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By Justin Robinson
Jul 7, 2009 | 8 Comments
Tags: EVGA | X58 | Classified | motherboard | mobo

Atomic takes a sneak peek at EVGA's motherboard - declassified in front of your very eyes!

We first had a look at EVGA's X58 SLI motherboard a few months back, and found it to be a great performer that didn't miss out on many features.

On their X58 Classified mobo however, they've taken "didn't miss out" and changed it to "what else can we pack in??"; including pretty much everything that anyone could want in an enthusiast board.

From the eye-warmingly gorgeous black PCB and red component design, the huge amount of expansion options available or the forest of heatsink that rivals the GIGABYTE P35-DQ6, this is definitely a board that has a lot to show off.

There's quite a lot to look at here so jump into the gallery of pics, and make sure you grab a copy of Atomic to see whether this board can live up to its pedigree.

 

 
Product Info
Supplier:
Price when reviewed:
AUD$630
price check*
$36.00 EVGA Control Panel (ECP) For X58 Classified Motherboards [Avail: In Stock]
PC Case Gear (VIC)
$540.00 EVGA X58 SLI Classified Edition Revision 2 Motherboard 141-BL-E760-A1 Core ...
MTECH Computers (NSW)
$542.56 EVGA Intel X58 SLI 2nd Classified Version Motherboard 141-BL-E760
Australian Online VIP (NSW)
$559.00 EVGA X58 Classified E760 Motherboard
PC Case Gear (VIC)
$559.00 EVGA Intel X58 Classified Motherboard 141-BL-E760
PC Maniacs (VIC)
$573.24 EVGA X58 CLASSIFIED Motherboard LGA1366
Digitan Technology (NSW)
*Products and prices sourced from staticICE and are in no way associated with Atomic MPC Powered by
 
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Argotha
Jul 7, 2009 1:34 PM
 That is one sexy board. Though you would probably have to sell your soul as well as the soul of your pet/gf/wife to get one.

Though would look good for a mod based around red and black. (This comes to mind: http://www.million-dollar-pc.com/systems-2009/murderbox/009/murderbox.htm)

I can has?
box124
Jul 7, 2009 3:48 PM
 hot. dont really need to say much more do i
TheFrunj
Jul 7, 2009 3:55 PM
 I'm using the same ram as that murdermod system, and a 4550 card (nearest onhand at the time >.>). Looks very swish!

That coolant looks pretty awesome too :)

-JR
SceptreCore
Jul 7, 2009 7:20 PM
 It's nice but honestly... why do high-end motherboards have 4 PCIe slots? it just looks ridiculous. I mean, if someone actually put in a GFX down the bottom, they'd b cutting off a lot of needed headers.

I reckon it'd been better with 3 PCIe slots, and an extra PCI slot... it has more chance of being used.
Argotha
Jul 7, 2009 9:42 PM
 Well now that I've had the surprise of forgetting which week in the month it is. I must say that the Foxconn board seems even more awsome [-without trying to give too much away ;)-]
p_francis_bennett
Jul 9, 2009 1:52 PM
 Wow, i bet this board is severely expensive. I'd have to sell the computer i have now plus all the old hardware in the garage just to buy this.
p_francis_bennett
Jul 9, 2009 1:54 PM
 this board beats ths one http://www.atomicmpc.com.au/Feature/85067,bearlake-msi-p35-platinum-asus-p5kp5k3-deluxe-gigabyte-p35-dq6.aspx big time!
Doctor_Death
Jul 30, 2009 1:51 AM
 I own 1 of these boards, one of the PCI-e slots can be used for a dedicated Phys-X card. In other words, If you own a super tower with 10 expansion slots I guess you can run TRI-SLI and a dedicated Phys-X card.

For me I run a 965 @ 4ghz with two GTX 295s [quad SLI] with the dedicated PhysX and 12 GBs of 2000MHz CSX , 300GB VelociRaptor,WD 1TB, The 965 is cooled with a 12Tec Boreas Chiller
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