So what do you do with prototypes like these? I mean, you use them for testing at first... then you probably let an overclocker use it. What then? Is it put in the hall of fame?

It gets put on my wall like a big game trophy for all to see.

will there be a way to preorder this motherboard? i know its been done before, you pay a little bit more or just pay in advance and you get yours a day earlier or something silly, but id still like to be able to pre order it.

Simply awesome

EVGA_JacobF

Currently it is planned to be called SR-X

 
I was calling it that quite a few months ago ...
 
 

Bron-Yr-Aur

it should be called the SR-E for Super Record Epic

that would be awesome for the next dual socket chipset after 2011 ... hehe

pyrebuilder

will there be a way to preorder this motherboard? i know its been done before, you pay a little bit more or just pay in advance and you get yours a day earlier or something silly, but id still like to be able to pre order it.

sign me up for that deal ... I would do it in a heart beat and have it sitting along side my SR-2

takuhari
My biggest question is why was it moved to the sr2 link being that it is not an sr2 and it is based off the x79 platform... Evga you boob! Lol

SR-2 used the i5520 server chipset, it didn't use the X58 chipset despite using the same LGA1366 socket.  The difference between the two is that one is meants solely for single-CPU and the other is a dual-CPU chipset.  Ergo, a dual-LGA2011 isn't using an X79 chipset, hence the move.  It uses an entirely different chipset meant solely for multi-CPU configurations.  In fact there are three chipsets for LGA2011 for single-, dual- and quad-socket. 

Does this support DDR3 memory at speeds up to 1600MHz? Will this support Xeon E5 1660? Will it support any future processors like the IVY Bridge-E or ones with more cores?

sentient04
Does this support DDR3 memory at speeds up to 1600MHz?

In all probability, yes, for the higher end models.  For all others, it may be 1333Mhz.  Like Nehalem, the memory controller is in the CPU, so depend on the model will tell you what the default DDR3 spec is.
 

sentient04
Will this support Xeon E5 1660?

No, the Xeon E5-2600 series are what will go in this board because they the extra QPI link enabled to communicate with the other CPU.  Current estimates for the CPU series is sometime in March 2012-- which is when I would expect EVGA's SR-X to show up.
 
Note:  EVGA may not initially test all seventeen CPUs in that link, just a few users are most likely to get first.  Intel made twenty-four Xeon 5600 series parts while EVGA initially listed about eight CPUs for SR-2 and now its up to seventeen.  The support list is just what they tested, if you want to keep your warranty, you'll be advised to get those first.
 

sentient04
Will it support any future processors like the IVY Bridge-E or ones with more cores?

There will be Ivy Bridge-EP processors for this board.  Keep in mind, these boards exist as server boards and the market is giant (bigger than desktop and laptop combined), meaning Intel will bring 22nm shrinks with more cores, at this point 10-cores are possible.