EVGA Classified SR-X

Re:EVGA Classified SR-X (HDTV1080P)

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 22:49:35 GMT

A email I received from EVGA Technical Support

Answer:

“Hello, I apologize for the inconvenience but they are being discontinued. There is no indication at this time of a new C608 coming out. If you have any further questions or concerns please feel free to let us know. Regards, EVGA Technical Support”
Question:

“Ok thank you. So there is no planned replacement for the EVGA Classified SR-X at this time?”
Answer:

“Hello, That's correct. At this time there is no plan to replace it. Regards, EVGA Technical Support”

Re:EVGA Classified SR-X (HDTV1080P)

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 19:15:37 GMT

According to several different websites this EVGA Classified SR-X has been discontinued (see New Eggs website and others). I was interested in purchasing one, however all or almost every dealer is now out of stock.

Does anyone know if EVGA has a new model coming out that uses the new C608 chipset?

Re:EVGA Classified SR-X (lehpron)

Sat, 06 Apr 2013 10:55:51 GMT

NeedHelpBldgRig

MOTHERBOARD: EVGA SR-X CLASSIFIED
CPU: 2 INTEL E5 2690'S
GPU: 2 NVIDIA TELSA K20'S
HDD/SSD: 3 KINGSTON HYPER X OR 3 MUSHKIN 960GB
RAM: 96GB PATRIOT VIPER 3
PSU: 1475 THERMALTAKE TOUGHPOWER XT GOLD (I was thinking of running 2 simultaneously)
WINDOWS 7 64BIT ULTIMATE

I still need a cooling system, cabinet, fans, and whatever else anyone might suggest to make it all work.
I was thinking of running 4 Nvidia Tesla's but was worried about them getting to hot.

FWIW, you might as well start another thread of your own instead of piling in another thread that is way too long and not always about the topic anymore.

That said, you don't need two power supplies, grab a single good quality 1200W unit for at most 3 Teslas and two Xeons and some buffer. Each of your processors will not use more than 180W each and each K20 is rated at 225W; both CPU and GPU draw from 12v, your current configuration is just 68 Amps for the majority of your system.

Re:EVGA Classified SR-X (NeedHelpBldgRig)

Sat, 06 Apr 2013 09:26:34 GMT

MOTHERBOARD: EVGA SR-X CLASSIFIED
CPU: 2 INTEL E5 2690'S
GPU: 2 NVIDIA TELSA K20'S
HDD/SSD: 3 KINGSTON HYPER X OR 3 MUSHKIN 960GB
RAM: 96GB PATRIOT VIPER 3
PSU: 1475 THERMALTAKE TOUGHPOWER XT GOLD (I was thinking of running 2 simultaneously)
WINDOWS 7 64BIT ULTIMATE

I still need a cooling system, cabinet, fans, and whatever else anyone might suggest to make it all work.
I was thinking of running 4 Nvidia Tesla's but was worried about them getting to hot.

Re:EVGA Classified SR-X (Dark_Weazel)

Thu, 22 Nov 2012 23:07:36 GMT

using virtual box may get it to work
for using all ur cores on a game

Re:EVGA Classified SR-X (autoaccents)

Mon, 19 Nov 2012 15:38:10 GMT

just keep processors really cool and intel turbo boost will do the rest, if you want more control, though non xeon at the moment is the only way to go that I know of for the sr-x c606 at the moment

Re:EVGA Classified SR-X (lehpron)

Mon, 19 Nov 2012 15:05:18 GMT

jyi12tone

Is the board locked at 1600? if so why are there other
speed options?

Motherboard support cannot override what Intel makes available in each processor, since the memory controller is built-into the CPU die. The -EP Xeons are not unlocked, the multipliers for both CPU and RAM can be lowered but not increased; in SR-2 allowing higher RAM speeds came from raising the base clock-- can't do that with SR-X, Intel made the base clock BSOD around 105MHz, in part why the consumer models got K/X unlocked multiplier models.

Pick your processor from this list from Intel's website. Scroll down to "memory type" which indicates all supported types, and DDR3-1600 is simply the maximum. Can't change the RAM multiplier or raise the base clock much, so there is no point in getting faster than DDR3-1600.

