Howdy all! Decided to take a look-see at the EVGA forums, figured y'all would probably appreciate my current project: 

^^^ More recent pic, I have the cooler (NH-D15S) and stock cables installed now but wasn't able to get any decent pics yet 

Tis a mostly EVGA/Noctua build centered around the awesome X58 Classified SLI 4-Way, will be running this X5675 as the CPU (I've had an X5670 at 4.74Ghz bench stable on this board, hoping to hit higher with my '75):

 
And then the SLI GTX 780 Classifieds, here's another pic because they were looking pretty:

 
Current parts list:
CPU: Intel Xeon X5675 3.06Ghz 6-Core Processor
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15S 82.52 CFM CPU Cooler 
Motherboard: EVGA 170-BL-E762-A1 XL ATX LGA1366 Motherboard 
Memory: 3x Kingston Savage 8 GB (1 x 8 GB) DDR3-1600 Memory 
Video Card: 2x EVGA GeForce GTX 780 3 GB Dual Classified ACX Video Card (2-Way SLI) 
Case: Corsair 750D ATX Full Tower Case
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA T2 1600 W 80+ Titanium Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply 
Case Fan: 5x Noctua NF-A14 industrialPPC-3000 PWM 158.5 CFM 140 mm Fan 
Case Fan: 2x Noctua NF-A15 HS-PWM chromax.black.swap 82.52 CFM 140 mm Fan (actually the fans I'll be using on the cooler, not case)
Custom: 2x EVGA PowerLink, Revolutionized Cable Management! 600-PL-2816-LR 
Custom: 2x FSLabs Graphics Card GPU Brace Support, Video Card Sag Holder Bracket, Anodized Aerospace Aluminum (Upgraded Version Black) 
Custom: Phanteks Universal Fan Controller, PH-PWHUB_02 - Low profile design



Will try to keep that and this thread up to date as the project progresses 

Cool GTX
thread Approved to release it from Filter
 
 
Welcome (Back) to the EVGA Forums - see you have not posted much lately
 
Nice looking build
 
X58 is still a strong MB ... mine just keeps on going

Thankyou! I see the PCPP list was removed so I assume that's an automatic feature of the forum software or not allowed, so I've edited that and pasted a modified plaintext version of the parts list 

And yes indeed, these old boards keep on kicking. I actually got this one brand new/unused off eBay (pretty awesome for a now 11 year old board), had to do the Westmere-EP mod but it kicks a lotta butt now. Still need to do that to my 3X (aka the EATX version of this) before I sell that to a friend. Excited to see what this board will do though, last I pushed it I had the CPU on water, but the D15 should swallow plenty of voltage so I'll likely be able to push the CPU just as hard. Hoping I haven't lost my touch though, X58 OCing is a balancing act and I've been out of it for the past year. 

They also look absolutely gorgeous, which is why I'm trying to do a build that's also aesthetically worthy of this board . Planning to get custom cables, swap all the fan corners over to black or red, and some other little things to make it as clean as possible. 

The X58 motherboard was one of Intel's best in my opinion. Even after so many years it can still compete well against newer systems. I love older retro builds and yours is awesome. 

Cool GTX
Your picture reminds me I have (2) 780 Ti Classified Kingpin cards laying around on one of my shelfs
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Ooooooooooooooooo the translucent ones? Good lord those are gorgeous, I haven't seen many at all though, they seem to be as rare as they are pretty. Very envious lol. 

rjohnson11
The X58 motherboard was one of Intel's best in my opinion. Even after so many years it can still compete well against newer systems. I love older retro builds and yours is awesome. 

It is one hell of a platform. Back before the spectre/meltdown nerfs a decent chip could almost match a stock R5 1600, really impressive considering the Ryzens are 6+ years newer (depending on what LGA1366 hexacore you're using). They're a bit slower now thanks to those nerfs, but can still game decently (some madlads on the LTT forums still run them at 1440p with a 1080 Ti, booting off NVMe SSDs too), and are still extremely frustrati - uhhhh I mean fun - to push . Satisfying is what I'd call them, it can take a lot of mucking around to find where your BLCK/multi combo runs best, but the end result is usually extremely satisfying. Given the high clock ceilings you can see a nice fat improvement, heck even Windows 10 runs snappier once you mess around with the uncore and RAM. 
 

