Thanks Jacob.  And THANK YOU k|ngp|n.  That is just crazy stuff.....Five SR2 PSU's all in one place!
 
The only complaint people will have is that they cannot behold the beauty of this board under all of that gear.
 
This kind of performance......well, I was like

Nice!!!

I would really like to know what the power consumption of that rig is during a run.

EVGA X79

At launch day we released three high-end motherboards for latest Intel Core i7 3xxx CPU's featuring LGA2011 socket.

EVGA X79 CLASSIFIED
EVGA X79 FTW
EVGA X79 SLI

Also there will be uATX model later with full 2-way SLI support.

I want to introduce feature set on current X79 boards, with some nice details around technical things we have done.

Caution, hi-quality photos next :) Beware your web connection.



Let's start from monster one, 4-way board with XL-ATX size.
It's successor of well-known X58 Classified 4-way, and it's main target - Quad-SLI and
Quad CrossfireX heavy crushers. With new SandyBridge-E processors performance of this
board is close to SR-2 systems regarding multi-GPU applications. It's like having pocket
version of SR-2 rig but without extra price and complexity.



Those few who overclocked SR-2 with extreme cooling know that it's extremely hard to
keep this monster alive, and almost impossible to bench by one man. Those who did SR-2
runs with six or seven LN2 containters will never forget that sweat benching.
But X79 is different story. On this platform Vince can chat in facebook, while his 4-way SLI with
1300MHz GTX 580 ULTRA cards sucessfully pass 3Dmark11 suite over and over.

Let's check board features.



• Lotes LGA2011 socket (hole configuration is same as LGA1366)
• Quad-channel memory slots supporting DDR3 up to 8GB per stick
• DDR3 frequency more than 2400MHz with fast memory
• PCI-Express 3.0 ready
• 4-way/3-way/2-way SLI support with native CPU links
• PCI-E disable switches for troubleshooting under subzero
• Free area around PCI-Express slots for easy insulation
• DIMM disable switches for troubleshooting under subzero
• Advanced serial-VID VRM with DFET tech with two +12V input connectors
• Seven (7) 4-pin FAN headers with monitoring and adjustments
• 100% POSCAP
• 2-phase VRMs for each memory side with state-of-art IR Power stages
• 2-phase VRM for CPU VTT with state-of-art IR Power stages
• 100% quiet aluminum heatsinks
• Native PCH storage tech (2 x SATA3 red ports + 4 x SATA2 ports)
• Designed to support 8 SATA3/SAS ports in future chipsets
• Triple BIOS with fixed switch solution
• 10 USB 2.0 ports (2 on rear I/O, 8 onboard headers)
• 10 USB 3.0 ports (8 on rear I/O, 2 onboard)
• EVGA EVBot support
• Onboard Bluetooth
• Dual 1GbE network ports (Marvell controllers)
• EVGA's advanced support and warranty

Let's check rear I/O



Lots of USB 3.0 ports, so don't forget to install drivers for your OS during setup.



PCI-Express slots have enough room around for easy insulation to prevent any condensation
during your whole day LN2 quad-sli sessions. Black x1 slot have link from PCH, middle slot use
x4 link from CPU for addon card. So if you want to run 2-way SLI or two dual GPU videocards like
GTX 590, use top first and 4th slot, this way you will always get native x16 lanes from CPU and
still have one x4 slot available for sound/storage card.

We use PCI-Express 3.0 multiplexors to switch lanes, so when PCI-E 3.0 cards hit market this
board will be ready to unleash their potential.



Board memory subsystem support up to 32GB, which will be enough for any crazy gamer or WS users
for next three years :). It's also possible to use less than four DIMMs if you need, but
recommended to populate right side with channels A,B first (close to back I/O ports). Also on
X79 platform you will have two DIMM voltages, 12 and 34, because memory powered by two separate
VRM units.



For troubleshooting or testing you can disable memory slots without actually removing memory module.
This can be helpful when running memory under subzero or with big CPU heatsink which block memory
slots. Each side have own memory disable switch with 2 poles.



Also X79 CLASSIFIED and X79 FTW support new feature, EVGA Command Center, which will be available
for power users later.



Also power, reset and clear CMOS buttons available on board edge, as always on EVGA enthusiast
motherboards. On rear side there is EVBot port and duplicate clear CMOS button. These features
available on all EVGA X79 motherboards.



Hint: For best memory overclocking some voltages may need increase, specially system agent
voltage (VSA) and sometimes VTT/VREF DQ. Memory voltage can be increased by 1850mV without
much worry on this platform, if your memory IC need that to overclock high (Elpida/Micron as
example). VSA can be considered quite safe with levels up to 1400mV. Also PCH may help for better
BCLK overclocking. For extreme guys DOMINANCE memory coolers can be handy, now you will need
two of them.

A bit strange, the second motherboard with liquid nitrogen has a 24pin connector white colour, strange  

killuchen

That's awesome!!! So the classified ULTRA cards will be coming out soon 

 
Yes, because the 580 classifieds weren't over the top enough as it is....

TiN_EE
Lotes LGA2011 socket (hole configuration is same as LGA1366)

 
So the holes are exactly the same, and all 1366 coolers and waterblocks will fit? I thought I read somewhere that they were not compatible

Provide some FPS results on Crysis 2, BF3, Metro, Skyrim, please
and the SSDs benchmarks.   

HAHAHAHAH!!! OMG... I Swear that my CC Just ran through the wall screaming "Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeelp"

GTX 580 ULTRA?
 
Do tell.

Vince always gets to have all the fun!