Re:EVGA Classified SR-X (jyi12tone)

Mon, 19 Nov 2012 14:10:15 GMT

I was wondering why in the bios in the memory control
page, under the manual menu there are speeds for over
1600: 1867, 2133 and 2400. I've managed to achieve
all those settings with various voltage adjustments,
yet under the memory config page the current speed
display never goes over 1600? I'm using GSkill 2400 ddr3 btw...

This is confirmed by cpu-z as well.

Also neither of the XMP profies are able to load regardless of what I try.

Is the board locked at 1600? if so why are there other
speed options?

Is there a future bios upgrade to address this?

I'm using bios 16.

Thanks

Re:EVGA Classified SR-X (Quest99)

Wed, 08 Aug 2012 11:44:11 GMT

Ah thank you for the quick reply! :) Do you have a build log anywhere of your rig? I would like to drool some more! :D

Re:EVGA Classified SR-X (CyberstormXIII)

Wed, 08 Aug 2012 10:22:40 GMT

Quest99

Hi Cyberstorm!

Just curious what your PPD score is? I wanted to build a similar build.

Cheers!

Hello.

As the FAH core for the 680 / 690 is still not out yet, and you have to do the tweaks to run with the current core, it is still quite low for that.

For the :
2x E5-2687W = 80k - 100k PPD
2x 690 (4x GK104) = 4 x 15k-25k = 60k - 100k

So, a total of 140k - 200k PPD is what you can achieve with an unoptimized GK104 core - this will rise (hopefully) with an optimized core.
Remember though, that any PPD is approximate, and always depends on which type of work unit you get, so the scores listed CAN be lower or higher than what I have written - but unscientifically, (based on personal observations) they should be around the ballpark listed.

Best regards : CyberstormXIII

Re:EVGA Classified SR-X (Quest99)

Wed, 08 Aug 2012 09:42:38 GMT

Hi Cyberstorm!

Just curious what your PPD score is? I wanted to build a similar build.

Cheers!

Re:EVGA Classified SR-X (Tutor)

Thu, 05 Jul 2012 21:50:42 GMT

Is there a settings selection in bios that allows a pci-e override? Thanks.

Re:EVGA Classified SR-X (Tutor)

Thu, 05 Jul 2012 16:43:04 GMT

CyberstormXIII, Jason or anyone else who owns the SR-X,

Is there a settings selection in bios that allows the selection of QPI levels of 6.4, 7.2, 8.0 and auto? Thanks.

Re:EVGA Classified SR-X (larrydaddy)

Mon, 18 Jun 2012 03:51:32 GMT

thank you i think i have to keep looking the best choice for my renderfarm

Re:EVGA Classified SR-X (CyberstormXIII)

Mon, 18 Jun 2012 00:05:26 GMT

larrydaddy

can i use this board with the i7 3960x ? thanks

The i7 3960x is not listed as working with it, but theoretically it should, as the 3960x and E5-2600 series should be identical, except the E5-2600's have 2 QPI's and up to 8 cores, where the 3960x have 1 QPI and 6 cores. But remember, only 1 CPU can be used then. For dual CPU, you would need the E5-2600 series, and besides, running a SR-X with a 3960x wouldn't be the best option, if you bought that rather expensive processor (of course cheaper than the E5-2670-E5-2690 range). If you already have an 3960x I would recommend that you buy either a EVGA X79 Classified, ASUS Rampage IV Extreme, MSI Big Bang II, or the newest Asrock Extreme 11 (don't think this one is out yet); you would get much more overclocking potential from those.

With Theoretical, it all depends if there really is microcode in the BIOS to handle the 3960x - I know that the ASUS Z9PE-D8 WS can handle and use it (but again, a single 1-QPI processor on a Dual-socket motherboard is not the best idea - neither the EVGA SR-X nor the ASUS Z9PE-D8 WS are as strong in the overclocking department as the other X79 boards I mentioned before.

