Question 1

Will my older i7 1366 cpu work in this board? There's not a good range of motherboards for the 1366 and I don't know if it's forward/backward compatible with any other boards... Thanks!

Accepted Answer

Nope. The reason I bought this board was because my Gigabyte X58-UD9 had a surge to the 12v rail, and shorted out.

There are many changes between the 1366 and the 2011 (they moved from tri-channel memory to quad-channel, for one).

Newegg does not have a 1366 motherboard for consumers for sale, but you can still find them if you google for one.

Personally, I went ahead and picked up an i7-4930k, and it's been a noticeable improvement, even over the more expensive i7-980X I had.

Question 2

Does this board happen to come with a WiFi/Bluetooth solution?  If it doesn't, does it have an mPcie slot?

Accepted Answer

This PC does have Bluetooth but no WiFi.  You will need make sure it is enabled in the bios.  There are some issues however.  If you are running Windows 7, disregard the following.

I have noticed that the onboard Bluetooth has issues running with Windows 8/8.1 as you cannot restart.  I have the most recent EVGA drivers.  I have disabled bluetooth and my system now runs smooth.

Question 3

What is the molex connector for on the bottom left?

Accepted Answer

To supply supplemental power to the PCIe lanes if your motherboard has more than one High End GPU or a Dual GPU card. It is a pain that it is angled, make sure you buy a super tower. I had to mod my case to fit my power supply in. The port was blocked by my power supply so I had to move the power supply out a bit.

Question 4

Looking for a case to fit this motherboard  EVGA X79 Classified - LGA 2011 Intel X79 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 XL ATX Motherboard (151-SE-E779-K3)?

Accepted Answer

I prefer cooler master cases they allow for more room and air flow

Question 5

Which slots are used for Dual SLI? 1 & 4?
Does using slot 4 or 5 matter?
Which slots are used for Triple SLI?
I checked the online manual and didn't see this, so maybe I missed it.

Accepted Answer

I would used the slots that have the PCI 16 markings on them

Question 6

What slots should be used for Dual SLI? 1 & 4?
Or does it matter if 4th or 5th slot is used?
What slots should be used for Triple SLI?

Accepted Answer

Pci-e slot arrangement_ 1x16, 2x16, 3x8, 4x8

Brand	EVGA
Model	X79 Classified (151-SE-E779-K3)

CPU Socket Type	LGA 2011
CPU Type	Core i7 (LGA2011)
Supported CPU Technologies	Turbo Boost Technology 2.0

Number of Memory Slots	4x240pin
Memory Standard	DDR3 2133+/1866/1600/1333/1066/800
Maximum Memory Supported	32GB

PCI Express x16	5 (1x16,2x16,3x8 or 4x8 mode)
PCI Express x1	1 x PCI Express x1

Serial ATA (SATA)	2 x SATA 6Gb/s
SATA RAID	0/1/5/10/JBOD

EVGA X79 Classified - LGA 2011 Intel X79 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 XL ATX Motherboard (151-SE-E779-K3)

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LAN Chipset	Marvell 88E8059
Second LAN Chipset	Marvell 88E8059
Max LAN Speed	2 x 1Gbps
Bluetooth	Yes

PS/2	1 x PS/2 keyboard/mouse port
USB 3.0	8 x USB 3.0
USB 1.1/2.0	2 x USB 2.0
eSATA	2 x eSATA 6Gb/s
S/PDIF Out	1 x Optical
Audio Ports	5 Ports

Form Factor	XL ATX
Dimensions (W x L)	13.5" x 10.375"
Power Pin	24 Pin

Onboard Audio
Audio Chipset	Realtek ALC898
Audio Channels	8 Channels

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