ECS X79R-A Motherboard At Computex 2011 - Pictures Inside!

[Apoptosis]

We just received some pictures of the ECS X79R-A motherboard form the ECS booth over at Computex 2011 that are worth a forum post. These new boards look pretty cool. Take a look at the dual lever CPU socket that is being used for LGA2011. That CPU isn't going any place!

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[CaptChuck]

Split Memory slots...Interesting.

[DragonFury]

interesting layout. I like the color scheme. Any word on the release of the X79 ?

[bubba]

This board is going to make case selection easy, nothing with a shallow depth that is for sure. With the CPU that far forward on the board, and fat heatsink like the Noctua NH-D14, you will be very close to the back of the optical drives on a shallow depth case.

Integrated backing plate to the socket, that's gonna be different. I want to see the back side of that socket.

Gonna be interesting.

[skier]

i'd replace the grey colors with black

socket layout is different but logical considering the perpetual question of 'will it hit my RAM'

[DragonFury]

This board is going to make case selection easy, nothing with a shallow depth that is for sure. With the CPU that far forward on the board, and fat heatsink like the Noctua NH-D14, you will be very close to the back of the optical drives on a shallow depth case.

Or use an inverted motherboard for the new 2011 CPUs