Best regards : CyberstormXIII

Re:EVGA Classified SR-X (larrydaddy)

Sun, 17 Jun 2012 18:14:29 GMT

can i use this board with the i7 3960x ? thanks

Re:EVGA Classified SR-X (CyberstormXIII)

Sun, 17 Jun 2012 16:04:05 GMT

Hello again.

Sounds good;-)

What I was trying to ask is - when you remove the stock cooler and replace it with a waterblock, and thus making it single slot - all that is good, BUT - the connectors usually stick up into the "2nd slot"-area, keeping the card taking two slots (at least, that's what it looks like on a 680/690 - and guessing from the pictures, I thought the 7970 was similar in this respect).

Anyways - I was wondering, if the above I described, how you're going to circumvent that, so that it TRUELY only takes one slot - are you going to desolder the connectors being raised to the 2nd slot from each card, or is it not a problem on the 7970's to begin with - or if it is - how do you manage it ?

Checked the first link you gave just now -- and seems that the 7970 isnt prone to the same problem that the 680's/690's are going to have if one should want to have them single slot.

Thank you in advance.

Best regards : CyberstormXIII

Re:EVGA Classified SR-X (CodePhoenix)

Sun, 17 Jun 2012 15:49:47 GMT

CyberstormXIII
DAMN boy ... Holy BIIIIIP ... now we need to see someone with 7x Devil 13 7970x2 (or 7990) or likewise 7x 690 - to beat your upcoming system - (all of them watercooled of course) although for folding capacity, it looks like the openCL compute on the 7970 is best (until GK110)

Some of the bitcoin miner guys do that using external racks and PCI-E extenders. Unfortunately however more than eight GPUs in a single system image basically does not work in Windows, and even in Linux it's a configuration nightmare and performance drops off sharply due to driver limitations. The second GPU on the Radeon 5970 and 6990 are in fact paperweights for GPGPU apps due to being locked into crossfire mode (disabling OpenCL) and I'm not convinced AMD will fix that for the 7990 (they consistently lied about fixing it in the 5970/6990 in 'the next release' for the last two years).

The objective of this system is to achieve the absolute maximum possible single-system performance in certain OpenCL apps which use double precision (ruling out 680 GTX instantly with the utterly worthless 1/24th of the SP rate) and moderate amounts of inter GPU communicccation. I originally specced four 7970s + two 7990s, getting up to the 8 GPU Windows driver limit and leaving one slot free for a twin 10-Gig Ethernet NIC, which would have worked very well with the 8x 8x 16x 8x 8x 16x 8x PCI-E setup on the Asus board. However the 7990 was repeatedly delayed, and I need this system right now; I don't have time to wait around for guys to test the 7990 for OpenCL capability and for a 7990 single slot waterblock to come out. So 7 x Radeon 7970 at 1300 MHz ish it is.

Btw, CodePhoenix, how are you changing the 7970's to actually only take up 1 slot, as the waterblock itself will do most of that work in and of itself, but the Connectors usually take up two slots - how do you intend to modify them, or is there some special / standard way to do that ?

I am using AquaComputer blocks which fit into one slot (just barely) as long as you don't use backplates - I considered using 6 GB cards (e.g. Sapphire Toxic) actually, but I wasn't sure if they'd be clearance for the memory chips on the reverse side. For the brackets I ordered seven of these from EK, since AquaComputer don't seem to have them for the 7970 yet. I also put some extra support rails into the case to hold up all the solid copper.

The most exotic component I'm using in this build is not electronic at all; it's the AquaComputer TwinConnect MAX-7; I am not aware of any other off-the-shelf solution for cooling 7 GPUs at single slot spacing. Standard usage is to screw blockers down into the channels to configure it for series operation and blank off the unused slots, but for this build I am going to use seven slots and all four ports to feed it from the top and the bottom simultaneously (running 7 GPU blocks in parallel). Essentially I am going to run dual loops each with a resevoir Liang D5, CPU block and twin parallel triple 120mm rads, with one connected to the top in/out ports of the MAX-7 and the other connected to the bottom in/out ports (connecting the loops in the middle of the manifold).