Cool GTX
Looking forward to your Updates ... especially once the Build is finished

Will hopefully have updates by this weekend! Planning to get it up and running on the stock PSU cables and such, will take measurements for custom cables and probably get those soonish, hopefully by next month at the latest. If I get stuck I can move to rebuilding my X79 rig lol, I stole the GPUs for this from that (it has a 1660 Ti in it now), needs the cable management redone - which will be easier because I also yoinked the T2 from that and replaced it with a G3, leaves a lot more room because that PSU is about half the size - and then I need to sort out some funky issues. Once that is done I can dive into tweaking that too, haven't ran X79 so far, but the UEFI and most of the options seem similar to my X99 boards. 

X58 Classified was one of the best EVGA's board at its time.

I like clean functional retro builds myself.
I did a similar build with a Rampage3 mobo and a x5670 . Just retired it a year ago. Xeons are the way to go with the X58 platform in my opinion. 

Lovin the build !
I just did a refresh of my X58 Rampage 3 Extreme too, Xeon X5690 ;)

Definitely excellent!

Hope you get this running on the weekend. 

If it was a year ago I could have mailed you out some full body EK water blocks for the mobo.
They're in the trash now.

Opolis
Nice throwback build.  X58 was when I really started to get into custom PCs.
I remember the satisfaction getting my i7 920 up to 4.2Ghz.
Still have my 780 Classified.

Got my 920 up to 4.2GHz and my 930 up to 4.3GHz on a MSI X58 Eclipse SLI.
Scored my 930 whist working at PC shop and had a customer who insisted on a 920 in his build and all we could get was a 930... perks!

seth89
If it was a year ago I could have mailed you out some full body EK water blocks for the mobo.
They're in the trash now.

Awww RIP . I wouldn't really be able to use them though, I'm not planning to throw money into another loop anytime soon. Just sent my extra rads off to a friend anyways. That + these chips can't get too hot for a D15S to handle until you're pushing a good bit over 1.45v through them. 

Opolis
Nice throwback build.  X58 was when I really started to get into custom PCs.
I remember the satisfaction getting my i7 920 up to 4.2Ghz.
Still have my 780 Classified.

Hell yeah! X58 was before my time, but I've gone back and had a lot of fun with it. Need to boot this rig up and do some stuff again, also my X79 one, but upgrades to the main rig (GPU swap and I'll have a 6950X on the way soon) + events in Destiny 2 and life stuff suck up most of my time lately. But the 780s do indeed hold up damn well, the VRAM is the only thing to hold them back. Even in games that don't scale well with SLI I imagine they'll still provide a playable experience at 1080p, but I haven't tested much because this rig only has a 60GB drive right now 

blaise
Got my 920 up to 4.2GHz and my 930 up to 4.3GHz on a MSI X58 Eclipse SLI.
Scored my 930 whist working at PC shop and had a customer who insisted on a 920 in his build and all we could get was a 930... perks!

Y'all must've been lucky, IIRC my 920 struggled to get to around 4.0. Eventually sent it off to a friend to use for board testing, since I have an i7 950 if I need an OG chip for compatibility stuff. It currently sits in an X58 Classy SLI 3X, that I should probably offload sometime because I'm doing nothing with it. 

Victorcc1981
Nice build man, congrats! I'm using x58 e759 as my main rig since 2018, it came with the ek classy block in it. I found your build log googling for noctua nh-d15 compatibility as i was planning to make it 100% air cooling only with the stock heatsinks, so the build would look cleaner and quieter.

It does look damn nice, but be very sure to get the S-variant. D15S, not the D15. The S has the same heatsink, but offset slightly for better PCIe compatibility. This is also what lets it clear the massive northbridge heatsink on these boards. I don't have a standard D15 to compare, but clearances are super tight and I doubt it'd fit: 


Also I should have a Rebel T2i (supposed to be a very good starter DSLR) on the way soon as part of a trade + cash for my RVII, so hopefully I can get some not-iPhone pics of the rig soonish. Won't make up for my lack of skill but hey, nicer sensor + dealing better with the lower lighting in my apartment in the evening = win 

And here's a pic my (much more skilled) friend took with it, so there's defo a much higher ceiling for what I can do with it vs a phone:

Knightviper
loved my X58 Classified 4 way sli board, it would have still been in use if EVGA never ran the rewind comp I was lucky enough to win a X299 Dark for it

Worthy board to replace it with though . Someday I'll hopefully get an X299 Dark, but we'll see. Getting a 6950X for the X99 Classy, may go for a 1680v2 for the X79 dark (right now they have a 5960X and 4930K respectively). I'd like to get X299 at some point but whoo boy it's still quite expensive when doing a full build from scratch.