Will the now discontinued Lian-Li PC-A7010B case fit the SR-2? (If not, any other dual-CPU Xeon boards that are standard EATX size and allow overclocking?)
 
The A7010B is a pretty awesome case, built in internal sideways SATA-backplane (so the hard drives say cool as air can blow over them), and I can use a 2TB backup HD like a giant USB stick.

I am planning to build a workstation, but definitely don't want to go for any SLI or XFIRE solution. want to use just one quadro 4000, which is a simple-slot solution.
given that  I won't use the maximum PCI-E slots, can I put the sr-2 into any smaller liquid-cooling friendly case without any modification?
thanks.
 

http://www.supermicro.com.../747/SC747TQ-R1400.cfm
 
Is this case too short or too shallow? It's late, and I'm having a hard time figuring out which it is.

Does the Thermaltake Armor Plus VH6000BWS work for the Motherboard.
 http://www.newegg.com/Pro...x?Item=N82E16811133056
Or the Thermaltake Level 10GT
http://www.thermaltakeusa...spx?C=1416&ID=2039
 
Both have a  description showing as being able to hold an extended ATX just like Lian-Li PC-P80 
And as a secondary question.  When forum admin said that the PC-P80 works with some tweaking... what tweaking exactly?

Well,i was waiting for the Xigmatek Elysium super tower but it seems it's taking it's sweet time to hit retail, and i've been waiting for the past 7 weeks for it so i've been checking out Lian Li's V2120X as an alternate, wich is a cool looking all black version(interior and exterior) and after seeing some reviews,it's possible to not only fit the SR-2 in it, but also a water cooling system using a triple 120mm radiator internally....
 
It's an increadibly tight fit between the very top of the motherboard and the radiator, specifically around the DDR 3 Dimm area if all of slots are used(just a few milimeters of room left), but it does fit.....Keep in mind though that i'm not talking about those double wide radiators, but the models like swiftech makes(MCR series).

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Is it possible to fit the SR-2 in a HAF X case since it has 10 slots? And I know the SR-2 supports Dual Xeon processors but can you also use the normal i7 Series CPUs (920, 950, 980 etc) as dual or does it have to strictly be Xeon?

The SR-2 only supports XEON processors with dual QPI's. You will have to mod the HAF X to fit the SR-2, but you probably already knew that.
 

CPU Compatibility List

• 5520 Series Motherboards (Dual-QPI LGA 1366)
  • Gainestown
    • Xeon W5590 - 3.33 GHz
    • Xeon W5580 - 3.20 GHz
    • Xeon L5530 - 2.40 GHz
    • Xeon E5507 - 2.27 GHz
    • Xeon E5503 - 2.00 GHz
  • Nehalem
    • Xeon X5550 - 2.66 GHz
    • Xeon L5520 - 2.26 GHz
    • Xeon L5506 - 2.13 GHz
    • Xeon E5540 - 2.53 GHz
    • Xeon E5530 - 2.40 GHz
    • Xeon E5520 - 2.26 GHz
    • Xeon E5506 - 2.13 GHz
    • Xeon E5504 - 2.00 GHz
  • Westmere
    • Xeon X5680 - 3.33 GHz
    • Xeon X5677 - 3.46 GHz
    • Xeon X5670 - 2.93 GHz
    • Xeon X5667 - 3.06 GHz
    • Xeon X5660 - 2.80 GHz
    • Xeon X5650 - 2.66 GHz
    • Xeon L5640 - 2.27 GHz
    • Xeon L5630 - 2.13 GHz
    • Xeon E5649 - 2.53 GHz
    • Xeon E5645 - 2.40 GHz
    • Xeon E5640 - 2.67 GHz
    • Xeon E5630 - 2.53 GHz
    • Xeon E5620 - 2.40 GHz
    • Xeon E5607 - 2.27 GHz
    • Xeon E5606 - 2.13 GHz
    • Xeon E5603 - 1.60 GHz

Not unless you intent on modifying the case heavily. Otherwise, there wouldn't be enough space for the sr-2. You can also opt for a Mountain mods HPTX mobo tray while waiting for your sr-2.

Hi I write from Italy , is a holder of a Evga SR-2 with two Xeon 5690, I have G.skill ram 12 gb 2000 mhz and trident is good, just plugged in the other 12 gb of Ram Corsair Dominator 2000 mhz 12 gb total 24 gb system slows me why? help me please? Thank you for your time Regards Rocco Ps. I do not write good s English

will the XClio 2000 fit this board?
 
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811103028

Case Labs has a great case for the SR-2, the TH10 has all the space you will ever need.
 
http://www.caselabs.net/
http://www.overclock.net/case-labs/

Why Coolermaster is not making SR-2 case :(

can anyone answer my questions please? i'm still waiting....
 

I'm sure that the Thermaltake SwordM is good enough for SR-2. But that's antique case.

cptvash

Does anyone have a link for the Cubitek HPTX Tank for sale in the US. It seems to only be sold in EU or Aus.

 
I have seen it in aus!
 
You may want to check out....
 
http://www.overclock.net/...ase-labs-th10-1-a.html
 
 

there is another case from Lian Li
 
http://www.lian-li.com/v2...p;ss_index=138&g=f