$450 is fine, we even bought $500 GPUs.
$450 is fine, we even bought $500 GPUs.
CPU: INTEL Q9550 E0 @ 3600 1.28V + CORSAIR H50
GPU: EVGA GTX 480 @ 725/1450/3800
PPU: EVGA 9800GTX @ 738/1836/2250
MB: ASUS P5E X38
RAM: MUSHKIN 2X2GB
SOUND: X-FI TITANIUM FATAL1TY | LOGITECH Z-5500 | LOGITECH G35
HDD: WD 76GB X 2 RAPTORS RAID 0 10KRPM | WD 1TB CAVIAR BLACK 32MB STORAGE
PSU: CORSAIR HX1000W PSU
OS: WINDOWS 7 PRO X64 OS
MON: HANNSPREE 28" 1920X1200 RESOLUTION
dang... time to upgrade?!!
Congrats guys. That's a nice looking board. I know you must be proud of that, and EVGA is a great company. I already have an i7 System, but that is one spectacular piece of hardware. It not only looks great, it also looks to be one hell of an OC'er too!
Man, I tell 'ya, it never ceases to amaze me at the quality stuff that is coming out, and the attention to detail that is put into it. The stuff we have for this platform is truly amazing. Way to go Shamino and the whole EVGA Team! Looking forward to seeing more numbers and the launch of this board.
Some day, that board will be mine...
My X38 Maximus, is looking at it's replacement unit.
It also will be the first SLI mobo that I have ever owned...
Good job EVGA!!
I think the Red and Black is hot too!
Last edited by Talonman; 02-04-2009 at 02:04 AM.
Asus Maximus SE X38 / Lapped Q6600 G0 @ 3.8GHz (L726B397 stock VID=1.224) / 7 Ultimate x64 /EVGA GTX 295 C=650 S=1512 M=1188 (Graphics)/ EVGA GTX 280 C=756 S=1512 M=1296 (PhysX)/ G.SKILL 8GB (4 x 2GB) SDRAM DDR2 1000 (PC2 8000) / Gateway FPD2485W (1920 x 1200 res) / Toughpower 1,000-Watt modular PSU / SilverStone TJ-09 BW / (2) 150 GB Raptor's RAID-0 / (1) Western Digital Caviar 750 GB / LG GGC-H20L (CD, DVD, HD-DVD, and BlueRay Drive) / WaterKegIII Xtreme / D-TEK FuZion CPU, EVGA Hydro Copper 16 GPU, and EK NB S-MAX Acetal Waterblocks / Enzotech Forged Copper CNB-S1L (South Bridge heat sink)
Finally a release date. This is what i have been waiting to complete my new i7 pc. I just hope it will justify the price tag over the normal evga x58 with its OC ability.
Intel i7 3770K (4.8Ghz@1.36v) ~ Asus Maximus V Gene ~ 8Gb G.Skill Ripjaws X 2133 C9 (@2400 C10) ~ Asus GTX 670 DCUII (1230/7000) ~ Samsung 840 Pro 128Gb ~ WD Black 1Tb ~ Corsair AX 850W ~ X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty ~ Epoz Aktimate Mini ~ Ducky Shine Blue Led /w MX Red ~ Logitech G700 ~ Samsung S27A850D 27" (2440x1600) ~ SilverStone TJ07B-W
WaterCooled by XSPC Raystorm ~ TC PA 120.3 + 3xAP 15 ~ MCP655 with EK-D5 X-Top Rev.2 ~ EK Multi 250
Powered by APC Smart-UPS SC 1500 ~ MGE ellipse premium 500
You know what I would like to see some board manufacturers do.
Use right angle board mount 10/9way (usb/fw) and 20/8way (spk,pwr,rst,led) male connectors at the bottom of the board.
Right now as is if we are using the bottom PCIE slot with a double height card it either blocks them or forces you to slightly bend the pins to make them fit properly, on top of that they need to be fit before the GPU goes in a lot of the time. For the extra $0.50c or so each they cost, you'd think after spending all that money on high tech features something this simple much like Right Angled Board Mount SATA connectors were in the beginning, would be so obvious.
