G.Skill DDR3-2666, EVGA SR-X, Z77 Boards @ CeBIT - Plus Ivy Bridge!

CeBIT in Hannover, Germany is a big event. It’s not as big as CES, but it usually brings with it some hardware announcements and this year is no different. G.Skill was the first with a press release on high speed 4 x 8 GB memory kits that I posed on the forum – G.Skill Goes Crazy With High Density. Today, they’ve gone even faster with their 4 x 4 GB kits, even at decent timings – DDR3-2400 @ 11-11-11-30 and 9-11-11-31 and DDR3-2666 at 10-12-12-31.

Image Courtesy G.Skill	Image Courtesy G.Skill
Image Courtesy G.Skill	Image Courtesy G.Skill

Hot on the heels of Intel’s release of their Sandy Bridge-EP server chips, EVGA has announced the first dual-CPU motherboard for the new platform. Like its predecessor, it is a straight up monster.

The specifications are quite impressive to say the least. You can download the PDF right here (1.5MB). Presumably this means the SB-EP chips can, in fact, be overclocked or this would be a massive waste. VR-Zone couldn’t find a way to do it in their initial review, but they seemed at least a little hopeful. According to Jacob Freeman of EVGA, the board does support overclocking, but the CPUs…notsomuch. The current generation of SB-EP CPUs are multiplier-locked and don’t scale very high on BCLK alone.

Last, but certainly not least LAB501 has been to CeBIT and given us some lovely photos of motherboards we can expect with the coming Z77 chipset from Intel for Ivy Bridge. We’ll just let these photos speak for themselves.

ASUS

ASUS P8Z77-i Deluxe	ASUS P8Z77-V Deluxe
ASUS Sabertooth Z77	ASUS Maximus V Gene

Gigabyte

MSI

(I’m not sure which watermark that is on the Z77A-GD55 and would love to give credit where it’s due, so if you know that watermark, please let us know! I got all of these photos after seeing them courtesy Nelly at The Raptor Pit.)

Biostar

ASRock

ASRock Z77 Extreme4-M	ASRock Z77 Extreme6
ASRock Z77 Extreme9	ASRock Z77 Professional-M

Well, there you have it folks, lots of CeBIT goodness. While you’re reading, Anandtech has posted an unsanctioned Ivy Bridge preview too, so be sure to check it out when you get a chance: The Ivy Bridge Preview: Core i7 3770K Tested. Can’t wait to get one on the test bench!

– Jeremy Vaughan (hokiealumnus)

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MattNo5ss

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#1 Mar 07, 2012

DDR3-2666 is insane for stock clocks on RAM :shock:

I hope Intel decides to release some Xeons with unlocked CPU or gear multipliers, so the SR-X will have a purpose. Even 2x stock clocked 8c/16t Xeons would be ridiculous, but it's just not as fun when you can't OC much :p

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txus.palacios

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#2 Mar 07, 2012

DDR3-2666... Ok. Now that's fast.

Janus67

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#3 Mar 07, 2012

DDR3-2666 is insane for stock clocks on RAM :shock:
I hope Intel decides to release some Xeons with unlocked CPU or gear multipliers, so the SR-X will have a purpose. Even 2x stock clocked 8c/16t Xeons would be ridiculous, but it's just not as fun when you can't OC much :p

completely agreed, otherwise the 'extreme-ness' really dwindles.

EarthDog

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#4 Mar 07, 2012

Sooooooooooooooo how many CPU's can actually reach those memory speeds?

#5 Mar 07, 2012

Bulldozer, Llano, and maybe a REALLY good SB-E, but for 24/7 use which is the point of stock clocks, I dunno... :shrug:

hokiealumnus

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#6 Mar 07, 2012

It looks a lot like this box for the P8Z77-V Deluxe says "DDR3-2600 (O.C.)" on it...

#7 Mar 07, 2012

Maybe IB can do it then... cool.

#8 Mar 07, 2012

Meh... I wouldn't put any money on what a mobo box says. I mean, the X79-UD3 has a 32x RAM multiplier option for DDR3-3200, but that doesn't mean the IMC of the CPU can handle it :D