Saturday, June 29th 2013
EVGA X79 Dark Motherboard Launched
EVGA launched its flagship socket LGA2011 motherboard, the X79 Dark (model: 150-SE-E789-KR). It made its debut at this year's International CES event. Designed for open-air benches, this motherboard requires a case that can seat E-ATX motherboards. It measures 304.8 x 263.5 mm (LxW). It draws power from a combination of a 24-pin ATX input, two 8-pin EPS inputs, and a 6-pin PCIe input, to stabilize bus-supplied power for add-on cards. The X79 Dark from EVGA comes with a plethora of features for CPU and VGA overclockers alike. In addition to onboard controls, EVBot support, consolidated voltage measurement points, EVGA deployed a brand new UEFI setup program interface, which debuted with some of its premium Z87-based motherboards.
EVGA X79 Dark features a 12-layer PCB. It uses a 12+2 phase VRM to power the CPU, a 4-phase VRM for the memory, and features power-gating to individual PCI-Express slots. On the expansion front, you get five PCI-Express 3.0 x16 slots, from which two are electrical x16-capable, and all five electrical x8-capable, depending on how the slots are populated. Storage connectivity includes six SATA 6 Gb/s internal ports, two of which are from the X79 PCH, four from third-party controllers; four SATA 3 Gb/s ports from the PCH, and two eSATA 3 Gb/s. The rest of its connectivity includes 8-channel HD audio, two gigabit Ethernet interfaces (both driven by Intel-made controllers), six USB 3.0 ports (four on the rear panel, two by header), Bluetooth, and a number of USB 2.0/1.1 ports. EVGA X79 Dark bear a street-price of US $399.99.
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EVGA X79 Dark features a 12-layer PCB. It uses a 12+2 phase VRM to power the CPU, a 4-phase VRM for the memory, and features power-gating to individual PCI-Express slots. On the expansion front, you get five PCI-Express 3.0 x16 slots, from which two are electrical x16-capable, and all five electrical x8-capable, depending on how the slots are populated. Storage connectivity includes six SATA 6 Gb/s internal ports, two of which are from the X79 PCH, four from third-party controllers; four SATA 3 Gb/s ports from the PCH, and two eSATA 3 Gb/s. The rest of its connectivity includes 8-channel HD audio, two gigabit Ethernet interfaces (both driven by Intel-made controllers), six USB 3.0 ports (four on the rear panel, two by header), Bluetooth, and a number of USB 2.0/1.1 ports. EVGA X79 Dark bear a street-price of US $399.99.
31 Comments on EVGA X79 Dark Motherboard Launched
He make mess, but I hope in future things will be better.
I love to see EVGA motherboard throw window panel much more than some ROG.
Special expectations I have from X99, because that is Extreme and EVGA is main enthusiast brand, not as Samsung separate part for enthusiast, EVGA is build and design and specialized for enthusiast and overclockers and people who enjoy in build PC as hobby. Same as gamers, gamers want everything by little and best from everything.
Z77 is disaster, from memory and BIOS side is disaster.
I only can hope she will work until Haswell E because Haswell is same disaster as Z77 FTW.
4770K is overclocker enemy.
EVGA probably holds more records than any other vendor today in the most important benchmarks (AKA, benchmarks that don't require to to sort through 5K+ CPU's in order to beat, and actually require very good hardware that can sustain high voltage for long periods) Example: 3DMark Fire Strike Single Card, Quad, 3DMark 11 Extreme, 3DMark Vantage. Also, have you seen this? EVGA 3D Eclipse - YouTube
But of course benchmarks aren't everything...
Second, in regards to GPU cooling performance, I suspect you have not seen the ACX cooling debut which was reviewed on TPU actually www.techpowerup.com/reviews/EVGA/GTX_780_SC_ACX_Cooler/31.html
Third, when it comes to motherboard VRM = Quality > Quantity and instead of using low cost VRM and pack 30+ on there, we use 12 phases with the best industry available integrated power stages with super fast regulation. (can support around 60A!) Not to mention a 12 Layer PCB. Much of the same logic here is applied to higher end graphics.
Of course its much easier to say something is great on paper, so within the next month you should see some more proof on this.
The ACX in my book is not an amazing cooler what so ever it's 6C° cooler than the reference while making the same amount of noise whereas ASUS's DCUII is sub 70C° and is barely louder and with the update BIOS it does 72C° and is 6db quieter than the ACX.
12phase vrms are doubled 6 phase controllers which is inferior to the likes of Gigabyte's and ASUS's true 8 phase VRMs and I never said more phases=better just that a doubled 6+1/6+2 phase is meh when compared to the RIVE's 8+3+1 true phases. Gigabyte does the whole more phases = better but Gigabyte use controllers with switching frequencies maxing out at 2mhz so they can up the controller's frequency to compensate for the overuse of doublers on their boards.
CPU speed records need good OCing motherboards and EVGA holds no CPU speed record for the last 4 years meaning that all their previous successes are irrelevant.
And now is important only one thing, because neighbor next week go in Chicago to visit son I'm not sure what is best to send EVGA GTX780 Classified or take when back.
Only that is under question. In my PC no place for CPU coolers with some pipes not graphic card where I see heat pipes from side...from other side 780 Classy will be perfect, pipes are covered... I like wide not fat cards.
OC Off course ASUS is best... Special in SuperPI, USB 3.0, Memory Speed,...
How that is weird when new series show up in every country, all forum leaders and owners go home with ASUS ROG presents and that start attack on our brains.
GIGABYTE is little in background because less investment in marketing and MSI rearly make records because their investment in marketing are even smaller.
Not only motherboard same is with DCII. In Belgrade they go one step further, they can sell you and model from test lab without problem without your knowledge.
Their task is with all that hardware to make records and prove how ASUS is best.
Hundreds labs, hundreds free samples.
But usually Kingpin is always in top 1st, 2nd, 3rd for EVGA most important hardware...
I mean 95% of people near LN2 have ASUS hardware, mostly free and they dictate records, they spend CPU samples as matches because ASUS is rich company. Mostly with west money.
I glad because and next hardware will be EVGA.
BUT... Motherboard section need improvement...Hard and Hard work and attention on every detail.
Enemy is rich, ugly and have strong marketing. Because of that hard work.
This stories about graphic cards I don't listen.
Thousands of people with multi GPU configurations say everything best for EVGA.
People 3-4 GPUs don't want to leave EVGA on any cost.
They swear in EVGA quality of GPU, and for me REAL NVIDIA is only EVGA.
Because I have good power of observation and because my taste is best. :).