One thing to say for this, and I've found it with my dual Opteron system too, is that in five years everyone else will have upgraded two or three times and you will still be able to keep up. While not perhaps future proofing, boards like this have a significant lifespan due to their expandability.
Sure, it's a fancy board, but I still think for overclocking I'd grab a single CPU system and for the day in-day out, 24/7 grind it's no better than other offerings as overclocking such a 24/7-calculator would never cross my mind.
Still, love to see manufacturers try something new.
Originally Posted by perplekks45 How come the picture of BT's sample has the exact same configuration as Scan's? Same CPUs, same coolers, same fans, same overclock... :|
I presume you're referring to the image on page 15? If so, that's a photo of the Scan pre-overclocked bundle.
Originally Posted by perplekks45 I was referring to these two pictures:
Ah, ok, I can explain:
The first picture is of the Scan bundle.
The second picture does use the same CPU coolers as the Scan bundle (they did supply us the kit after all) but if you look closely this picture also shows our G.Skill RAM installed instead of the Corsair RAM that Scan supplied with its bundle.
I loved this review. Interesting, informative and aspirational. No way I could afford that Scan system, but I can always dream. I think it also gives Scan a bit of Kudos as a top systems seller (whereas I'd only really associated them with parts beforehand...)
I've heard that this board can run with just one cpu, so just incase for example you don't have the cash for the two cpu's right away and want to buy the second later on down the line when you can afford it, it would be interesting to know how it performs with just the one xeon- would it be sluggish or do just as well as a single socket board?!!
Originally Posted by Kojak I've heard that this board can run with just one cpu, so just incase for example you don't have the cash for the two cpu's right away and want to buy the second later on down the line when you can afford it, it would be interesting to know how it performs with just the one xeon- would it be sluggish or do just as well as a single socket board?!!
It should perform very similarly to a single-socket X58 board as the architecture is 95%+ is the same. If you look at the single-threaded Gimp benchmark on page 5 for example, the results are almost identical.
We order the SR-2 board directly from EVGA, we have confirmed with them the board is under allocation but are aiming to continuously replenish our stock so supply is not expected to be an issue at all.
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ReplyAnd the price... Ouch. :L
Still, love to see manufacturers try something new.
...that's actually a tough decision.
Liek this.
Anyway, great to see EVGA push the boundaries but I don't think anybody using it for non-business stuff really needs anything like this.
I presume you're referring to the image on page 15? If so, that's a photo of the Scan pre-overclocked bundle.
Yep - it needed two power supplies and heated the lab to such an extent that everybody bar me ran away for a few hours
http://images.bit-tech.net/content_images/2010/08/evga-classified-sr-2-review/scansr2bundle.jpg
http://images.bit-tech.net/content_images/2010/08/evga-classified-sr-2-review/side.jpg
Ah, ok, I can explain:
The first picture is of the Scan bundle.
The second picture does use the same CPU coolers as the Scan bundle (they did supply us the kit after all) but if you look closely this picture also shows our G.Skill RAM installed instead of the Corsair RAM that Scan supplied with its bundle.
1999 - Abit BP6, I rest my case
Umm, in a word - no. The BP6 was a dual-processor board and didn't support Xeons.
It should perform very similarly to a single-socket X58 board as the architecture is 95%+ is the same. If you look at the single-threaded Gimp benchmark on page 5 for example, the results are almost identical.
Hope this helps
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