4 way SLI or 4 way CrossFireX.

http://www.evga.com/articles/00537/

There are some reviews already being posted around.

xtremesystems.org has a really good thread for this build, with one poster benching dual X5680 Westmere, 4.2Ghz on air 60C max temps.

From EVGA via xtremesystems.org

Power Consumption Tests:

2.8GHz x 2 @ 1.20v w 24 threads Full Load + 12GB Rams + 1x GTX285 Classified Full Load = 535w from AC socket

2.8GHz x 2 @ 1.20v w 24 threads Full Load + 12GB Rams + 4x GTX285 Classified Full Load = 991w from AC socket

4.0GHz x 2 @ 1.30v w 24 threads Full Load + 12GB Rams + 1x GTX285 Classified Full Load = 766w from AC socket
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4.0GHz x 2 @ 1.30v w 24 threads Full Load + 12GB Rams + 4x GTX285 Classified Full Load = 1,243w from AC socket

4.2GHz x 2 @ 1.40v w 24 threads Full Load + 12GB Rams + 1x GTX285 Classified Full Load = 913w from AC socket

4.2GHz x 2 @ 1.40v w 24 threads Full Load + 12GB Rams + 4x GTX285 Classified Full Load = 1,390w from AC socket

They didn't include the power consumption for the latest Nvidia or ATI product offerings.


If the top of the line WS is what you want, this board looks like a good place to start along with a the big Corsair case. The poster says his WCC workloads are equivalent to 8xQ6600.

We are now getting somewhere when it comes to computational power available to the consumer.

Only problem is that this won't fit in an 800D.

"Unfortunately our case will only support up to an EATX form factor motherboard, and we have not attempted any modification to fit the HPTX form factor of the SR-2 board. I would suggest that you get a list of compatible cases directly from EVGA."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATX#Variants
HPTX and XL-ATX are pretty much made-up form factors...of course nothing it made for it. I'd need another 2" of height and width, and then none of the grommets would even work. They would have to make an 800D that's 4 inches higher and deeper.

Colour me impressed that they even bothered to make something like that!

Say money was no object...
700$ for the mobo, 2800$ plus for the 4 GTX 480's, 5000$ for a couple Xeon 5600's, 2500$ to kit out the 48GB memory, 2KW PSU (Ultra 2000W, which was never made?). Tack on another 4 grand for uber SSD's and you got a winner. So about 16 grand. The only cases this will fit in are mountain mods, however much they are.

http://www.overclock.net/graphics-cards-general/703474-cyberpowerpc-crazy-project-quad-sli-gtx.html


Skiman, the world is your oyster, go gettem tiger!

I once owned two overclockable dual socket boards, the ABIT BP6 and VP6.

For this possible build,

Mobo from EVGA direct is $599.00
Xeon X5650 @ $1127 CDN each

I have everything else that is needed except for an additional 1366 waterblock to make it run just fine, for a total pre tax of $2853.00. I'd eventually get another 12GB of ram to make it complete.

Consider the performace this 12C/24T can offer

You'd still need a case heh. Not putting quad-sli on it would be a waste, one might as well just buy an regular EATX workstation mobo. It's a shame Intel keeps on making new chipsets every year, this beast just doesn't have the longevity that it should (4+ years).

It is the ability to overclock these dual 1366s that is the selling feature, not the quad sli/Xfire.

I am unaware of any other dual dual 1366 WS or server boards that can overclock by so much as a single MHz, every manual I've seen has this ability disabled, and never mind supporting a hexa-core cpu.

Do you know of any dual 1366 solutions that are overclockers or for that matter even have sli/XFire ability?

Wow.

One would only spend that amount of money on such a machine for running benchmarks.

This goes well beyond the realm of day to day gaming or internet browsing.

The raw power of such a machine is jaw dropping nonetheless, not to mention the cost of a PSU to actually run this OC'd and the cost of a suitable case to house such a monster.

Definitely something to drool over lol

Then why tout QUAD-SLI and X-FIRE on their webpage? If you really need the processor power, go rent some from the cloud.

I hear Amazon is selling it pretty cheap these days.

You're kidding right?



Obviously to increase market potential, but as you know, just because it is capable of quad sli/XFire does not mean this is the only purpose for all of those PCIe slots.

The following link is to EVGA’s product page for the board. I see Dual QPI Socket 1366, nothing about quad sli/XFire

http://www.evga.com/products/prodlist.asp?switch=5

This link is for the product’s box, again Dual QPI Socket 1366 and nothing about quad sli/XFire

http://www.evga.com/PRODUCTS/IMAGES/GAL ... 1_XL_8.jpg

If quad sli/XFire was ‘the’ main selling feature, then one would reasonably think it would be advertised on the box face such as the product page found at the following:

http://www.evga.com/PRODUCTS/IMAGES/GAL ... 1_XL_8.jpg
(both images are full size, thus url rather than img)

The selling point of this board is the sought after ability to finally overclock dual 1366s. I am unaware of any other dual 1366 board on the market that can be overclocked, thus this oc'ing ability makes the board unique at this time.

Kidding - kind of.

Dual cpu boards are normally for server use as some businesses need the horsepower to run many instances of VM ware, multiple resource hungry apps, etc. You won't find too many server admins overclocking hardware in a work setting.

So where does a dual board capable of overclocking a 1366 socket and support quad SLI/Xfire sit?

The reason I made such a statement was because a general home user would have no such need for this raw power unless wanting to set a bench record. The capabilities of this setup is every bit mind numbing. I can think of nothing that all this power would not shatter several instances of. Throw in some SSD's and tasks would get completed before you even bothered to click anything lol

The power of two i7 920's ( for ie) slapped in this setup. I doubt there would be much that could stress the computing power it would have. But hey - if ya got the $$ for it - giver.

IDK, I think this would benefit me personally alot, considering my workstation is currently a test box for 5 virtual servers, as well as CAD development and other resource intensive design and development.

I would love to add this to my office!

And I'm sure your office would love to pay for it!



You started this whole thread with that sentence, that's why we're discussing SLI and X-Fire. The only interesting thing I've seen on the interwibble to do with boards like this is for Quad SLI.


This would make an awesome rendering farm box with 4 Tesla cards (fermi tesla boards are a long ways away). With a high-end (H2O) cooling solution and inside a very cold A/C closet, one could probably put 7 tesla cards on an SR-2. I have no idea what the cost/performance ratio of that would be compared to some sort of beowulf cluster or blade setup.


Intel wants money, and Xeon$ is where the monies at.

TELL US WHAT YOU WANT TO DO WITH THIS BOARD SKIMAN, AND WE WILL AGREE WITH YOU.

lol...an anti intel thing again, I thought so... yawn.

AMD wants money. it's a business.