I am not 100% certain this will work, but I'll let you know. :)

Re:EVGA Classified SR-X (CyberstormXIII)

Sat, 16 Jun 2012 18:10:40 GMT

Btw, CodePhoenix, how are you changing the 7970's to actually only take up 1 slot, as the waterblock itself will do most of that work in and of itself, but the Connectors usually take up two slots - how do you intend to modify them, or is there some special / standard way to do that ?

Best regards : CyberstormXIII

Re:EVGA Classified SR-X (CyberstormXIII)

Sat, 16 Jun 2012 17:43:30 GMT

CodePhoenix

I am not so bothered about the lack of RAID-5 on the Marvel chip since the Intel controller can do it, but WHY does the SR-X only have 2 internal SATA3 ports when the Z9PE-D8 WS has four? Sure the Asus board uses Marvel as well, but at least you can do 4-way RAID SATA3 on that motherboard. On the SR-X it is impossible to do 4-way SATA3 even if you used the eSATA ports with loopback cables, because you can't span arrays across the two different controllers.

I've got most of the parts for my new build; twin 3.1 GHz Xeons, 128 GB DDR1600, quad Kingston HyperZ 3KIOPS 240GB SSDs (to go in RAID-0), triple Samsung 4TB HDDs for the secondary RAID-5 array, seven watercooled Radeon 7970s using the AquaComputer TwinConnect MAX7 manifold, CaseLabs Magnum STH10... 4 x triple 120mm rads, fans, CPU blocks, pumps etc should arrive soon;

Motherboard is a ASUS Z9PE-D8 WS though. Sorry EVGA, would have been happy to use an SR-3 if the PCI-E and SATA setups hadn't been broken.

Ill just repeat again : seven watercooled Radeon 7970s

DAMN boy ... Holy BIIIIIP ... now we need to see someone with 7x Devil 13 7970x2 (or 7990) or likewise 7x 690 - to beat your upcoming system - (all of them watercooled of course) although for folding capacity, it looks like the openCL compute on the 7970 is best (until GK110)

Still, this is most impressive - looking forward to seeing your build ;-)

Re:EVGA Classified SR-X (CodePhoenix)

Sat, 16 Jun 2012 17:32:58 GMT

I am not so bothered about the lack of RAID-5 on the Marvel chip since the Intel controller can do it, but WHY does the SR-X only have 2 internal SATA3 ports when the Z9PE-D8 WS has four? Sure the Asus board uses Marvel as well, but at least you can do 4-way RAID SATA3 on that motherboard. On the SR-X it is impossible to do 4-way SATA3 even if you used the eSATA ports with loopback cables, because you can't span arrays across the two different controllers.

I've got most of the parts for my new build; twin 3.1 GHz Xeons, 128 GB DDR1600, quad Kingston HyperZ 3KIOPS 240GB SSDs (to go in RAID-0), triple Samsung 4TB HDDs for the secondary RAID-5 array, seven watercooled Radeon 7970s using the AquaComputer TwinConnect MAX7 manifold, CaseLabs Magnum STH10... 4 x triple 120mm rads, fans, CPU blocks, pumps etc should arrive soon;

Motherboard is a ASUS Z9PE-D8 WS though. Sorry EVGA, would have been happy to use an SR-3 if the PCI-E and SATA setups hadn't been broken.

Re:EVGA Classified SR-X (CyberstormXIII)

Fri, 08 Jun 2012 13:26:54 GMT

CodePhoenix

The borked PCI-E lane configuration of this board is extremely disappointing. I am looking at replacing my current SR-2 setup (running 6 GPUs and 4 SSDs in RAID-0), but the combination of 4 missing RAM slots, PCI-E switch hell again when the CPUs have more than enough lanes for direct, and Mavel junk again for the SATA3 instead of proper RAID5-able quad SATA3 is putting me off. The Asus Z9PE-D8 WS has vastly better PCI-E lane config and vastly better SATA3 config; the only obvious problem with it is the measly 8 DIMM slots means I'd have to use 16 GB DIMMs.

