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Talonman
Cheapest Nehalem Xeon that has hyper-threading:
Intel Xeon E5520 Nehalem 2.26GHz 4 x 256KB L2 Cache 8MB L3 Cache LGA 1366 80W
Quad-Core Server Processor - Retail
 http://www.newegg.com/Pro...x?Item=N82E16819117185

$384.99 x (2) = $769.98

EVGA_JacobF
You do not need server or ECC ram.

Actually it is a bit more than just a server with 4 PCIe x16.

Don't forget:

• Overclocking/EVBot Support
• SLI support
• USB 3.0 Support
• SATA 6 Support

Not to mention all the other enthusiast features that you find on Classified boards.

AuDioFreaK39

Max RAM supported on this board is 48GB of DDR3 (all lanes work as one in triple-channel mode).

markistheone

Per Mountain Mods.

"Hi Mark,
 
Yes we will be manufacturing a tray for this and other SSI MEB motherboards.
I’m surprised that wasn’t mentioned by the author of the article.
 
At any rate the answer is yes we have collaborated with EATX and will be getting trays made prior to the board release.  It will fit all 10PCI back panels and thus 6 cases.
 
Ascension
Extended Ascension
U2-UFO
Extended U2-UFO
Pinnacle 18
Pinnacle 24
 
Thanks for asking,
Feel free to spread the word J"

5thduke

i need to have the point of this xplained telonman whats it for ?running a 60 inch lcd on max settings

Talonman

Good tip... 

Thanks for the post.

lehpron  One primary requirement due to motherboard choice was making my own chassis, would you do that instead of searching/waiting to buy one already built?

Delirious.

VistaHead
^^^^Why are you spamming?

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joernjacobsen
There are a wonderful case theory build out there, that most certainly will do and be able to deal with all this heat we are talking about for this setup. My view is that this idea is both stylish, as it is not, a dual size wide fat box on the floor, and can for certain retain all the needed water cooling parts inside the case itself: http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=217611&page=19  

Maybe we should get together and sponsor this guy to do a manufacturing run on his case dream, so he can get it manufactured, unless we all wanta  brick to get what at least I need done.....

We need more water cooling.. with no doubt in my view, a Quad fan radiator sandwitch setup  plus a triple fan radiator, and all in sandwich or as swiftech calls it the QP, should in my view be able to cope with the extra heat generation this motherboard with its extra CPU on OC and the expected heat of triple fermi cards on OC. 

A huge "brick" or quadratic or equal box, is not what I am looking for. I been looking at the current Lian Li cases and none of them holds more than max 1 triple rad in front or you have to dump one power supply and modify the top part of the build. This wont do for this build and heat output at all, at least not at the dual CPU 4.5 Ghz range and triple fermi or more... Lian Li do make some wonderful sleek computer cases in hi quality that are "the sex" Example:    

To sum it up; In my experience on OC, I believe we have a fundamental heat problem here, no other case than custom made cases, other than a HUGE case brick will do, and somehow we need to solve it unless we are all going to go for the gigantic brick case if we want this motherboard on a silent stable OC setup with some graphic cards in the loop at some good speeds. Just my 2 cents

smcclelland
Case wise I am waiting to hear back from ABS if the Canyon 695 has enough room to fit this board.  I like the MM case layout but I dislike the footprint and the style.. it reminds me of the old APEXX machines we had that were giant freaking cubes that were always horribly awkward to place in a studio environment.  The ABS Canyon isn't much better given how ridiculously tall it is but it's narrow which means I can squeeze it amongst the other slew of machines under the desk and still have room to wheel around.  I've also got my fingers crossed that another manufacturer comes out with something aesthetically pleasing and functional by the time the board launches :)

CPU wise if you're on a budget the E5520's are a good route to go but in my eyes if you're going to wait for this board then you may as well go all in and grab a pair of Gulftown Xeon's.  If the 980X proves to have dual-QPI then it's even better for us given the price/performance ratio it's supposed to provide (~$1000 for 3.3ghz).

Memory wise it's odd for me to not have or be using ECC memory which while bloody expensive provides a plethora of great error checking features and great system debug information to tell if you have a faulty stick or something that is going bad.  I've already got 12gb of G.Skill DDR3-1600 on the shelf from an old build that I may use again or go to a 24gb kit of DDR3-1333 from Corsair.  Memory speeds mean next to nothing to me in the real world applications that I deal with so unless you're doing synthetic benchmarks it's unlikely you'll need to go all out with anything beyond 1600+mhz memory for a build like this.

GPU's I'm waiting to see what happens with Fermi and ATI.. right now I've got two FirePro v7750's in my rig for 3D work but I'm hoping that if Nvidia can nail the drivers for Fermi and provide more performance for what I do (I need to push anywhere from 1000 polygons to well over 2-3 million and I'm jumping back and forth between Direct3D and OpenGL across many apps so it's tough finding a neutral spot for a card).  I'm hoping Fermi offers a 2048mb or larger like the GTX285 did because the 2gb GTX285 is still one of the best consumer cards I've used to date for 3D work.