Seriously. I'd be willing to pick up the cheapest unlocked LGA 3657 chip just to be able to have this motherboard.

Priorities, right?

Please release something other than the Xeon W-3175X. I'm holding my breath Intel releases something like a 16 or 24 core LGA 3647 chip to compete with Threadripper.

 

If rumors are true the W-3175X will be old news by the end of the year. Being replaced with the W-3275, same core count but Cascade Lake arch. There's also other Xeon W series 8, 12, 16, 24, 28 cores. Still on Z97/4790K, the SR-3 Dark could be the mobo I end up with this year. If not, I'll wait for ddr5 platform from Intel or AMD.

 

I absolutely love this. Would like to see more out-of-the-box WC'd motherboards.

 

they've definitely come a long way. They didn't catch on at first because they used obscure barb sizes, n mixed metals, etc.

 

Now make one for TR or Epyc

 

That's an interesting m.2 placement. Never seen that before.



The last EVGA AMD board was on AM2+?

 

I'm not a fan of excess, but that is a very pretty motherboard. They managed to make something obscenely excessive and still make it attractive, although I throw up a little in my mouth if I think about owning one.

 

I think we like it so much cuz it doesn't have RGBHIV

omg tho... i bet the mobo will easily be over 1000, probably closer to 1500.

who wants to rob a bank with me?

 

Looks perfect out of the box for LN2. Need to see the VRM setup under that heatsink to know for sure though. Hopefully they overbuilt it in order to take advantage of the quad 8-pin power. Would be pretty sucky if power connectors can handle 1600w but VRM can only do 500w.

 

I would say "shut up and take my money" but I don't think I have enough...

 

If the 28 Core is $3000, I'd probably be willing to shell out about $1,500 for a unlocked LGA 3647 14 core processor. That's not too much more than a 14 core 9940X. If AMD's mainstream 12 core processor is only $499, one way to entice users to buy Intel HEDT is to push the hexachannel memory on this platform.

I can't imagine intel being stubborn about sticking to the $3000 price range when the AMD 16 core part is going to be around $800.

 

the dominus extreme is ~$1,800US so this won't be cheap.


if i buy 6 kingpins, do i get a discount?

 

Damn that's porn

 

You don't find a single socket SR to be a bit meh? I really was expecting dual when I saw SR-3, half of it is missing.

 

Come on man. Tell me honestly. Would you rather have the ASUS SAGE dual LGA3647 board or the DARK SR-3.

I mean, Jesus look at the power connections.

Most people can only dream of owning a single W-3175X let alone two...

 

https://twitter.com/VideoCardz/status/1133976636339163136

 

evga product manager JacobF has confirmed the layoffs at EVGA.

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EVGA really only needs to be doing graphics cards and their PSUs (which are just rebranded from other company). Those are the main things they are known for and are of good quality, every other product type should be dropped


And yes I know this is a thread about their new amazing motherboard. Sure it looks nice, sure it has crazy high end specs. But guess what? Their sales will be horrible. No one needs this unless they are going for world record LHe runs. Far more money spent on the product than they receive back

 

forced water-cooling?

The Dominus Extreme is way better - the only problem is there is no proper CPU cooler available - the Asetek has been sold out for months and the EK cooler for the 3175-X is nowhere to be found. Noctua does have an air-cooler but cooling a 28-core unlocked CPU with air is... hmm. Need a really good AIO cooler.

 

Getting the the 28 core and this motherboard and relying on AIO coolers? lol okay.

 

That "Intel & Nvidia" policy only might become their grave, especially now Intel will keep losing ground after Zen2 comes out.
If only EVGA could make an AM4 X570 board as a hommage to old DFI (same as what they did with the Z390 Dark) these things would sell like hot buns.

Very sad to read such info, I've used the SR-2 in the past, 980Ti SC's, 1080 SC's, bought the 2080Ti KP last week and yesterday the Z390 DARK dangit.

 

In Europe their top end GPUs (no Kingpin) are always more expensive vs Asus Strix fro example...thei 2080Tis FTW Ultra the same.....like 200-250 Euros more...NO way I would pay for this.

 

That's another of EVGA's problems, they either don't care for EU customers - products get released weeks after they've been released in the US or they have issues certifying their gear for sale in Europe.

Well...to me that €2040 for a Kingpin was worth it, as it's faster than a Titan RTX in games which is almost €3k new. I've had the Aorus Xtreme and also sold my MSI 2080Ti Lightning-Z today (€1700 new). The KP is in different league. 40*c under load with fans swapped to Noctuas is amazing.

 

That's another of EVGA's problems, they either don't care for EU customers - products get released weeks after they've been released in the US or they have issues certifying their gear for sale in Europe.

Thats because they are located in a relatively small city in a small warehouse in California, and still run like a small shop that never moved on when their popularity took off.

 

It doesn't have to be TOTL imo, as long as it's decently priced like the FTW/FTW-K boards. They badly need more cash flow and releasing another extremely niche SR board won't change it

 

I agree on your point about the FTW/FTW-K line, but personally that product line has a lot of competition for that price tier from other mobo makers.

My opinion is EVGA releasing another niche product is just the norm. I think they know what they're doing when it comes to their Kingpin and Dark lines. All the costs and sales potential involved. It's their other product lines especially their new lines outside of GPUS, mobos, PSU that's a concern. All your eggs in one basket usually isn't the best idea, but spreading out too far too fast in unfamiliar territory is always a business risk. Like with their cases, laptops, and monitors that I didn't know that existed. Not like I was going to buy one of their monitors anyway. I did really want a SC-17 GTX 1080 laptop before that went discontinued.

 

The X55xx and X56xx had two QPI's, those were the CPU's for the SR-2. I wouldn't even care for a second QPI for that W3175X, do you want 6mm2 copper wires as power delivery instead of PCB traces? OC'ed that thing is already pulling 1kW, let alone two of them.

 

Seriously? I know they do have shop in Germany (or has it already closed) and like 2-3 years ago they opened one here, in the Netherlands.

 

Hi there, long time no see.. Never saw a mobo smexy like this one. Bye bye

 

I just wish more HEDT motherboards had their 8-pins all on the top right, preferably angled like on this SR-3! Would make for such better cable routing… ????

 

Note the extra 6-pin connecter for extra PCI-e power is also moved to the bottom edge of the board and right angled.

Even if I can't afford the rest of the rig yet, if they knock out a board like this the next Threadripper I'm getting one. It's bound to be available in limited quantities.

 

If it wasn't about the same performance from my 7940X and EVGA X299 Dark, I'd swap to it in a heartbeat if I could afford the additional cost. That board looks A-MA-ZING

 

lol why bother when it's intel? Yet another security hole has been found and yet another 5-10% performance has been removed.

 

Intel will always be faster, you just need the right mindshare mentality. Intel is the majority, your revolution will be short lived Intel is coming out with something soon ™(even though 9900k is the best ever cpu until then)

 

That is not dual socket mobo!

 

Haha. Yes I know AMD is making leaps and bounds. I've just not had an AMD system since the XP days but still, doesn't mean this board isn't extremely impressive.

 

I read SR-3 and my heart skipped a beat thinking that they would actually make another dual socket board.

 

Imagine this thing as dual socket... oh man. Makes me want to get my hands on an Epyc motherboard... dual 64 core Epyc chips. Because why not?