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Detale
04-04-2010, 03:27 PM
Skizo sent me this and I just had to share. I am seriously thinking about it but it's $600 ATM without 2 1366 CPU's ($200) each. I may just save up like.



EVGA Classified SR-2 fits two Xeon CPUs for 24 threads, exemplifies overkill

By Sean Hollister (http://www.engadget.com/editor/sean-hollister) http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/writer_rss.gif (http://www.engadget.com/editor/sean-hollister/rss.xml) posted Mar 17th 2010 4:33PM

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http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/03/3-17-10-classifiedsr2-600.jpg (http://www.evga.com/articles/00537/)
Remember EVGA's seven-GPU motherboard monstrosity, the W555? That experimental beast of a board just got declassified -- and given immediate launch orders. Under the new "Classified SR-2" callsign, the board's layout has hardly changed since CES (though the heatsinks certainly got a makeover) but the big news here is that each of its two CPU sockets will support those fancy new six-core Xeon processors. As you're well aware, two times six is twelve -- and since each of the Xeon 5600's cores can handle 2 threads, you're looking at the basis for a 24-threaded powerhouse for mondo multitasking performance. Factor in enough slots for 4-way SLI, CrossFireX and 48GB of RAM, and it's not hard to figure out why the red-and-black HPTX (15- x 13.6-inches!) creation commands a $600 price point. The only questions are how much a full system will deplete your wallet, and how many fuses your house will blow after pressing the power button.

source: http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/17/evga-classified-sr-2-fits-two-980x-cpus-for-24-threads-exemplif/

clocker
04-04-2010, 09:23 PM
Just think of the watercooling possibilities with two processors and twelve RAM slots...it'd be tubing paradise.

QPD
04-04-2010, 09:26 PM
You will never use it at 80%...
My q6600 on 8 Gb ram never glitches...
And electricity bill will double.

Detale
04-04-2010, 10:16 PM
Oh I'm thinking about it since this morning. Honestly even I don't think I would spend $1000 on just the mobo and CPU's. then the cooling stuff would be another $400 at least. Meh may be too pricey for me now. Especially since i just got this rig up and running well, not to mention the g5 will be done soon enough.

Tv Controls you
04-04-2010, 10:17 PM
Detale I think you should go with 24 ram slots.

Detale
04-04-2010, 10:18 PM
lol, one day I will

Skiz
04-04-2010, 10:19 PM
Just found this as well. I bet it still can't run SLI and dual monitors simultaneously though.

http://i42.tinypic.com/5jw9qo.jpg

Tv Controls you
04-04-2010, 10:20 PM
lol, one day I will

It won't surprise me lol.

I use 6 gb of ram... And I know you don't want to hear this, but I can't recall consuming over 75%, its normally around 23%.
I run an Intel core i7 920 at 2.67 a core, and have never felt the need to over clock.

I absolutely love my machine though.

The only thing I would ever need to upgrade in the future, is my nvidia 9800 gtx as they are always improving those damn graphics cards.

LubTheStaringCat
04-04-2010, 10:29 PM
What size of case would you need for that mobo :idunno:
And I bet It would also be expensive to :blink:

Detale
04-05-2010, 02:29 AM
Oh, Oh god
http://i42.tinypic.com/5jw9qo.jpg

I just made a mess.


I use 8 gigs of Dominator ram ATM running at 2000mhz myself :P

A full size case should fit this board just fine