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

[haylui]

for xeon or i7?
don't think i7 could do MPU

[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.

[LardArse]

Very nice Peter...you've gotta be in geek heaven, working for a company that lets you dream big, and then bring your dreams to reality...this thing is truly a masterpiece
I really am looking forward to seeing more. I'm also very curious about the GPUs you were benching with...what were they?

thanks, its something fun right, kinda a next step? the gpus arent what you think they are so sorry to disappoint you there

[Hondacity]

do you have drivers that support quad 295s(are they 295s?) now?

this board rocks

retail around 800$?

[miahallen]

thanks, its something fun right, kinda a next step? the gpus arent what you think they are so sorry to disappoint you there

Yes it is the next step...my question is...what's the NEXT step?
I didn't think so...with only a single SLI bridge connection and all

[LardArse]

Yes it is the next step...my question is...what's the NEXT step?
I didn't think so...with only a single SLI bridge connection and all

aint that obvious? a Motherboard to house your case in.

[miahallen]

aint that obvious? a Motherboard to house your case in.

[rintamarotta]

2 X Ultra 1600's should power this up with some cards no problem. Just use a adapter to use both PSU's and make sure they are plugged into separate household power loops. I am thinking of a custom case for this monster.

16A fuse in 230v, hmm 3680W.. 1 single household power loop is enought and leaves room for about 480watt's for screens etc and this system would not use 3200watts anyway, i think max about 2000-2400watts needed witch makes shure single household power loop is enought for everything i need

EDIT : oh wait, you're from usa, 110v grid right? that makes sense 2 separate loops..

[saaya]

Weird format as in it's longer down then E-ATX, meaning I need a new chassis, the same with those 6pin power ports.

Supermicro will easily win over this for me since I get what I can use and get some of the best Reliability around.

Also SLI does with without nf200, as been proven before.

ye, but you cant get 4 gtx285 cards working in quad sli if there are no nf200 between them

formats... yeah... that is a bit odd... but then again, whoever wants this thing is not going to worry about the format at all so i think its not a problem to go for a custom standard...

16A fuse in 230v, hmm 3680W.. 1 single household power loop is enought and leaves room for about 480watt's for screens etc and this system would not use 3200watts anyway, i think max about 2000-2400watts needed witch makes shure single household power loop is enought for everything i need

EDIT : oh wait, you're from usa, 110v grid right? that makes sense 2 separate loops..

so itll basically pull as much as a big water boiler or vacuum cleaner, but itll get you crysis in 3d on a huge display... now that IS something i can see people with enough cash getting interested in

[rintamarotta]

ye, but you cant get 4 gtx285 cards working in quad sli if there are no nf200 between them

formats... yeah... that is a bit odd... but then again, whoever wants this thing is not going to worry about the format at all so i think its not a problem to go for a custom standard...


so itll basically pull as much as a big water boiler or vacuum cleaner, but itll get you crysis in 3d on a huge display... now that IS something i can see people with enough cash getting interested in

Well, my vacuum cleaner takes 1200Watts, close to same amount my current i7 rig takes power.
Boiler tough in my house takes around 4000watts that is running trought 3stage power each line going trough 16amp fuse thats 3680watts per-line but its spread evenly to all power lines, even tough that boiler is not active 24/7, if it would then my power bill would be astronomical .
Houses main fuse 25amps, thats about 5700watts per line .

I only wish ATI would make crossfire support for 6 or 8-gpu's (4xHD5970 or 3xHD5970 + GTX285 for PhysX) that machine would be beast.

[N19h7m4r3]

This board isnt trying to steal market share from SM. lol

Never said it was.

But why should I pay so much for this that needs a specialised PSU and chassis when I can get a SM board that's basically the same.

SM boards can OC as proven by Particle and his 6core cpus running nice and high.

So in the end like I have stated before there will be a place for this, but the people buying it obviously don't have money as an issue or reliability since it doesn't even use ECC.

