Is this the SR-3 bored that is going to be for the x79 series?...


 

A prototype of it, yes.

still strikes me as odd have 1 CPU having 8 slots with the other CPU having 4

Socket 0 is wired to eight DDR3 DIMM slots (two DIMMs/channel), while socket 1 to four slots (1 DIMM/channel)

I think the ram is all shared among the 12 slots but I have no idea. It was also mentioned that they did it this way so you can use your ram from SR-2 for this board and not have to buy new ram.
  It is kind of odd depending on how it works exactly, but its nice that they thought about saving us some money and not have to buy new ram. I personally cannot wait for the release

evga should stick with either 8 dimms for both or 4 dimms for both, the board looks. disproportionate.

farthestkris


evga should stick with either 8 dimms for both or 4 dimms for both, the board looks. disproportionate.

Function over form, I always say. Im sure there is a very good reason for the layout. Besides, with that layout and 8gb DIMMS, the possibility of 96gb of ram exists. Is that not enough?

nivekt

 Function over form, I always say. 

 
I feel the same way.  I don't understand why people care about the color scheme or that it looks "badass" or whatever.  It's not like I look at the damned thing.  It could be shaped like a turd or a pool of vomit for all I care.  As long as it performs.  (Now if it smelled like vomit or a turd I might object . . . can't help but smell it even if I don't look at it.)
 

farthestkris


evga should stick with either 8 dimms for both or 4 dimms for both, the board looks. disproportionate.

I totally agree. Slight OCD I guess, but it just doesn't look right, and I am really interested in this board, but it would bother me if it ships with 12 DIMM slots. I'd rather have 4 per CPU than this. If someone is buying this board and the accompanying Xeons, I think they could probably afford 4 more sticks to make 16. Or just use 8 until you had the money for the rest. I think most users of this board will want to take advantage of the quad channel memory anyway, and populate the appropriate amount of DIMM slots. I just don't see someone who has plans to purchase this board already, not buying it because it has 4 extra DIMMs. Also if someone already has 12 sticks, and populates 12 of 12 DIMMS or populates 12 of 16 DIMMS the board will run in triple channel either way, right? So really this benefits no one IMHO. But I'm sure there is a better reason that I can't think of, otherwise EVGA would not do it. I just don't see the downside to 16 DIMM slots. And as far as looks go, I like symmetry, as most people do.

Hey, what's with all this naming, it's not SR-3. What is "3" ? :D
Board will have similar but other name.
 
Also I don't see any problems for memory slots amount. Because of tight space constrains slave CPU have only 4 slots, but both CPUs still have fully functional quad channel. First cpu just have two dimms per each channel, as you see on pic. Still more than enough to fit 96 GB of memory

TiN_EE

Hey, what's with all this naming, it's not SR-3. What is "3" ? :D
Board will have similar but other name.

Do you think we'll have another contest to make up a name?  I know it as SR-2's successor; many call it 3 because it is after 2.  Before Core i7, I called Bloomfield "Core 3 Quad" tentatively.

Currently it is planned to be called SR-X

TiN_EE


Hey, what's with all this naming, it's not SR-3. What is "3" ? :D
Board will have similar but other name.

Also I don't see any problems for memory slots amount. Because of tight space constrains slave CPU have only 4 slots, but both CPUs still have fully functional quad channel. First cpu just have two dimms per each channel, as you see on pic. Still more than enough to fit 96 GB of memory

 
It's not a "problem" really, it just doesn't look as nice as if it had the same amount per CPU. I know some people will not care about aesthetics, but it matters to some of us.

I'm looking at the picture and wondering how to power this beast, i see the 24 pin connector but also 5 additional power connectors.  I'm also wondering where all the heat is going looking at the classified board you see several heat sinks but none on this board.  I wouldn't be surprised if this was a water cooled board straight from the box being how the new chipsets are very power intensive.

I guess it can be called the sr3 yet being that they havent broke any records yet (super record 3)...

