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    News - EVGA’s E779 X79 Classified - a peek at extreme things to come

    EVGA goes for the Sandy Bridge Extreme jugular.
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    Re: News - EVGA’s E779 X79 Classified - a peek at extreme things to come

    Looks completely over the top, a complete waste of time and no doubt an absurd amount of money.

    Wish these stupid companies would concentrate on making the best value products better instead of taking viagra in an attempt to grow the largest penis.

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    Re: News - EVGA’s E779 X79 Classified - a peek at extreme things to come

    Yet another motherboard from EVGA that'll need a case from a particular range it would seem. Do I count 9-10 expansion slots from the base of the audio ports? And what's the point in all that PCB space if they can't even add in an extra controller for some more SATA6 ports? I do hope they follow this up with a more mainstream version without quad sli support (dual is fine for most of us).

    I agree with Brewster, they should focus on value and quality over 'extreme features'. Although, that said, the SR-2 was a good break from the norm. But that was built on an already well-developed platform.

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    Re: News - EVGA’s E779 X79 Classified - a peek at extreme things to come

    Guys this is high end, not mainstream. High End chips that will cost up to, and probably exceeding a grand. These are not disposable benching rigs, but high end, server class boards, for the wealthy. I repeat, the chipset is NOT going to be entry level stuff, so why should the boards be? Why would you put a shiny new £200+ cpu into a board that's not up to doing the job?
    If you're going to buy a quad channel CPU, and want to push it to its absolute limit, you're not generally going to be gaming - more likely benching, folding, or buiding your own terminal server/render farm.
    This is a VERY niche market, with a high development cost, and therefore even higher retail point, so please put your comments into a context and quit your whining about "it probably being expensive." It will be. PERIOD. If you want a desktop machine, buy a Sandy Bridge. This is for Socket 2011 cpus and will be a beast.

    Would love to get one of these as my server....

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    Re: News - EVGA’s E779 X79 Classified - a peek at extreme things to come

    Quote Originally Posted by AdamHiggins View Post
    Yet another motherboard from EVGA that'll need a case from a particular range it would seem. Do I count 9-10 expansion slots from the base of the audio ports?
    When was your last eye test?

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    Re: News - EVGA’s E779 X79 Classified - a peek at extreme things to come

    Quote Originally Posted by kalniel View Post
    When was your last eye test?
    I said counting from the base of the audio ports., which is usually where slot 1 is, this board is missing any PCI sockets in slots 1 and 2. I count:

    1: Missing
    2: Missing
    3: 16x
    4: 1x
    5:16x
    6:16x
    7:16x
    8: Missing
    9: 16x
    + Board space below

    So yeah, I meant total slot positions, not physical sockets on the board.

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