EXCLUSIVE! New EVGA Classified Dual-Proc Board - 270-GT-W555!

[Chrono Detector]

I thought there would be heatsinks, wouldn't those NF200 chips run hot without it or whatever?

Anyway, the board needs more SATA ports, and I don't like how they are arranged.

[Tobit]

I thought there would be heatsinks, wouldn't those NF200 chips run hot without it or whatever?

There were simply removed to show which chips are under them. This is common practice when displaying brand new gear.

Anyway, the board needs more SATA ports, and I don't like how they are arranged.

Then this board isn't for you, doubtful it was in the first place, move along.. nothing to see here.

[H2O]

There were simply removed to show which chips are under them. This is common practice when displaying brand new gear.

No, if you look at the benching picture, you can see that the NB, SB, and NF200 chips have a low-profile heatsink covering them, much like the large SB heatsink on the P6T7 or RIIE. This board is really meant to be put under water anyways, so I doubt that it will matter.

(By the way, is there any way that this topic could be merged with the other one? It's getting a little confusing trying to follow two active threads.)

[Tobit]

This board is really meant to be put under water anyways, so I doubt that it will matter.

Says who? Do you have one? No. Low profile doesn't automatically assume water cool only. Plus, the person I quoted was probably referring to the pics of the board lacking heatsinks.. so don't say no to me sir. The benching picture was not done by EVGA.. it is not a final board.

[H2O]

Says who? Do you have one? No. Low profile doesn't automatically assume water cool only. Plus, the person I quoted was probably referring to the pics of the board lacking heatsinks.. so don't say no to me sir. The benching picture was not done by EVGA.. it is not a final board.

Ok, I made a simply reply to your response, no need to get all defensive.

No, I do not own the board, and I know that it is not the final version, but I still think that it will be very difficult to come up with a heatsink design to sufficiently cool the 3 very hot chips without interfering with the PCIe slots. And odds are, if you have $450-$550 to spend on a motherboard, $2000 to spend on CPUs, and at least $400 to spend on RAM (not to mention the large/multiple PSUs, large case, GPUs, etc.), an additional $150 for a full cover watercooling block would be peanuts.

[Buckeye]

if you have $450-$550 to spend on a motherboard.

I have a feeling that the MB is going to be a lot more than that. Shoot my Limited Edition Classy when it first came out was almost $500 shipped to my door.