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March 17th, 2010, 20:40
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Remember EVGA's seven-GPU motherboard monstrosity (http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/28/evgas-w555-motherboard-gets-a-once-over-can-hold-seven-gpus/), the W555? That experimental beast of a board just got declassified -- and given immediate launch orders. Under the new "Classified SR-2" callsign, the board's layout has hardly changed since CES (though the heatsinks certainly got a makeover) but the big news here is that each of its two CPU sockets will support that fancy new Intel Core i7-980X (http://www.engadget.com/tag/core+i7-980X/) six-core processor. As you're well aware, two times six is twelve -- and since each of the i7-980X's cores can handle 12 threads, you're looking at the basis for a 24-threaded powerhouse for mondo multitasking performance. Factor in enough slots for 4-way SLI (http://www.engadget.com/tag/SLI/), CrossFireX (http://www.engadget.com/tag/CrossFireX/) and 48GB of RAM, and it's not hard to wonder why the red-and-black HPTX (15- x 13.6-inches!) creation commands a $600 price point. The only questions are how much a full system will deplete your wallet, and how many fuses your house will blow after pressing the power button.
Gallery: EVGA Classified SR-2 (http://www.engadget.com/photos/evga-classified-sr-2/)
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Remember EVGA's seven-GPU motherboard monstrosity (http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/28/evgas-w555-motherboard-gets-a-once-over-can-hold-seven-gpus/), the W555? That experimental beast of a board just got declassified -- and given immediate launch orders. Under the new "Classified SR-2" callsign, the board's layout has hardly changed since CES (though the heatsinks certainly got a makeover) but the big news here is that each of its two CPU sockets will support that fancy new Intel Core i7-980X (http://www.engadget.com/tag/core+i7-980X/) six-core processor. As you're well aware, two times six is twelve -- and since each of the i7-980X's cores can handle 12 threads, you're looking at the basis for a 24-threaded powerhouse for mondo multitasking performance. Factor in enough slots for 4-way SLI (http://www.engadget.com/tag/SLI/), CrossFireX (http://www.engadget.com/tag/CrossFireX/) and 48GB of RAM, and it's not hard to wonder why the red-and-black HPTX (15- x 13.6-inches!) creation commands a $600 price point. The only questions are how much a full system will deplete your wallet, and how many fuses your house will blow after pressing the power button.
Gallery: EVGA Classified SR-2 (http://www.engadget.com/photos/evga-classified-sr-2/)
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/03/3-17-10-classifiedsr2-800-2_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/photos/evga-classified-sr-2/2809659/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/03/3-17-10-classifiedsr2-800-1_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/photos/evga-classified-sr-2/2809658/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/03/3-17-10-classifiedsr2-800-3_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/photos/evga-classified-sr-2/2809660/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/03/3-17-10-classifiedsr2-800-4_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/photos/evga-classified-sr-2/2809661/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/03/3-17-10-classifiedsr2-800-5_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/photos/evga-classified-sr-2/2809662/)
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