May 102013
EVGA X79 CLASSIFIED LGA2011 SandyBridgeE/XL-ATX/Intel DDR3 2133/4-Way SLI or CrossFireX Ready Motherboard (151-SE-E779-K2)
- Supports Intel Core i7 Processor Family for LGA-2011 socket
- Intel X79 Chipset
- Enthusiast Layout Supporting 2-Way SLI, 3-Way SLI, 4-Way SLI or CrossfireX
- 4 DIMM Quad-Channel DDR3 2133MHz+ (up to 32 GB)
- 5 PCI Express 3.0 Graphics expansion Slots
- 10 USB 2.0 Ports (two rear panel, eight onboard)
- 10 USB 3.0 Ports (eight rear panel, two onboard) and Supports Bluetooth
- XL-ATX Form factor
The EVGA Z77 FTW is here. Featuring 100% native USB 3.0 and SATA 6G, 4-Way SLI on PCI-E 3.0, dual Gigabit NIC’s and a Mini DisplayPort connector are all included on the board. EVGA knows that power is critical for a performance board. No compromises were made here. The board also offers dual 8-pin CPU power connectors for maximum stability and extreme overclocking. After that a 7+1 Phase PWM, POSCAP Capacitors and a CPU socket with 300% increase in gold content deliver clean, stable power to you
List Price: $ 489.99
Price: $ 355.40
2way sli + physx is a joke on this mobo.,
It works, but if you want to run two cards in sli and a third for PhysX, this board makes your primary sli card x8, which causes lower performance. There is no option for having 2 x16 cards plus an x8 card on this board. It will only allow 2 x16′s if those are the only 2 cards on the board, pitiful for an enthusiast gaming mobo. I called EVGA and they just try to say “oh yeah that’s just the way it is”. They actually told me to lose the PhysX card lol. EVGA is ruining their reputation with junk like this. Their great customer service is their only saving grace and that, too, is apparently going downhill.
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Memory Compatability Issues, but runs.,
So far, I’ve gotten everything to work fine except for memory and USB 3.0. Working on both issues now, but this is something I feel should work out of the box. I had 4-4gb sticks (16gb total) running on my old board but those same sticks won’t all work at once on this motherboard. I managed to get two working and will most likely just need to buy other memory for the last two slots. Otherwise, it’s running, can’t say much else until I’ve had it going a couple of days.
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