Thats my rant. I wouldn't want to have to think that after spending nearly $500usd on a board they can't add something simple and cheap like that to make the lack of space more convenient.
DFI LT-X48-T2R UT CDC24 Bios | Q9550 E0 | G.Skill DDR2-1066 PK 2x2GB |
Geforce GTX 280 729/1566/2698 | Corsair HX1000 | Stacker 832 | Dell 3008WFP
A $450US 'extreme overclocker' board, and there's no inclusion of a chipset waterblock? We have to use that giant ugly heatsink?
I just don't get it..
Computer: i7 2600k @ 4.7Ghz | Asus P8P67 Evo | Corsair LP 16gb 1600CL9 | Silver Arrow | Essence STX | Crucial m4 128gb | Silverstone Raven 3|
Video: 2x Sapphire 6950 Toxic 2gb @ 6970 Switch @ 880 / 1350 | Asus VG248QE |
Audio: ODAC+O2 => JH|13 Pro | STX => ATH-AD700X / Audioengine A5
Chipset isnt a high heat producer like 775 boards were. I dont think further cooling it adds any overclockability.Originally Posted by Bojamijams
Totally agree about heat. But at that price they could include a nice copper NB waterblock for watercooling users
Intel i7 3770K (4.8Ghz@1.36v) ~ Asus Maximus V Gene ~ 8Gb G.Skill Ripjaws X 2133 C9 (@2400 C10) ~ Asus GTX 670 DCUII (1230/7000) ~ Samsung 840 Pro 128Gb ~ WD Black 1Tb ~ Corsair AX 850W ~ X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty ~ Epoz Aktimate Mini ~ Ducky Shine Blue Led /w MX Red ~ Logitech G700 ~ Samsung S27A850D 27" (2440x1600) ~ SilverStone TJ07B-W
WaterCooled by XSPC Raystorm ~ TC PA 120.3 + 3xAP 15 ~ MCP655 with EK-D5 X-Top Rev.2 ~ EK Multi 250
Powered by APC Smart-UPS SC 1500 ~ MGE ellipse premium 500
Its not AS high heat producing, but it still is producing heat.. and a giant heatsink for someone whose is going to watercool like crazy, is counter productive. First, the case is gonna need some good airflow in that area, which is not necessary when you watercool. So now you might need to worry about how to get airflow around that monstrosity.
Computer: i7 2600k @ 4.7Ghz | Asus P8P67 Evo | Corsair LP 16gb 1600CL9 | Silver Arrow | Essence STX | Crucial m4 128gb | Silverstone Raven 3|
Video: 2x Sapphire 6950 Toxic 2gb @ 6970 Switch @ 880 / 1350 | Asus VG248QE |
Audio: ODAC+O2 => JH|13 Pro | STX => ATH-AD700X / Audioengine A5
Even if it came with a watercooling block, the majority of us would take it off and put one of our own choosing on it anyway right?
If it was a nice copper block that was well designed there would be no need to replace with an aftermarket.
Intel i7 3770K (4.8Ghz@1.36v) ~ Asus Maximus V Gene ~ 8Gb G.Skill Ripjaws X 2133 C9 (@2400 C10) ~ Asus GTX 670 DCUII (1230/7000) ~ Samsung 840 Pro 128Gb ~ WD Black 1Tb ~ Corsair AX 850W ~ X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty ~ Epoz Aktimate Mini ~ Ducky Shine Blue Led /w MX Red ~ Logitech G700 ~ Samsung S27A850D 27" (2440x1600) ~ SilverStone TJ07B-W
WaterCooled by XSPC Raystorm ~ TC PA 120.3 + 3xAP 15 ~ MCP655 with EK-D5 X-Top Rev.2 ~ EK Multi 250
Powered by APC Smart-UPS SC 1500 ~ MGE ellipse premium 500
Definitely sexy looking but Asus's true 16X tri-sli motherboard (had an nf200 chip also) was actually slower than the x58 w/o an nforce chip.
Im sure itll be a great performer.
Last edited by btdvox; 02-04-2009 at 01:50 PM.