So my opinion stands that this just isn't a great board atm, but I'm sure someone will buy it/recieve for free and clock the hell out of it since they'll probably also be getting that 2500W PSU it might need

[s0lid]

SM boards can OC as proven by Particle and his 6core cpus running nice and high.

Yea every other than LGA1366 boards OC from SM, proven by jcool and movieman.

[Expat GriZ]

Well, I for one can't believe the negativity shown towards this new product. Not enough of this, doesn't support that, too much power, won't fit in my case... etc. etc. blah blah blah. This is XTREME SYSTEMS and this board represents a tremendous advancement that incorporates some outstanding features, progressive ones at that which will push the limits and open doors for newer and better products down the line. It might not be for everyone, deal with it.... nothing ever is. Hats off to Shamino and the eVGA team for even attempting to bring this board to market. When it does arrive, I for one WILL be purchasing it, and I WILL save up for processors to put in it, and I will enjoy the heck out of it.

Sorry for the rant, but come on folks.....we have something here which is new and exciting.....ENJOY IT!!!!

[Mabyboi]

why in gods name would the sata ports not be 90degree?... WHY?!

[Sadasius]

why in gods name would the sata ports not be 90degree?... WHY?!

Yup thinking the same thing here. Kick that damn IDE plug off of the board and place the 90 degree sata's there.

[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.

[LardArse]

why in gods name would the sata ports not be 90degree?... WHY?!

just to be tidier right? its not gonna block any long VGAs even in current position

[H2O]

Yup thinking the same thing here. Kick that damn IDE plug off of the board and place the 90 degree sata's there.

I think that it was stated in the other thread that at extreme overclocks, the PCIe frequency is too fast for SATA drives to handle, hence the IDE port.

[Don_Dan]

I think that it was stated in the other thread that at extreme overclocks, the PCIe frequency is too fast for SATA drives to handle, hence the IDE port.

And that's why I wouldn't consider buying a board without an "outdated" IDE plug.

[zalbard]

just to be tidier right? its not gonna block any long VGAs even in current position

Looks good.

Do you have any early screens with overclocking attempts? Or is it still being tested with stock settings?

[crash5s]

And that's why I wouldn't consider buying a board without an "outdated" IDE plug.

Agreed. I also still love my floppy port!

[sethk]

I bet this board gets OEM's by the e-Peen specialty vendors like Maingear, Falcon, etc. looking to get mainstream reviews which say fastest PC evar. (I'd mention Alienware and Voodoo in that list, but who knows what their corporate overlords will permit.)

[BatteryOperated]

Ignoring child-like mentality and e-peen, why would anyone buy this?
AMD's Maneralo platform is due this quarter with Magny Cours followed by Thuban sometime later.
Right now, I am picture 2 or 3 people jumping up and down whilst holding their bodies in a rigid stance; no bending of the knees as one would normally have. "heh heh heh it overclocks massive heh heh heh" "but fellas, the board is not a good design." "LOLZOZLZ STFU!!!"

[zalbard]

Ignoring child-like mentality and e-peen, why would anyone buy this?
AMD's Maneralo platform is due this quarter with Magny Cours followed by Thuban sometime later.
Right now, I am picture 2 or 3 people jumping up and down whilst holding their bodies in a rigid stance; no bending of the knees as one would normally have. "heh heh heh it overclocks massive heh heh heh" "but fellas, the board is not a good design." "LOLZOZLZ STFU!!!"

What do you know about the motherboard design anyway?

[s0lid]

Ignoring child-like mentality and e-peen, why would anyone buy this?

Take a little look at Xtreme teams forum, there's this DC asylym called World Commynity Drid forum, i know a hand full of people who are ready buy that board right now if it were in stores

for xeon or i7?
don't think i7 could do MPU

5000-series xeons only:

I believe so.

The model Xeons that are built for multi-socket operation have I think 2 QPI links or something like that so they can communicate with the NB and with the other chip (and pull data from that chips RAM).