Aggressor Prime

I want some pics of the Classified SR-2 successor.

Ditto.

So with the unveiling of Gigabyte's X79 offerings, i think its time for a bit more info on EVGA's lineup. Full board pics and specs please!!!
 
 
Word from Jacob on X79!
 
EVGA_JacobF Jacob Freeman
@cblaxx19 You will see more very soon :) We have several models including Classified! The board that we showed is the FTW model.
 

i got my dolla bills out EVGA, show me whatcha got!!

Xavier Zepherious

add a MSI board now being shown



Now give us more than a peekaboo...
this is now the catwalk...show us the goodies (or cookies)

 
bluer than blue 

So why are the ram slots right where the fans go for the CPU cooler? For instance, the Corsair Dominator stuff, those tall heat fins and all.
 
Looks sweet though.

EVGA_JacobF

I would be surprised if you saw a board that had all the DIMM slots in the same location. It is important for proper signaling.

 
Makes me wonder though how boards for AMD's Opteron 6100 were able to put all their DIMMs per CPU in one place, despite the Opteron 6100 having a 4 channel memory controller. ( http://www.tyan.com/produ..._amd_opteron_6100.aspx ) All those Tyan boards have memory/CPU in the same place.

Aggressor Prime

EVGA_JacobF

I would be surprised if you saw a board that had all the DIMM slots in the same location. It is important for proper signaling.

Makes me wonder though how boards for AMD's Opteron 6100 were able to put all their DIMMs per CPU in one place, despite the Opteron 6100 having a 4 channel memory controller. ( http://www.tyan.com/produ..._amd_opteron_6100.aspx ) All those Tyan boards have memory/CPU in the same place.

Opteron =/= SB-E

If a vendor wanted to force all DIMMs on one side with LGA2011, they could, and it would add costs because Intel reference didn't do it.  We can't compare AMD's LGA1944 with Intel's LGA2011 unless they had enough functionality to make them the same; for one LGA1944 boards still have an external PCIe controller (northbridge chipset).  I laugh at the fact that Supermicro made this AMD board with a single LGA1944 quad-channel socket in a board smaller than Intel's X79 reference board, and possibly cheaper too. 
 
All DIMMs on one side has benefit in the server world, maybe Intel felt for the single-LGA2011 it wasn't a big deal, and hoenstly I don't think the precieved uproar will last.  When X79 finally comes, any complaints will vanish behind all the cheerleading.

ive got my money in a shoebox, as soon as the preorder for the dual socket 2011 board is open, my money belongs to EVGA. im hoping it will be between $600 and $800, close to the SR-2 but of course a bit more due to the higher class features.

expect the 10+ that have been shown off already on some boards but only 2-4 may be sata 6

jethc9
At first there was supposed to be support for 14 SATA ports with 10 of them being SATA3/SAS6 but now I hear there are only going to be 6 ports with only 2 of them being SATA3. Any kind of info on this topic would be appreciated.

The early figures we've been readying is for the general Patsburg chipset, but X79 isn't the only variation of Patsburg, hence the confusing discrepency.  The enthusiast version of the server chipset might not have as many available, on purpose.
 
IMO, unless this deal on getting more SSD's ends soon, I suggest you wait for debut in the week of November 14th, we're looking at just over five weeks.  That said, it is a sale such that you can't return for refund within 30 days?

Xavier Zepherious

It's not like they can't add support for extra sata III with additional chips on the motherboard.

I would like to see what the board looks like and what specs it will have. We are only 1 month away from Intel release...or at least from what we heard

You mean like the practically worthless marvelle 6 gb ports. All indications are for only 2 sata lll ports on x79.

lehpron
The early figures we've been readying is for the general Patsburg chipset, but X79 isn't the only variation of Patsburg, hence the confusing discrepency.  The enthusiast version of the server chipset might not have as many available, on purpose.
 
IMO, unless this deal on getting more SSD's ends soon, I suggest you wait for debut in the week of November 14th, we're looking at just over five weeks.  That said, it is a sale such that you can't return for refund within 30 days?

 
Thanks for the info. I guess I figured high end enthusiast boards would use the most feature rich version of Patsburg, but you are likely right. I forgot about the server version. And as far as the SSDs they would be from someone I know who bought them and didn't use them and wants to sell them, and it's past the return date. So if I don't buy them someone else will.
 

Brocasta
 
I wouldn't want to run more than 2 SSDs (in RAID, anyway) on an integrated controller.
 

 
I have been running 6 Intel X25-M SSDs in RAID 0 on my X58 system for over 2 years now and have had zero problems. I know I am limited by the controller to ~700mb but it's still fast and I have a lot of space. I am also running 4 Intel 320 SSDs on my P67 system and it is super fast, and again no problems at all. No to mention, I have servers for my important files, I keep nothing I can't afford to lose on these RAID 0 arrays.
 

doorules
 
And there are many like me who would fill out those 6 gb ports with 6 gb ssd's.
 

 
I agree. I'll fill every port possible with SSDs!

never going to happen, EVGA is a completely intel/nvidia company (this has been explained quite a few times)

emepror

never going to happen, EVGA is a completely intel/nvidia company (this has been explained quite a few times)

 

ASUS covers AM3+ SLI capable mobo just fine with the Crosshair V IMHO. Just as Intel chipsets can be licensed for SLi use with NVIDIA partners, AMD chipsets can too. ASUS shows us that. I don't see it as a priority for EVGA though as Bulldozer has not proven itself yet. If the market is there we might see something plausibly though. NVIDIA just want to see that license money for SLI. Only question would be is it a profitable enough market for AM3+ and EVGA price points? If the potential sales are not there at the price points EVGA would set, you'll not see it IMHO. I don't envision too much of a run on $350 AM3+ mobos anytime soon.