ASUS Socket 1366/Intel X58/SATA3&USB3.0/A&GbE/ATX Motherboard P6X58D-E
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Manufacturer: AsusModel: P6X58D-E
Product features:
- CPU: Socket 1366 Support Core i7 Extreme/Core i7 Processor; Supports Intel Turbo Boost Technology & QPI Upto 6400 MT/s
- Chipset: Intel X58 & ICH10R Memory: 6x DDR3-2000(OC)/1600/1333/1066 DIMMs, Triple Channel, Non-ECC, Un-buffered, Upto 24GB
- Slots: 3x PCI-Express 2.0 x16 Slots (Supports ATI Quad-GPU CrossFireX and nVidia 3-Way SLI Technology); 1x PCI-Express x1 Slot; 2x PCI Slots
- SATA: 6x SATA2 Ports, Support RAID 0, 1, 5, 10; 2x SATA3 ports
- Audio: Realtek ALC889 8-Channel High Definition Audio CODEC
- LAN: Marvell 88E8056 Gigabit LAN controller featuring AI NET2
- Ports: 8x USB 2.0 Ports(4 rear, 4 by headers); 2x USB 3.0 Ports; 2x IEEE 1394a Ports (1 rear, 1 at mid-board); 2x PS/2 Ports; 1x RJ45 LAN Port; 1x Coaxial S/PDIF Out; 1x Optical S/PDIF Out; Audio I/O Jacks
- Power Connector: 1x 24pin Main Power; 1x 8pin CPU Power
Digital Cameras Photo Reviews of ASUS Socket 1366/Intel X58/SATA3&USB3.0/A&GbE/ATX Motherboard P6X58D-E
Customer Review: Excellent value
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought this motherboard for my most recent computer build which also included:
Intel Core i7 950 3.06GHz 8M L3 Cache LGA1366 Desktop Processor
G.Skill Ripjaws 2 x 2 GB - DIMM 240-pin - DDR3 - 1600 MHz
Corsair Graphite Series 600T Mid-Tower Gaming Case CC600T
Gskill 64gb SSDs in Raid 0
Seagate 2tb 7200rpm hard disks in raid 1
SeaSonic 650W Power Supply X650 Gold
Cooler Master RR-B10-212P-G1 Hyper 212 Plus CPU Cooler
I've been using Asus motherboards in my computer builds for 7+ years. I've had a few defective boards, but the vast majority have been rock solid. Asus has a good reputation as a company when if comes to quality--yes some people get defective units from time to time, and that's to be expected when you're talking about something as complex as a motherboard. All manufacturers experience failures, which is why they all have RMA departments. Blaming a company because you happened to get unlucky isn't reasonable. The only way to gauge quality is by looking at total failures over number of units. Absent that data, it's just speculation and anecdotal evidence. (I buy Asus boards because they are highly rated by professional technology reviewers, and have better-than-average build quality, and because their RMA process has been easy the few times I've had to use it).
I chose this motherboard because it was the highest caliber board for the price which offered solid overclock options. What was important to me was having some future proofing (SATA 6gbs, USB 3.0), the ability to run crossfire (3-way crossfire or SLI wasn't that important--even the newest cards don't offer that much of a scaling improvement with 3 cards), and a solid set of overclocking options that would allow me to push my i7-950 north of 4Ghz.
For the price (right around $200 on sale), I was able to get everything I wanted in a motherboard. There are better boards out there to be sure, but many of them cost hundreds of dollars more for very little gain unless you are an extreme overclocker or really just have to have 6 SATA 6gbs slots and 5 USB 3.0 slots. I don't need those features, and simply wanted to be able to overclock my processor and save some dollars for a better pair of GPUs.
Installation and set up of the motherboard was easy (assuming you've done this before--the ATX form factor hasn't changed and still requires the same things to install as it always did). The manual is easy to read, and includes plenty of directions if you need them. If you've never build a computer before, get online and watch an instructional video on youtube before you start--it will give you the basics, after which you can read the manual. MY case simply swallows up this motherboard and so dwarfs it that it almost makes the board look like a smaller form factor than a true ATX board! (The case is amazing--highly recommend the Corsair 600T if you have room for it!) Total set up time for the build was about an hour.
Contrary to what the manual seems to indicate, you absolutely can run a combination of drives in RAID and non-RAID configurations. You must turn on RAID in the bios, and then exit. After you get to the BIOS loading screen again, just hit Cntrl-I to enter the set-up utility and choose your RAID Pairs. I run two pairs of RAID arrays, and on single Raptor drive leftover from an older computer build that I store games on. I use a RAID 0 SSD combo for lightning fast boot times, and a RAID 1 2TB combo for media files, and then the 300GB raptor for games and programs that I use semi-regularly.
OVERCLOCKING:
My first i7-950 overclock attempt was incredibly successful. In a matter of minutes I had my -7-950 running at 3.8ghz, and then after some tweaking, got it up to 4.2ghz stable using only an air cooler. It's PRIME95 stable after 24hrs of running 4 cores. I did turn off hyperthreading, but I don't need it since I am not doing a bunch of rendering--just playing games and the occasional benchmark just for bragging rights. ASUS makes the overclocking process as easy as possible, and has just about all the features you could ask for. If you want to overclock this motherboard, there is a whole thread on it at overclocking(.)(net). You do need to know what you are doing because you need to manually key in voltages so it helps to know where to start.
Final Thoughts:
I couldn't be happier. I am running my i7-950 at 4.24GHZ at a max temperature of 78C (full load) and idling at 49C. This from a motherboard that comes in at almost half as much as something like the Asus Striker III. If you want really decent overclocking features from a motherboard at a reasonable price, this board has to be on your list. Are there better, more feature dense boards? Yes of course there are. But the price/performance value of this board is excellent. Recommended.
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