News surrounding the dual-socket 1366 motherboard from EVGA has excited many due to it being truly ferocious in its specified abilities. We now have a name for this board. The EVGA 270-WS-W555 or W555 for short.
The rumours should stop here, below are the official specifications for the W555.
More features than you can poke a stick at… Enjoy!
CPU Socket
2 Socket LGA1366 for Intel Xeon processor 5500 series.
Support QPI(Quick Path Interlink) up to 6.4GT/s, base on 20bit-width up to 25.6GB/s
Chipset
5520+ICH10R chipset with dual nVidai nF200 X16
System Memory
Six 240-pin DDR3 SDRAM DIMM sockets for each CPU, total 12 DIMM sockets
Support 1.5v DDR3-1066/1333 DIMMs with triple channel architecture
Support x16 and x8 DIMMs, non-ECC, unbuffered DIMMs
Support up to 48GB system memory
Expansion Slots
Six PCI Express (x16) connector compliant with PCI Express 2.0
USB
Ten USB connectors compliant with USB2.0 from embedded USB controller (6 connectors at rear panel)
USB 3.0
2 USB 3.0 connectors from NEC uPD720200F1-DAK-A, support up to 5Gbps data transfer rate. (At rear)
P-ATA IDE
One IDE ports (up to 2 IDE devices) with UDMA-33, ATA-66/100/133 support from Marvell 88E9128
controller
S-ATA
Six S-ATA II ports with up to 300MB/s from chipset with RAID 0,1,10, 5
E S-ATA
Two S-ATA II from JMB362 controllers (2 at rear panel)
S-ATA 3.0
Two S-ATA 3.0 ports with up to 600MB/s from Marvell 88SE9128 (PE G2 x1 interface, 2S1P)
LAN
TWO Gigabit Ethernet from Marvell 88E8057 Gigabit Controller
Audio
Selectable 2, 6 or 8-CH audio from Realtek ALC889 HDA compliant CODEC (Co-layout ALC 892)
Support SPDIF output
Support Front panel audio for Mic-In and stereo Line-out only.
(Front panel Line-out electrically shared with rear panel Line-out).
Support Jack detection for fool-proof audio device installation
I/O
Onboard Fintek 71883 LPC bus I/O controller
Legacy peripheral interface for PS/2 keyboard
Support Hardware Monitoring for fan speed monitoring, CPU and System temperature.
Intelligent fan speed control for CPU-fan (PWM) for quiet operation
BIOS
8Mb Flash SPI EEPROM with Award Plug & Play BIOS
Support ACPI S3 (Suspend To RAM) mode in ACPI compliant O/S
Special Features:
Support USB resume in S3
Onboard 80 Post-Port LED display
Onboard Button for convenient power-on, Reset, Reset CMOS
2 sets ATX12V 8pin+6pin power for each CPU
8 phase digital PWM for each CPU, 8 Layers PCB
PCI-E reset turn off jumpers.
V_Core, V_DIMM, VTT, IOH, CPU PLL, QPI PLL, ICH IO, ICH Ground voltage measure point. (TBD)
Support Asynchronous clocking mode
OC BIOS for excellent overclocking features:
Programmable FSB and PCI Clock output frequency with 1MHz fine tuning
Support BIOS adjustable CPU multiplier, QPI clock, PCI-E x16 clock, DIMM frequency
Support BIOS adjustable voltage for CPU Core, chipset and DIMM
Form Factor
345.5mm x 381 mm Extend- ATX Size,
Supported O/S:
Windows XP/Vista/ 7
Accessories
User’s manual
User Visual Guide
Four way SLI bridge card (Optional)
Three way SLI bridge card (Optional)
Two way FPC SLI Bridge card(Optional)
6 S-ATA data cable;
4 port USB bracket Cable (Optional)
CD for drivers, utilities and bundle software
IO shield
ECP V3 with 2 link cables (Optional)
News surrounding the dual-socket 1366 motherboard from EVGA has excited many due to it being truly ferocious in its specified abilities. We now have a name for this board. The EVGA 270-WS-W555 or W555 for short.
