EVGA Classified SR-2 Motherboard

Main Specifications

The EVGA Classified SR-2 motherboard main features are:

• Socket: Dual socket LGA1366 for Xeon 55xx and 56xx processors
• Chipset: Intel 5520 + ICH10R + NVIDIA NF200 x2
• Super I/O: Fintek F71883
• Parallel ATA: One ATA-133 port
• Serial ATA: Six SATA-300 ports (black) supporting RAID 0, 1, 5 and 10 controlled by the chipset and two SATA-600 ports (red) supporting RAID 0 and 1 controlled by a Marvell 88SE9128 chip
• External SATA: Two eSATA-300 ports controlled by a JMicron JMB362 chip
• USB: 10 USB 2.0 ports, six soldered on the motherboard rear panel and four available through two headers on the motherboard. The motherboard comes with one I/O bracket containing four USB ports. Two USB 3.0 ports (the blue ones) controlled by a NEC μPD720200 chip
• FireWire (IEEE 1394): None
• On-board audio: Produced b
  y the chipset together with a Realtek ALC889 codec (eight channels, 24-bit resolution, up to 192 kHz sampling rate for both the inputs and outputs, 104 dB signal-to-noise ratio for the inputs and 108 dB signal-to-noise ratio for the outputs)
• On-board LAN: Two Gigabit Ethernet ports controlled by two Marvell 88E8057 chips, each one connected to the system through a PCI Express x1 lane
• Buzzer: Yes
• Infrared Interface: No
• Power supply required: 2x EPS12V, also requiring three six-pin video card power connectors
• Slots: Seven PCI Express 2.0 x16 slots (first, third, fifth and seventh slots working at x16 when up to four video cards are installed, and speed reduced to x8 when five or more video cards are installed)
• Memory: 12 DDR3-DIMM sockets (up to 48 GB up to DDR3-1333)
• Fan connectors: Two with four pins (PWM control) for the CPUs and six with three pins for auxiliary fans
• Number of CDs/DVDs provided: On
• Programs included: Motherboard drivers and utilities
• Extra features: External clear CMOS button, POST diagnostics display, ECP V3 (EVGA Control Panel version 3),  interface for optional EVBot overclocking panel, jumpers for disabling individual PCI Express slots, jumpers for disabling CPUs, and probes for monitoring CPU, memory and chipset voltages with a multimeter
• More Information: https://www.evga.com
• Average price  in the US*: USD 595.00

* Researched at Buy.com on the day we published this First Look article.