I just came out of my meeting at the EVGA suite here in Las Vegas and I have some great pictures and new specs to report on this hot board! I was able to have some one on one time with EVGA’s Jacob Freeman and Peter Tan (aka Shamino) and was able to see this new board hands-on (a world first).
First of all, most of you are probably aware of the primary specs that have already been released for the board. These include three phase PWM for each set of memory slots per CPU, industry leading digital PWM for the CPU’s, dual NF200 chips for Quad SLI (and still more lanes free), ICH10R, and high quality solid state capacitors, chokes, and PCB.
Some things you may not know:
The board is able to run with two entirely different models of CPU, or the same CPU’s at different multipliers.
There are two 8 pin, three 6 pin, and two 4 pin floppy connectors in and around the CPU sockets for delivering extra power to the DIMM slots, CPU’s and graphic cards while under extreme overclocking condition. Peter tells me that only the standard 8 pin connectors will be required for most operational circumstances and that only under really serious overclocking will the additional power connectors become necessary.
Peter says the board itself is essentially finished, what is left is BIOS tuning which is still relatively early on and will take a few more weeks to complete.
Board will have two SATA 6GBPS ports on board (red ports), as well as two USB 3.0 on the back IO. Marvel is the chip.
MSRP is still unknown, but I was able to ascertain that it will be between $450 and $550, pricey but to be expected for a board of this caliber and quality.
Expect boards to arrive to the market sometime in April, or possibly later if BIOS tuning takes longer than expected.