EVGA Dual Socket 2011 Motherboard

Was waiting for something like this to be released...

http://hexus.net/tv/show/2012/01/EVG...Bridge_E_board

EDIT: Now released - http://www.evga.com/articles/00668/

http://cdn2.fiverrcdn.com/photos/511...jpg?1323194228

96GB ram

Yeah, that's damn sexy. I can imagine some very cool stuff with the USB smart PSU as well, though I certainly hope it's more than just grafting on basic UPS functionality.

Whywhywhywhy only 10 Dimm slots? SR-2 had 12!

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Originally Posted by Sajuuk

Whywhywhywhy only 10 Dimm slots? SR-2 had 12!

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Yeah, i mean it's supposed to be the "ultimate" board, but by gimping the ram slots, they force people to run 64gb usable maximum ram.

I guess that the cpu sockets are so damn big that there isn't much room to work with. But why add the other 4 slots to the second CPU socket? And Seriously, why only 6 SATA connectors? It looks like there's more pads but they don't seem to be filled up... If I was gonna make a board like that, I'd figure out how to get a minimum of 4 sata 6gb/s for a nice SSD Raid of, say 4 Vertex 3s... Id like to see 2GB/s raid speed....

yeah, DIMM config does seem a bit wierd/disappointing. Sajuuk, there are 12 slots, but not 16 as I would have expected (2x Quad chan per CPU). The single-CPU classy only has 4 slots, which was also quite disappointing.
But definitely want one of these if the bank budget can be stretched that far

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Originally Posted by confusedtx5

. Sajuuk, there are 12 slots, but not 16 as I would have expected (2x Quad chan per CPU). The single-CPU classy only has 4 slots, which was also quite disappointing.
But definitely want one of these if the bank budget can be stretched that far

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Derp.

Meh, with the high density DIMMs available for cheap now most people don't need that many slots anyways. But it's THE EXTREEEEEEEEEEME board.

Even though most people will only use 8 of the available slots, it's the principle of the thing. IMO, having 12 slots is either a waste of 4 slots, cause honestly who is going to go that route given the number of ram channels, or the slots are a missed opportunity to be the "uber" board.

This board was finally released. Only $650.

http://www.evga.com/articles/00668/

Link also in OP.

$650...damn, they's proud of that baby.