My biggest question is why was it moved to the sr2 link being that it is not an sr2 and it is based off the x79 platform... Evga you boob! Lol

@ thegreatgay... This is just the board... My guess they are creating a test bench to test the board and maybe in the precoss in creating a custom cooler in optimizing cooling efficiency

EVGA_JacobF


Currently it is planned to be called SR-X

The dimms make it more like SR-Ugly. 

thegreatga


I'm looking at the picture and wondering how to power this beast, i see the 24 pin connector but also 5 additional power connectors.  I'm also wondering where all the heat is going looking at the classified board you see several heat sinks but none on this board.  I wouldn't be surprised if this was a water cooled board straight from the box being how the new chipsets are very power intensive.

 
2 of those 5 are the standard 8 pin CPU, the other 2 by each CPU's main is for additional CPU power for OC'ing.  The last PCIe plug on the board is if you want to use all the PCIe slots, if you only plan to use like the top 3 then you don't need it.

it should be called the SR-E for Super Record Epic

It's gotta break a record before it can be called SR-anything

So what do you do with prototypes like these? I mean, you use them for testing at first... then you probably let an overclocker use it. What then? Is it put in the hall of fame?

It gets put on my wall like a big game trophy for all to see.

will there be a way to preorder this motherboard? i know its been done before, you pay a little bit more or just pay in advance and you get yours a day earlier or something silly, but id still like to be able to pre order it.

Simply awesome

EVGA_JacobF


Currently it is planned to be called SR-X

 
I was calling it that quite a few months ago ...
 
 

Bron-Yr-Aur


it should be called the SR-E for Super Record Epic

that would be awesome for the next dual socket chipset after 2011 ... hehe

pyrebuilder


will there be a way to preorder this motherboard? i know its been done before, you pay a little bit more or just pay in advance and you get yours a day earlier or something silly, but id still like to be able to pre order it.

sign me up for that deal ... I would do it in a heart beat and have it sitting along side my SR-2

takuhari

My biggest question is why was it moved to the sr2 link being that it is not an sr2 and it is based off the x79 platform... Evga you boob! Lol

SR-2 used the i5520 server chipset, it didn't use the X58 chipset despite using the same LGA1366 socket.  The difference between the two is that one is meants solely for single-CPU and the other is a dual-CPU chipset.  Ergo, a dual-LGA2011 isn't using an X79 chipset, hence the move.  It uses an entirely different chipset meant solely for multi-CPU configurations.  In fact there are three chipsets for LGA2011 for single-, dual- and quad-socket. 

Does this support DDR3 memory at speeds up to 1600MHz? Will this support Xeon E5 1660? Will it support any future processors like the IVY Bridge-E or ones with more cores?

sentient04

Does this support DDR3 memory at speeds up to 1600MHz?

In all probability, yes, for the higher end models.  For all others, it may be 1333Mhz.  Like Nehalem, the memory controller is in the CPU, so depend on the model will tell you what the default DDR3 spec is.
 

sentient04

Will this support Xeon E5 1660?

No, the Xeon E5-2600 series are what will go in this board because they the extra QPI link enabled to communicate with the other CPU.  Current estimates for the CPU series is sometime in March 2012-- which is when I would expect EVGA's SR-X to show up.
 
Note:  EVGA may not initially test all seventeen CPUs in that link, just a few users are most likely to get first.  Intel made twenty-four Xeon 5600 series parts while EVGA initially listed about eight CPUs for SR-2 and now its up to seventeen.  The support list is just what they tested, if you want to keep your warranty, you'll be advised to get those first.
 

sentient04

Will it support any future processors like the IVY Bridge-E or ones with more cores?

There will be Ivy Bridge-EP processors for this board.  Keep in mind, these boards exist as server boards and the market is giant (bigger than desktop and laptop combined), meaning Intel will bring 22nm shrinks with more cores, at this point 10-cores are possible.