The rumours should stop here, below are the official specifications for the W555.
More features than you can poke a stick at… Enjoy!
CPU Socket
2 Socket LGA1366 for Intel Xeon processor 5500 series.
Support QPI(Quick Path Interlink) up to 6.4GT/s, base on 20bit-width up to 25.6GB/s
Chipset
5520+ICH10R chipset with dual nVidai nF200 X16
System Memory
Six 240-pin DDR3 SDRAM DIMM sockets for each CPU, total 12 DIMM sockets
Support 1.5v DDR3-1066/1333 DIMMs with triple channel architecture
Support x16 and x8 DIMMs, non-ECC, unbuffered DIMMs
Support up to 48GB system memory
Expansion Slots
Six PCI Express (x16) connector compliant with PCI Express 2.0
USB
Ten USB connectors compliant with USB2.0 from embedded USB controller (6 connectors at rear panel)
USB 3.0
2 USB 3.0 connectors from NEC uPD720200F1-DAK-A, support up to 5Gbps data transfer rate. (At rear)
P-ATA IDE
One IDE ports (up to 2 IDE devices) with UDMA-33, ATA-66/100/133 support from Marvell 88E9128
controller
S-ATA
Six S-ATA II ports with up to 300MB/s from chipset with RAID 0,1,10, 5
E S-ATA
Two S-ATA II from JMB362 controllers (2 at rear panel)
S-ATA 3.0
Two S-ATA 3.0 ports with up to 600MB/s from Marvell 88SE9128 (PE G2 x1 interface, 2S1P)
LAN
TWO Gigabit Ethernet from Marvell 88E8057 Gigabit Controller
Audio
Selectable 2, 6 or 8-CH audio from Realtek ALC889 HDA compliant CODEC (Co-layout ALC 892)
Support SPDIF output
Support Front panel audio for Mic-In and stereo Line-out only.
(Front panel Line-out electrically shared with rear panel Line-out).
Support Jack detection for fool-proof audio device installation
I/O
Onboard Fintek 71883 LPC bus I/O controller
Legacy peripheral interface for PS/2 keyboard
Support Hardware Monitoring for fan speed monitoring, CPU and System temperature.
Intelligent fan speed control for CPU-fan (PWM) for quiet operation
BIOS
8Mb Flash SPI EEPROM with Award Plug & Play BIOS
Support ACPI S3 (Suspend To RAM) mode in ACPI compliant O/S
Special Features:
Support USB resume in S3
Onboard 80 Post-Port LED display
Onboard Button for convenient power-on, Reset, Reset CMOS
2 sets ATX12V 8pin+6pin power for each CPU
8 phase digital PWM for each CPU, 8 Layers PCB
PCI-E reset turn off jumpers.
V_Core, V_DIMM, VTT, IOH, CPU PLL, QPI PLL, ICH IO, ICH Ground voltage measure point. (TBD)
Support Asynchronous clocking mode
OC BIOS for excellent overclocking features:
Programmable FSB and PCI Clock output frequency with 1MHz fine tuning
Support BIOS adjustable CPU multiplier, QPI clock, PCI-E x16 clock, DIMM frequency
Support BIOS adjustable voltage for CPU Core, chipset and DIMM
Form Factor
345.5mm x 381 mm Extend- ATX Size,
Supported O/S:
Windows XP/Vista/ 7
Accessories
User’s manual
User Visual Guide
Four way SLI bridge card (Optional)
Three way SLI bridge card (Optional)
Two way FPC SLI Bridge card(Optional)
6 S-ATA data cable;
4 port USB bracket Cable (Optional)
CD for drivers, utilities and bundle software
IO shield
ECP V3 with 2 link cables (Optional)