God, am dying to know the PCI-E memory paths, wanna know which ones are the true x16 slots.
Anyone know anything about its onboard sound? Wondering if it has DDL or DTS or will it require a soundcard for surround sound from a digital output?
EVGA X58 Classified
Intel i7 965
Corsair Dominator 1600mhz 3x2gb
Nvidia GTX 295
From the looks of the board, it seems to have the same integrated Realtek HD audio that the EVGA X58 SLI has.
EVGA X58 SLI Classified E759 Limited Edition
Intel Core i7 Extreme 980X Gulftown six-core
Thermalright TRUE Copper w/ 2x Noctua NF-P12s (push-pull)
2x EVGA GeForce GTX 590 Classified [Quad-SLI]
6GB Mushkin XP Series DDR3 1600MHz 7-8-7-20
SilverStone Strider ST1500 1500W
OCZ RevoDrive 3 240GB 1.0GB/s PCI-Express SSD
Creative X-Fi Fatal1ty Professional / Logitech G51 5.1 Surround
SilverStone Raven RV02
Windows 7 Ultimate x64 RTM
Ie. No DDL
Computer: i7 2600k @ 4.7Ghz | Asus P8P67 Evo | Corsair LP 16gb 1600CL9 | Silver Arrow | Essence STX | Crucial m4 128gb | Silverstone Raven 3|
Video: 2x Sapphire 6950 Toxic 2gb @ 6970 Switch @ 880 / 1350 | Asus VG248QE |
Audio: ODAC+O2 => JH|13 Pro | STX => ATH-AD700X / Audioengine A5
Yummy! I' m sure this board will make me finally upgrade to socket 1366.
Time to start saving up.
Stellar job eVGA
Last edited by broken pixel; 02-21-2009 at 03:49 PM.
Is that a new socket ?Yummy! I' m sure this board will make me finally upgrade to socket 1377.
Time to start saving up.
Stellar job eVGA
Some of us bought 2 $500 gpus, lol. Want to drive the prices of boards down? Don't buy the ones you feel are too expensive, I'm sure you'll ge the manufacturers attention.
As for me, me wants (with bad grammar and all). And me wants it now!
SOGOs > BOGOs
My bad hit the seven key instead of the six.Is that a new socket ?
ASUS Rampage Extreme IV BIOS 3204 3930K @ 4.7GHz offset voltage +0.015 XSPC Raystorm H20 block 16GB Corsair Dominator GT 2180MHz AX-1200 Zotac GTX680 4GB Heatkiller GPUX3 Block 1.272GHz OCZ Revo3 240GB PCIe 4x SSD Win8 64bit OCZ Vertex 60G Arowana FW Linux Mint 13 2x OCZ Vertex 60G RAID 0 X-Fi Titanium Killer 2100 NIC TM HOTAS Warthog Saitek Pro Flight Combat Pedals
OMG!! Why o why did I come into this thread after 4 months of self imposed exile from XS(my wallet was crying out to me). Makes me want to sell my RE and QX9650 and jump on the i7 bandwagon.Already have crapload of stuff sitting in my shelf ready to be sold. Must...simply...resist.
i7 Rigs
Mobo:EVGA Classified/Foxconn BR
CPU:W3540/i7 920(D0)
RAM: Dominator GT 2000 cl7/Patriot DDR3-2000 cl8
GPU:Sapphire 4870x2/XFX 4890/ GTX 260 tri-sli
Lappy:
Late 2008 "Unibody" MBP 2.4 GHZ(with OCZ Vertex 250GB)
Alright guys.....I've read just about everything I can about this board and I'm lusting after it as well. Any real projected release dates??? Middle of Feb has come and gone and still nothing.
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More & more very expensive, quickly obsolete parts!!
+1 Im waiting for this board too, sold my gigabyte few weeks back... now im stuck with nuthinAlright guys.....I've read just about everything I can about this board and I'm lusting after it as well. Any real projected release dates??? Middle of Feb has come and gone and still nothing.
off topic, but am i the only one who noticed how strikingly close 1336 is to 1337....
"fightoffyourdemons"
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