EVGA SR-X Dual-Socket LGA 2011 Motherboard Seen at CES

Cristian_25H · Jan 13, 2012

At this year's CES EVGA probably turned some heads with its upcoming power supply line but the company had more enthusiast eye candy on display, like the SR-X dual-socket motherboard. Teased a little last year, the SR-X seems to have the same HPTX form factor as its predecessor (the SR-2) but it offers support for the newest LGA 2011 Intel processors (Sandy Bridge-E for single-CPU setups, Sandy Bridge-EP for dual-CPU 'awesomesauce').

EVGA's dual-socket motherboard includes 12 DDR3 memory slots allowing for up to 96 GB of RAM, two (one 8-pin and one 6-pin) power connector per CPU, six SATA and four SAS (Serial Attached SCSI) ports, seven PCI-Express 3.0 x16 slots for SLI or CrossFireX configurations, PCIe disable switches, voltage read points, a debug LED, dual Gigabit Ethernet, two eSATA ports, 7.1 channel audio, Bluetooth, EVBot support, plus six USB 3.0 connectors (four on the back plate, two via a header). The SR-X still hasn't been priced or dated.

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theJesus · Jan 13, 2012

Good lord . . .

BrooksyX · Jan 13, 2012

Do want. Would make for one heck of a rig!

theJesus · Jan 13, 2012

I bet it'll cost ~$600 USD, maybe more.

bostonbuddy · Jan 13, 2012

lets see 2x i7E's, 96gigs ram, and 4x7970s XF, w/ windows and benchmark software loaded to ramdisk

Jack Doph · Jan 13, 2012

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rD7Fr6xoCls

xBruce88x · Jan 13, 2012

that mobo is impressive... so is that "overclockable" power supply.... i'm guessing we'll see a news post soon?

theJesus · Jan 13, 2012

xBruce88x said:
that mobo is impressive... so is that "overclockable" power supply.... i'm guessing we'll see a news post soon?

There was already a post about their new PSUs.

http://www.techpowerup.com/158439/EVGA-NEX-Series-PSUs-Pictured.html

Sinzia · Jan 13, 2012

I wonder how this will compare to the dual proc asus board I saw on pcper's ces coverage.

D4S4 · Jan 13, 2012

i love that big passive heatsink, why can't all mobo manufacturers do it? it looks great and it's effective.

radrok · Jan 13, 2012

It still remains to be seen if you can BCLK overclock Sandy EP Xeons, otherwise this is no better than a regular dual socket motherboard

Hayder_Master · Jan 13, 2012

SR-X ?? What about SR-3 pictures and new we see before, it's look a bit different from this one but same details !!!

Bundy · Jan 13, 2012

D4S4 said:
i love that big passive heatsink, why can't all mobo manufacturers do it? it looks great and it's effective.

It isnt cooling any VRM :confused:

Why do you say good?

radrok · Jan 13, 2012

Also needs MOAR sata ports

THE_EGG · Jan 13, 2012

All the power connectors around the cpu area(s) make me wonder how long it will be before we start seeing dual 24-pin mobo connectors :/

overclocking101 · Jan 13, 2012

looks worse the the first one did. I wouldnt touch it with a 30ft pole myself.

mstenholm · Jan 13, 2012

overclocking101 said:
looks worse the the first one did. I wouldnt touch it with a 30ft pole myself.

I will let somebody else do the first testing too. The previous (X58) version was not the best OC'er. This one has to be since that's the primary reason (for the average Joe) for buying a 2P mobo (max Gflops before the very expensive 4P solution).

D4S4 · Jan 13, 2012

Bundy said:
It isnt cooling any VRM Why do you say good?

vrm's have their own coolers and there's no way to design it to cool them, maybe some weird heatpipe routing could do the trick. anyhow, the cooler for the chipset is big enough to keep it quite cool, it's passive and it's not in the way of anything.

on the second thought, chipsets no longer contain memory controllers so it doesn't matter too much anyway. mine does, though :ohwell:

EarthDog · Jan 13, 2012

THE_EGG said:
All the power connectors around the cpu area(s) make me wonder how long it will be before we start seeing dual 24-pin mobo connectors :/

You liekly wont see that... there is more than just 12v in the 24 pin and those lines are fine. Its just the 12v (CPU) that needs moar hence why high end boards sport two 8 pin CPU connectors (no need for the sub rails).

THE_EGG · Jan 13, 2012

EarthDog said:
You liekly wont see that... there is more than just 12v in the 24 pin and those lines are fine. Its just the 12v (CPU) that needs moar hence why high end boards sport two 8 pin CPU connectors (no need for the sub rails).

on this board tho there are an 8 pin + 6 pin arrangement for each cpu area, not the more normal 8 pin + 8 pin. I was confused with the 6 pin as I thought that was really only seen near the pci-express slots for more power to those (which this board also has).

WarraWarra · Jan 13, 2012

Nice, finally a motherboard that is like my EU nymphomaniac girlfriend, 2 things that makes life worth enjoying. :toast:

+1 EVGA

Live hard, play hard, game harder.

theJesus · Jan 13, 2012

WarraWarra said:
Nice, finally a motherboard that is like my EU nymphomaniac girlfriend.

She likes both sockets filled :laugh:

WarraWarra · Jan 13, 2012

WarraWarra · Jan 13, 2012

bostonbuddy said:
lets see 2x i7E's, 96gigs ram, and 4x7970s XF, w/ windows and benchmark software loaded to ramdisk

Might need 10 or 20 Raid0 SATAIII 550MBps ssd's or pci-e storage solution for a slow minm. 5GBps

Syborfical · Jan 13, 2012

Image how big your E-pean would be if you had this and daul I7-e's.

So what do you need 24+ cores for anyway ?

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