New EVGA Classified SR-2 (Monster
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I revive the thread,
Three years after its release, this motherboard is still a work of engineering, as well as a beauty. I was one of those who said, as well as some others imagined, that if I could one day I would have one. And since I am a person of fixed ideas, and a bit stubborn….........:ugly:, That day has arrived...
Fortunately, acquiring this motherboard today is no longer a savage price as it was when it was released. Nowadays and thanks to the EVGA B-stock program, You can have it at home for 270€, + 12 for shipping, with a one-year warranty.
Much less than what any high-end motherboard costs.
So I couldn't resist trying one. It is accompanied by two of the smallest Xeons, the E5506 without HT and at 2.13 Ghz. Let's see how far I can push them
My main idea is to compare it with my current 3930k. To do this, I have run a battery of tests on 12 Games, cinebench, and the always required 3Dmark and Unigine in its two versions.
If anyone wants to see any test included in that comparison, they can say so now. This weekend I will start assembling what has always been and will be…....... THE MOTHERBOARD.........
This afternoon I will leave you some pictures.
Regards.....
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You will tell us how it works out ;D
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You will tell us how it performs ;D
Of course…........ ;).
Some pictures....
The motherboard is really impressive, if you have never seen a dual motherboard you have no idea, it is the first one I have seen, my MSI Big Bang is XL-ATX, and it already seemed big to me.
It weighs about 2.5/2.6 Kg, it is amazing. The PCB is also the widest I have ever seen.
Regards…
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You must be having a great time, it must be nice to try to overclock two CPUs at once, besides those seem to have very low frequencies, you will tell us how it goes.
regards
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I found a site!!!!! ;D
Open your bets hehehehehe, a Sugus pack is up for grabs :troll:
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Hope you're having a good time, it must be nice to try to overclock two CPUs at once, besides those seem to have very low frequencies, you'll tell us how it goes.
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Haha, you know that trying things out gets to me, and if it's a beauty like this and not a crazy price, then I'll try it….....
Best regards
I got a spot!!!!!! ;D
Open your bets hehe, there's a pack of sugus up for grabs :troll:
After a weekend of fighting with a koolance bay depo, until we understood each other. The team is now ready to install the OS.
The depo installation was mandatory, as the size of the board didn't allow for another type of mounting in the phobya :ugly:. Tonight I'll start installing and testing OC, I'll keep you posted...
Cheers...
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I always liked that plate, let's see how it goes and some photos would be appreciated.
Regards
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I always liked that motherboard, let's see how it goes and some photos would be appreciated.
Regards
Well I've installed the OS, I'm writing from the computer now. The OC is crazy, trying to "center", 2 processors :ugly:, but well, we're starting to get to know each other.
For now 2.7, and they come to 2.13. So at first glance I would say I can do 3+ of them. But from now on comes the "hard part"…...xD
It's too late to update the Mod thread, but I'll leave some pictures here.
I ran a unigine to see more or less the distance I should cut with OC compared to the 3930 @ 4.9 with the memories at 2400. And it gave me 18 fps less, the Xeon at 2.13, and the memos at 800 (Without any kind of OC).
Will the SR-2 cut that distance?
What do you think??
Regards…
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I've always been blown away by this motherboard
jotole, if you're looking for other xeons give me a shout
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Impresses the plate with the liquid mount. A beauty. I wouldn't give the use it deserves to a team like that, but I admit I'd like to taste it :troll:
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Jotole go for 200 BCLK and the maximum multiplier, those make 4000 MHz, but you have to give it a minimum of 1.26v of vcore, set the memory to a safe frequency and set the UCLK to double the RAM.
What is the maximum multiplier for those CPUs?
Come on, you have to give them voltage, also the QPI or Vtt you will have to raise the voltage a bit.
Those may limit themselves by having a low multiplier and maybe that motherboard can't handle much BCLK, go for 210.
regards
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I've always been blown away by this motherboard
jotole, if you look for other xeons give me a shoutHehe, we're in touch.
.Best regards…
The motherboard with the liquid mounted is impressive. A beauty. I wouldn't give a system like this the use it deserves, but I admit I'd like to try it :troll:
That's the idea, tinker with it to see what it can do against the most modern platforms
Best regards.
Jotole, go for 200 BCLK and the maximum multiplier, those make 4000 MHz, but you have to give it a minimum of 1.26v of vcore, set the memory to a safe frequency and set the UCLK to double the RAM.
What multiplier do these CPUs have at maximum?
we're going to have to give them voltage, you'll also have to increase the QPI or Vtt voltage a bit.
These may limit because they have little multiplier and maybe this motherboard can't handle much BCLK, go for 210
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This one won't reach 4000 fjavi, it has a multiplier of 16x, at most I'll push it to 3.4, that's being very optimistic. I'm going for 3.200.
Although the ideal for these motherboards would be a multiplier of 21, from what I've read in the EVGA forums. I didn't touch it last night, tonight I'll go back to work with it to see what we can achieve.