I have to agree, that no matter which high end board - it is extremely sad to see, that the 8 port SAS Controller chip is those insignificanto's ... that can only do raid 0, 1 and 10 ... this goes for all of the following : EVGA SR-X, the Asus Z9PE-D8 WS, the Asus Z9PE-D16, the SuperMicro Dual 2011.

Even now, the ASRock Extreme 11 last shown on the Computex 2012 - the absolute no-compromise board with so many power phases even that fails in this respect ... the LSI is used, (which is normally better than the Marvell, but also costlier), in this case LSI SAS 2308 - does not have raid 5 or 6

It is VERY strange, that companies, that create the absolute top-of-the-line but go back and save maybe 20-50 dollars on a controller chip. That nearly every only have raid 0,1,10 and JBOD ... only intel's ICH10R and the followup on the X79 chipset have a Raid5 (though mostly CPU processing power, and not a dedicated chip to XOR)

Best regards : CyberstormXIII

Re:EVGA Classified SR-X (CodePhoenix)

Fri, 25 May 2012 13:57:32 GMT

The borked PCI-E lane configuration of this board is extremely disappointing. I am looking at replacing my current SR-2 setup (running 6 GPUs and 4 SSDs in RAID-0), but the combination of 4 missing RAM slots, PCI-E switch hell again when the CPUs have more than enough lanes for direct, and Mavel junk again for the SATA3 instead of proper RAID5-able quad SATA3 is putting me off. The Asus Z9PE-D8 WS has vastly better PCI-E lane config and vastly better SATA3 config; the only obvious problem with it is the measly 8 DIMM slots means I'd have to use 16 GB DIMMs.

Re:EVGA Classified SR-X (dimobr)

Thu, 24 May 2012 15:08:40 GMT

As I had problems with my second processor, following my result in Cinebench with onlyone processor (2687w):
img837.imageshack.us/img837/8370/001bhh.jpg

01) BCLK 103
02) Stock (after BIOS upgrade)
03) Stock (orginal BIOS)
04) My old E5620 and SR2

Re:EVGA Classified SR-X (dimobr)

Tue, 22 May 2012 11:53:41 GMT

Hi,

Anyone having problems with ES processors?
I have the following error on the display: "AF". The motherboard is a few seconds on, then off immediately. I tried calling him alone as CPU0 and pair, with a retail version of the E5 2687w as CPU1. In both cases got the same errors.

It would have some idea of what can be?

Re:EVGA Classified SR-X (cateno)

Mon, 21 May 2012 07:58:26 GMT

Hi
code 19 not in list post code ?
my rig
2x xeons 8C ES 3ghz same at E5-2687 150w
this cpu running fine in my X79 classi and RE4
bios locked ES cpu ? same of SuperMicro

Re:EVGA Classified SR-X (alha)

Sun, 20 May 2012 17:09:46 GMT

Quick question about CPU's. I just tonite bought a SR-2 board directly from EVGA, as it was under $500 with the MIR, couldn't find a better deal than that anywhere else, though Amazon had it for $529 w/free ship, but I missed the $50 MIR by about a week, so this is a decent price. Anywho, I noticed in this thread mentioned that X5690's O/C'ed are one way to go, but checking the supported CPU list, it looks like the board also supports the W5590. I believe the W stands for workstation, so does this mean that it isn't overclockable? I would think it would be rock solid, but if no O/C, then it probably wouldn't perform up to the specs of the X series CPU's. Thoughts? I am doing crunching for SETI, so stability is as important as speed to me. I need to keep those GPU's well fed...

Re:EVGA Classified SR-X (nomad83)

Sun, 20 May 2012 10:37:50 GMT

If your going to spend $10K on CPUs I doubt the cost of server 2008 is going to be a factor, if you even decided to go with windows.

Re:EVGA Classified SR-X (cateno)

Sat, 19 May 2012 23:02:59 GMT

and price for 8C 3500$ minimum one cpu
SRX 4cpu big size with all cpu 8dim slot

Re:EVGA Classified SR-X (shadow001)

Sat, 19 May 2012 19:32:29 GMT

Look up the price of windows 2008 server if they did release a 4 socket motherboard.....You'd quickly change your mind on that idea...