ASUS P6X58D-E Review
Introduction and Specifications
Published: 24th May 2010 | Source: ASUS | Price: £170.57 |
Introduction and Technical Specifications
Introduction
The 775 generation of motherboards made a lot of our jaws drop as the more extreme motherboards headed towards, and sometimes even upwards, of £200. For those of us brought up on £80 motherboards this was quite a shock.
Of course once the LGA1366 X58 motherboards hit the market we all quickly realised that average ones were around £200 and a full-fat all-the-features model could cost more than the processor. Thankfully as time as gone on we've seen some cheaper models released that, although not cheap, are at least affordable for the more modestly paid of us.
These usually come with huge feature cuts though to get them down to an affordable price. Today ASUS have taken their excellent P6X58D Premium motherboard and produced an E version that weighs in around £170. Are we sacrificing a lot to get it to this price point or can it still seperate the Dijon?
Technical Specifications
As always we pop along to the ASUS website and grab the specifications for you.
| CPU | Intel® Socket 1366 Core™ i7 Processor Extreme Edition/Core™ i7 Processor Supports Intel® Turbo Boost Technology |
| Chipset | Intel® X58 / ICH10R |
| System Bus | Up to 6400 MT/s ; Intel® QuickPath Interconnect |
| Memory | 6 x DIMM, Max. 24 GB, DDR3 2000(O.C.)*/1600/1333/1066 Non-ECC,Un-buffered Memory Triple channel memory architecture Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) *Hyper DIMM support is subject to the physical characteristics of individual CPUs. |
| Expansion Slots | 3 x PCIe 2.0 x16 (at x16/x8/x8 or x16/x16/x1 mode) 1 x PCIe x1 2 x PCI |
| Multi-GPU Support | Supports NVIDIA® 3-Way SLI™ Technology Supports ATI® Quad-GPU CrossFireX™ Technology |
| Storage | Intel ICH10R controller 6 xSATA 3.0 Gb/s ports Intel Matrix Storage Technology Support RAID 0,1,5,10 Marvell® 9128 PCIe SATA 6Gb/s controller (Drive Xpert Technology) - 2 x SATA 6.0 Gb/s ports (gray) - Supports EZ Backup and SuperSpeed functions |
| LAN | Gigabit LAN controller Marvell 88E8056® PCIe Gigabit LAN controller featuring AI NET2 |
| Audio | Realtek® ALC889 8-Channel High Definition Audio CODEC - DTS Surround Sensation UltraPC - BD audio layer Content Protection - Supports Jack-Detection, Multi-streaming, Front Panel Jack-Retasking - Coaxial / Optical S/PDIF out ports at back I/O |
| IEEE 1394 | VIA® VT6308P controller 2 x 1394a ports (one at mid-board; one at back panel) |
| USB | NEC® USB 3.0 controller - 2 x USB 3.0/2.0 ports (at back panel) Intel® ICH10R Southbridge - 8 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports (4 ports at midboard; 4 ports at back panel) |
| ASUS AI Lifestyle Features | True USB 3.0 Support True SATA 6Gb/s RAID Support ASUS Xtreme Design ASUS Xtreme Phase - ASUS 16+2 Phase Power Design ASUS Exclusive Overclocking Features - ASUS TurboV ASUS Exclusive Features - MemOK! - ASUS EPU - Express Gate ASUS Quiet Thermal Solution - ASUS Fanless Design: Heat-pipe solution - ASUS Fanless Design: Stack Cool 3+ - ASUS Fan Xpert ASUS Crystal Sound - ASUS Noise Filter ASUS EZ DIY - ASUS Q-Design: Q-Slot - ASUS Q-Shield - ASUS Q-Connector - ASUS O.C. Profile - ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 - ASUS EZ Flash 2 - ASUS MyLogo 2 - Multi-language BIOS |
| Overclocking Features | Intelligent overclocking tools - ASUS TurboV Precision Tweaker 2 - vCore: Adjustable CPU voltage at 0.0125V increment 0.00625V - vCPU PLL: 36-step reference voltage control - vDRAM Bus : 49-step DRAM voltage control - vChipset(N.B.) : 31-step chipset voltage control - vNB-PCIe : 65-step chipset-PCIe voltage control SFS (Stepless Frequency Selection) - PCI Express frequency tuning from 100MHz 180MHz at 1MHz - Internal Base Clock tuning from 100MHz up to 500MHz at 1MHz increment Overclocking Protection - ASUS C.P.R.(CPU Parameter Recall) |
| Back Panel I/O Ports | 1 x IEEE 1394a 1 x RJ45 port 8 Channel Audio I/O 1 x PS/2 Keyboard (Purple) 1 x PS/2 mouse port (Green) 1 x Clear CMOS button 1 x Coaxial S/PDIF Output 1 x Optical S/PDIF Output 2 x USB 3.0/2.0 ports 4 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports |
| Internal I/O Connectors | 2 x SATA 6.0 Gb/s connectors (gray) 6 x SATA 3.0 Gb/s connectors (blue) 2 x USB connectors support additional 4 USB 2.0/1.1 ports 1 x CPU Fan connector 3 x Chassis Fan connectors (1 x 4-pin, 2 x 3-pin) 1 x Power Fan connector 1 x IEEE1394a connector Front panel audio connector 1 x S/PDIF Out Header 1 x CD audio in 24-pin ATX Power connector 8-pin ATX 12V Power connector System Panel(Q-Connector) 1 x MemOK! Button 1 x Power on switch |
| BIOS | 16 Mb Flash ROM , AMI BIOS, PnP, DMI 2.0, WfM 2.0, SM BIOS 2.3, ACPI 2.0a, Multi-language BIOS, ASUS EZ Flash 2, ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 |
| Manageability | WfM 2.0,DMI 2.0,WOL by PME,WOR by PME,WOR by PME |
| Accessories | User's manual 4 x Serial ATA 3.0Gb/s cables 2 x Serial ATA 6.0Gb/s cables ASUS Q-Shield 2 in 1 Q-connector 1 x ASUS 3-Way SLI bridge connector 1 x ASUS SLI bridge connector |
| Support CD | Drivers Anti-virus software (OEM version) ASUS Update ASUS Utilities |
| Form Factor | ATX Form Factor |
Of the things we can see in that list it's clear that not a lot of hacking and slashing of features has gone on. We still have USB3.0, SATA6 and the ALC889 on-board sound. So what is different between this and the Premium model?
As far as we can see the following changed have occured. There are two fewer heat-pipes on the chipset cooling. We only have a single Marvel Gigabit rather than the twin LANs of the Premium. The on-board reset button has disappeared. And rather than the Marvel 9123 of the Premium we have a Marvel 9128 which actually should provide more robust support for RAID.
All in all then not a lot is missing. So let's have a look.
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Originally Posted by name='GrimReaper'
Nice board! how much does it retail for?
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