Best regards..
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If after answering I realized that those xeons had been overclocked too much, with a 16 multiplier you do nothing and even less with two at once, they should have a 19 and 20 with turbo, one less than the 920, but 16 is very little.
it's a shame because maybe they would have gone up well.
regards
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Jotole, I have to tell you that you are an animal :troll:. You are a piece of a beast, and perfectly mounted. The doubt is what you have done with the MSI.
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If after answering I realized that those xeons had been overclocked too much, with a 16 multiplier you do nothing and even less with two at the same time, they should have a 19 and 20 with turbo, one less than the 920, but 16 is very little.
it's a shame because they could have gone up well.
regards
Well they go up wonderfully fjavi, I already have the OC stabilized…...........xD, I still need to touch a couple of voltages, but I already have it mastered.
Last night I finished very late and I didn't bother to upload pictures, but what I do have very clear is that the motherboard is a real beast in OC, I thought that having fewer power phases than others in its range it would be little or nothing, but none of that.
I got some great bclk of 215, which for that multi of 16 puts the Xeons at 3,440 Ghz, that's nothing. 1,3 Ghz of gain is not bad for the smallest Xeons in the family, honestly I didn't expect to get there. I was happy with the 3,2.
Tonight I will start with the tests of the comparison I have prepared with the trio of titans and the 3930. But from what little I saw last night, there will be surprises in performance..........
.I will also leave you screenshots of that OC here...!!!
Best regards...
Jotole, I have to tell you that you are an animal :troll:. A beast, and perfectly assembled. The doubt is what you have done with the MSI.
Hahaaaaa, I'll take it as a compliment…..
. Thank you very much....!!Well the assembly can improve a lot, in fact it's a bit "that way", I have the hard drives of the team on the table on top of a box.........xD. I had to remove the hard drive bay to be able to put the rl, since the size of the motherboard was eating up the space of the depots.......
The MSI is still here with me next to the 3930, I won't get rid of that platform, and even less of the 3930 that I have so good........ ;).
For now, the memories that have the SR mounted are my Corsair platinum, so I have on the way some that match the Evga, some Corsair Dominator GT @ 2133 CL9, the perfect memories for this motherboard.
This is an experiment that I have wanted to do for a long time, but in the end it is most likely that I will stay with it too, even if it is to put it as an htpc............:ugly:
Best regards
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This is the highest Oc achieved.
I'm working on the comparison, as soon as I have it I will publish it.
Salu2…
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Jotole I know that those should go up a lot but the multiplier is limiting them quite a bit, 215 BCLK would be very good if I had for example a 19 multiplier.
I'm sure that one of those would easily reach 4ghz, but only with BCLK it's more difficult, also two, also since those frequencies are not that high for those CPUs it will be easy to reach a high BCLK.
But it's a shame that they didn't have a higher multiplier, because they would reach frequencies of most Nehalen, that's what happened in that socket, the 920 also comes to life with boards that allow the 21 multiplier.
I remember on 775 some 6420 or even 6300 that went up a lot, although they required good boards that could go up a lot FSB, I put a 6420 at 3800 MHz and it came to 2100 and a 6300 I put it at 540 FSB.
regards
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Jotole I know that these should go up a lot but the multiplier is limiting them quite a bit, 215 BCLK would be great if I had for example a 19 multiplier.
I'm sure that one of these would easily reach 4ghz, but only with BCLK it's more difficult, also, two, also since those frequencies are not that high for those CPUs it will be easy to reach a high BCLK.
But it's a shame they didn't have a higher multiplier, because they would reach frequencies of most Nehalen, that's what happened in that socket, the 920 also gets life from the boards that allow the 21 multiplier.
I remember on 775 some 6420 or even 6300 that went up a lot, although they required good boards that could go up a lot FSB, I put a 6420 to 3800 MHz and it came to 2100 and a 6300 I put it to 540 FSB.
regards
Well, I still need to get two bigger Xeons.
For now I have finished the tests I wanted to do, with a good batch of games. The results are at least shocking. To be the smallest Xeons in the family, they have really performed well.
This week I will try to create the thread with the results obtained, and we can see the differences between both platforms.
Best regards
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Well, I still need to get two bigger Xeons.
For now, I have finished the tests I wanted to do, with a good series of games. The results are at least shocking. For being the smallest Xeons in the family, they have really behaved well.
This week I will try to create the thread with the results obtained, and we will be able to see the differences between both platforms.
Best regards
Can't you put two 920s or two 950s in it?
Because they should be cheaper, although I think that at the resolutions you use you don't need much more frequency, at lower resolutions and if you put the 3 Titans you should win.
Also that socket 1366 is good I still use it and the truth is that it has been quite profitable for me, it defends itself quite well for what I want.
regards
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I always wanted to have that board with its RL blocks, more than one has made fun of it. Waiting for those results, which will surely match or improve those of your 3930 and that are two little ones, put two 990x and say goodbye to the world XD. Regards.
