mother .... board!

[laguun]

So how much power are these new boards going to need? Will I need to buy a generator for my tiny apartment?

they are pretty efficient in idle (~like a core 2 dual) and go up to ~80-130 watts in the standard thermal design.

If one uses multiple graphics cards however, power requirements are easily ~250 watts per card.

we are mainly using 750W & 1 KW PS.

Whats amazing is how much the systems scale. idle at ~150/200Watts, SLI/multigpu load 700-900W. (12 TB internal SATA raid storage, dual Nvidia 200, decklink HDs on these stations).

Their low prices are making these platform pretty attractive.

 

[Paul Leeming]

I'll be building a system shortly, probably based around the new ASUS P6T6 WS Revolution which can use 3-way SLI at full 16x PCIe for each card.

<drool>

 

[Roberto Lequeux]

I'll be building a system shortly, probably based around the new ASUS P6T6 WS Revolution which can use 3-way SLI at full 16x PCIe for each card.

<drool>

the question is how are you going to convince the IRS it was for work

 

[Adam Glick]

I know you're sorta kidding, but actually the Asus P6 WS is sold as a "workstation" board.

 

[Roberto Lequeux]

The P6T is all the rage in overclocking forums... but probably worth getting the more expensive iterations for more SATA ports.

Will they make it with two CPU sockets? I hardly ever see dual CPU MoBos in those forums

 

[Daniel Wood]

i just noticed the P6T WS Revolution the other day, i think thats the mobo that I have been waiting for. I was disapointed with Asus' first offering the P6T WS Professional but thie Revolution version seems like it might be what I want/need.

Hey Paul, keep us updated on your build, Id like to hear about how that mobo works out for you