EVGA Unveils High-End SR-2 Motherboard ["Classified SR-2" Motherboard Features Intel 5520 Chipset, Dual LGA 1366 CPU Slots, Twelve DDR3 RAM Slots, USB 3.0]

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EVGA’s new motherboard, the Classified SR-2, is just about as high-end as you’ll find a motherboard, short of workstation and server grade equipment. It’s the newest entry into EVGA’s Classified series of mainboards and the board is specially designed for overclockers and it features two LGA 1366 processor slots, a ton of DDR3 memory slots and of course, USB 3.0 and SATA 3.0 support.

The Classified SR-2 meets the HTPX form factor, and Intel’s Xeon processors are supported in the board’s dual LGA 1366 slots. It has a total of 12 DDR3 memory slots (with six for each processor) and a whopping seven PCI-E card slots. The board has support for either four-way SLI or CrossFireX. Users can disable PCI-E slots from within the BIOS and the operating system, and the board also has support for external overclocking devices.

In case that isn’t enough for you, it’s got some of the next-gen data ports with two SATA 3.0 ports and two USB 3.0 ports. It’s also got two eSATA ports as well as SATA 2 and plain old USB 2.0 ports. The integrated audio is HD quality with eight channels.

Its worth noting that the board, while it supports the server-grade Xeon processors, it doesn’t have support for all of the newest Intel chips, including the consumer Core i7-980X. As you can imagine, a regular PSU would have difficulty running a PC built on this mainboard, so EVGA is going to be releasing a “EVGA Classified SR-2″ Power Supply which reportedly will be rated at 1200W. This hasn’t been confirmed, but it’s widely reported that the special SR-2 branded PSU will just be a rebadged 1.2KW power supply from Antec.

As you can guess, it won’t be cheap. The MSRP for this mainboard is $600, and that includes a lifetime warranty. The board was listed on EVGA’s online store for sometime, before it was mysteriously pulled down. At any rate, it’s supposed to be on sale now.