Wednesday, June 2nd 2010
EVGA Ready with Case and PSU, Tailor-fit for Classified SR-2
EVGA is ready with a large full-tower case and power supply that's tailor-fit for the Classified SR-2 dual-socket LGA1366 motherboard, both carrying the Classified SR-2 brand markers for easy identification. The SR-2 case is larger than XL-ATX and EATX. Its motherboard tray is as wide as EATX, while being as long as XL-ATX. It has 10 expansion slots, 7 internal 3.5"/2.5" drive bay trays, 5 larger 5.25" trays, and holes punched out in the motherboard tray at the right spots to help manage CPU coolers for both the sockets better, and help with cable-management.
On its front-panel (located on the top), apart from the usual power, reset, and basic LEDs, there is also a system diagnostic LED display which takes input directly from the motherboard's system management module. A pop-up panel holds four USB, audio, FireWire, and eSATA ports.Next up is the Classified SR-2 PSU. Originally designed and made by Antec and a possible inclusion into the True Power Quattro series, The SR-2 PSU is a 1200W PSU, which can be tweaked manually using the controls provided to give out up to 1500W of power. At its default specifications, the SR-2 claims to have enough power to drive the Classified SR-2 system with two LGA1366 Xeon processors, and four NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 graphics cards in 4-way SLI.The PSU has six +12V rails of 38A each (fits within recommended requirements of GTX 480). It seems to have limited modularity, with some connectors that come off wires, while most connectors come out fixed off the unit. Major connectors have REMI cores, there are enough PCI-Express connectors to drive four EVGA GTX 285 Classified (cards that have three PCI-E power inputs). EVGA did not spell out any prices or availability dates.
On its front-panel (located on the top), apart from the usual power, reset, and basic LEDs, there is also a system diagnostic LED display which takes input directly from the motherboard's system management module. A pop-up panel holds four USB, audio, FireWire, and eSATA ports.Next up is the Classified SR-2 PSU. Originally designed and made by Antec and a possible inclusion into the True Power Quattro series, The SR-2 PSU is a 1200W PSU, which can be tweaked manually using the controls provided to give out up to 1500W of power. At its default specifications, the SR-2 claims to have enough power to drive the Classified SR-2 system with two LGA1366 Xeon processors, and four NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 graphics cards in 4-way SLI.The PSU has six +12V rails of 38A each (fits within recommended requirements of GTX 480). It seems to have limited modularity, with some connectors that come off wires, while most connectors come out fixed off the unit. Major connectors have REMI cores, there are enough PCI-Express connectors to drive four EVGA GTX 285 Classified (cards that have three PCI-E power inputs). EVGA did not spell out any prices or availability dates.