EVGA has finally released their new dual socket Classified SR-2 board. This new board is going to change how enthusiasts approach building. Well, enthusiasts with a lot of money anyway…
The board has a MSRP of $599.99 but purchasing the additional hardware is going to run you some serious cash. To make a system you could start with the following parts:
Two Nehalem 5530 CPUs for about $1000
1200 Watt Power Supply $300
24GB RAM (half of capacity) $700
SSD and media Drives, OS and extras $1000
Two GTX 285s for $700
…and a new case for $200 since the board is so large. They even created a new category called HPTX!
$4500 for just an “average” SR-2 set up. Some new Xeon chips are going for $1500 each! Doing it “high-end” could cost you over double!
I can dream anyway…
Motherboard Features:
- Supports Intel® Xeon® Dual QPI Socket 1366 Processors
- Intel® 5520 Chipset
- 12 DIMM Triple-Channel DDR3 1333MHz+ (up to 48GB)
- 2-way SLI, 3-way SLI, 4-way SLI or CrossFireX
- 2 SATA III 6.0GB/s Ports, 6 SATA II 3.0GB/s Ports, 2 E-SATA Ports
- 2 Gigabit Ethernet Ports (10/100/1000)
- 8 Channel High Definition Audio
- 2 USB 3.0/2.0 Ports, 10 USB 2.0 Ports (6 I/0, 4 Internal)
It looks so cool!
More information about the SR-2 from EVGA can be found at:
http://www.evga.com/products/moreinfo.asp?pn=270-WS-W555-A1
http://www.evga.com/articles/00537/
Tim
you may not be able to see it! but i am actually drooling! Just thinking of a Home server with this or better yet Media Center.
So Tim, have you ordered one yet? 🙂
Let me see how my P55 EVGA board performs!
Putting Windows Home Server on this beast would be like putting a fur collar on a rotweiler… You just don't do it! 🙂
This is not for WHS. Andrew and I each have sweet main PCs. See mine on "Ceton" on our site.