Red Box
A special chassis for a special computer motherboard (WIP).
The EVGA SR-X: A motherboard with a story
In late 2008, EVGA released their SR-2 motherboard which sported dual CPU sockets and supported overclocking on the Intel X5600 series of Xeon processors. The SR-2 was a massive success and has since obtained legendary status among PC hardware enthusiasts. Surely the next generation was going to be even better, right?
Fast forward four years, EVGA announces the SR-2’s successor, the SR-X. Its development ran in tandem with Intel’s development of the next-gen Xeons – the E5 2600 series. The stars had aligned once again; the entire community waited with bated breathe, anticipating the SR-X’s beast-like performance, yet something had gone wrong.
Intel’s launch of the E5-2600 series came with a devastating reality: they could no longer be overclocked. Having lost its primary purpose, the resulting SR-X, too far along to simply cancel, became a haphazardly thrown-together conclusion to an otherwise enthralling novel. The component layout was less than ideal, the electrical design was flawed, and BIOS functionality was little more than a drop-in solution taken from its smaller sibling, the EVGA X79 Dark.
The community shunned it, called it a joke, and in all fairness, no one can deny the fact that it was a big disappointment…
But, big enough a disappointment, and it becomes worthy of memorializing too, no?
The objective was to create a custom chassis (computer case) showcasing the SR-X in all its glory.
Case Assembly
Rear Panel
PCI-e Bracket
Side Panels
Bottom Tray Rev. 1
Bottom Tray Rev. 2
Case Feet
2.5" Drive Bay
Front Cosmetic Coolant Flow Panel
Acrylic Side Panel Structure
Sheet metal fabricators prefer orthographic views.
Milling fabricators prefer 3D STEP files.
From Drawings to Reality
