Monday, January 4th 2010
EVGA Dual LGA-1366 Motherboard Pictured
The recently surfaced high-end dual socket LGA-1366 motherboard is pictured in full, without its cooling assembly. The picture reveals quite a bit about EVGA's new monstrosity. To begin with, the motherboard is neither ATX, nor EATX in the truest sense. Like the recently announced X58 Classified 4-way SLI which was based on the "XL-ATX" form-factor, this motherboard seems to be 13.58 inches (344.93 mm) long, and about as wide as EATX (330 mm, 13 inches), or maybe a little more.
Each LGA-1366 socket is wired to six DDR3 DIMM slots for triple-channel memory, and is powered by an 8-phase digital-PWM circuit. Each socket further has a 3-phase power circuit for its DIMM slots. The CPU VRM for each socket takes input from an 8-pin ATX, and what appears to be a 6-pin +12V (PCI-E?) connector. The motherboard further takes power from a 6-pin PCI-E power connector apart from the usual 24-pin ATX power connector. Some of these inputs may be redundant and needed only for additional electrical stability to support competitive overclocking.
At the heart of the board is what appears to be an Intel 5500 "Tylersburg" or Intel X58, paired with an Intel ICH10-class southbridge. All of its SATA 3 Gb/s ports are located next to it, while a Marvell-made SATA 6 Gb/s controller provides two additional ports. There are seven PCI-Express 2.0 x16 slots in all, driven by four x16 links over two NVIDIA nForce 200 bridge chips. The exact lane distribution is not known. There seem to be two gigabit Ethernet controllers, 8-channel audio, eSATA, USB 3.0, and EV-Bot support. More about the board may surface during the CES event.
Source:
XtremeSystems Forums
Each LGA-1366 socket is wired to six DDR3 DIMM slots for triple-channel memory, and is powered by an 8-phase digital-PWM circuit. Each socket further has a 3-phase power circuit for its DIMM slots. The CPU VRM for each socket takes input from an 8-pin ATX, and what appears to be a 6-pin +12V (PCI-E?) connector. The motherboard further takes power from a 6-pin PCI-E power connector apart from the usual 24-pin ATX power connector. Some of these inputs may be redundant and needed only for additional electrical stability to support competitive overclocking.
77 Comments on EVGA Dual LGA-1366 Motherboard Pictured
So four x16 ports, or eight x8 ports. It's just that neither SLI nor CrossFireX supports over four GPUs.
So you can feel free to add over four graphics cards (fifth one being dedicated PhysX, or fifth and sixth driving another display head).
I'd buy one of these and pair it with two Gulftown CPU's, as well as four watercooled EVGA GTX285 Classifieds, and still have space for a nice PCIEx sound card and an SSD....
YUM! :D
Double-slot cards take up two slots. The installation on this board would be the same as any other board.
Could always get creative with flexible PCIe extenders and a custom case if you want every slot available or simply top out with a pair of 5970's, leaving 3 (or 4) slots open.
5970's might be able to go single with blocks, leaving 5 slots open for PCIe SSDs!
I might have the money for the board + 1 xeon (and later another) + a proper psu + 2 GTX300s, but a costly server case is out of my budget, so that's why I'm asking - the case is pretty much the only thing that might stop me from buying this thing. :banghead:
Probably were looking at an 846 with a SAS Expander backplane, which is why it was so pricey. Besides, it doesn't fit this board anyway. The 747 should do it, and it comes in just under $900 with 1400w gold level redundant PS's, two of their heatsinks, and 8 x 3.5" hotswap bays. I love it, but it's not for everyone.
At the moment Lian-Li has one or two, Thermaltake's Xaser VI line, and some other already mentioned in this thread are 10-slot and should fit it (as long they are also spec'd to fit the width of an EATX board).
Short answer: You'll most likely be able to find a case on the cheaper-end that allow you to pick your own PS.
What a montrosity.:eek:
:shadedshu
Now I need to wait for its release along with the i9's so I can push it to the limit and let it run WCG for a night and F@H for a night :P
It's freakin huge! Almost as big as that guy!