Items tagged with 'X58'

Alienware Aurora ALX Gaming System Review

Alienware Aurora ALX Gaming System Review

Computer hardware enthusiasts are a unique group. Its true that some enthusiasts may spend hours, days, or weeks tweaking their BIOS and other settings to achieve optimal performance, while others might spend an entire evening painstakingly routing wires for proper cable management. Fortunate ones find themselves eagerly... Read More
Alienware Aurora ALX Gaming System Review

Alienware Aurora ALX Gaming System Review

  Computer hardware enthusiasts are a unique group. Its true that some enthusiasts may spend hours, days, or weeks tweaking their BIOS and other settings to achieve optimal performance, while others might spend an entire evening painstakingly routing wires for proper cable management. Fortunate ones find themselves... Read More
Alienware Aurora ALX Gaming System Preview

Alienware Aurora ALX Gaming System Preview

The release of ATI's Radeon HD 5870 graphics card has caused quite a stir in the hardware industry. While enthusiasts scramble to find the coin to upgrade their systems, Alienware has provided an all inclusive option for those in the market for an entire rig, loaded with some of the fastest parts available. Yesterday, Alienware... Read More
Alienware Aurora ALX Gaming System Preview

Alienware Aurora ALX Gaming System Preview

  We know it can be difficult to keep up with all of the latest and greatest hardware. After months of saving up every spare penny, you finally have enough money for that new upgrade that you've been yearning for since its debut. All the reviews are in agreement and you have to own what many are calling the component... Read More
Core i7 Extreme Overclocking with LN2

Core i7 Extreme Overclocking with LN2

Enthusiast level hardware is exciting, especially if you can make use of its full potential. When Intel released the monster 3.33GHz Core i7 975 processor, they laid claim to the highest performing desktop CPU on the market. Interestingly enough, they were competing with themselves as the 3.2GHz 965 held the pole position... Read More
EVGA X58 3X SLI Classified Motherboard Reviewed

EVGA X58 3X SLI Classified Motherboard Reviewed

EVGA commonly produces their mainstream motherboard products first, while in tandem, begins work on their high-end enthusiast product. It's taken roughly four months since the time EVGA launched their first Intel X58 motherboard (the more than worthy X58 3X SLI) to follow it up with their enthusiast-class product, which... Read More
EVGA X58 3X SLI Classified Motherboard

EVGA X58 3X SLI Classified Motherboard

Nearly every motherboard manufacturer on the market today makes at least one line of products for the "enthusiast" market. Typically, these motherboards are a bit flashier, offer better cooling, enhanced overclocking, more features and are priced significantly higher than their mainstream variants. In the majority of cases,... Read More
MSI Launches New X58 Pro-E Mainboard

MSI Launches New X58 Pro-E Mainboard

MSI Launches new X58 Pro-E Mainboard with DrMOS and True Blu-ray Audio playback supportTaipei, Taiwan –Since the release of the Eclipse mainboards which won wide acclamation from gamers everywhere, World renowned mainboard and graphics card producer, MSI International, has now launched the new X58 Pro-E to satisfy the top-category... Read More
Gigabyte's EX58-UD3R & EX58-UD4P

Gigabyte's EX58-UD3R & EX58-UD4P

Many positive commentaries have been written about Intel's current flagship Core i7 processors and its companion X58 Express chipset, due to the solid performance gains offered by the platform. In addition to the increased performance offered by Core i7 processors though, the X58 chipset also brings with it native support... Read More
X58 for the Masses: Gigabyte's EX58-UD3R & EX58-UD4P

X58 for the Masses: Gigabyte's EX58-UD3R & EX58-UD4P

Many positive commentaries have been written about Intel's current flagship Core i7 processors and its companion X58 Express chipset, due to the solid performance gains offered by the platform. In addition to the increased performance offered by Core i7 processors though, the X58 chipset also brings... Read More
G.Skill's Trident Series Memory for Core i7/X58

G.Skill's Trident Series Memory for Core i7/X58

G.Skill International Co. Ltd., a world leader in extreme performance memory, has launched Triple Channel DDR3 2000HMz “Trident” series memory kits at timings of CL 9-9-9-24, designed for Intel Core i7 processors using Intel's X58 Express Chipset.   The “Trident” series provides the high performance... Read More
Asus P6T6 WS Revolution Core i7 Motherboard

Asus P6T6 WS Revolution Core i7 Motherboard

  When we think about what is perhaps the one draw-back that enthusiasts and gamers could point to with respect to an Intel chipset-based motherboard, historically, it was lack of NVIDIA SLI multi-GPU support.  Though you could drop more than one AMD ATI Radeon-based graphics card into a P45, X38 or X48-chipset... Read More
Asus Debuts mATX ROG Rampage II GENE Motherboard

Asus Debuts mATX ROG Rampage II GENE Motherboard

Who says space-constrained gamers have no allies in the motherboard world? Not Asus, that's for sure. In response to "overwhelming demand for a mATX gaming and enthusiast motherboard," the company today released the new X58-based ROG (Republic of Gamers) Rampage II GENE. The card falls softly within the Rampage II lineup,... Read More
NVIDIA's SLI Tech Now On Intel X58-Based Mobos

NVIDIA's SLI Tech Now On Intel X58-Based Mobos

We heard this compatibility was coming way back at NVISION 08, and at long last, it has finally happened. Today, Intel Corporation has licensed NVIDIA SLI technology for inclusion on the DX58SO motherboard for the Core i7 processor, which means that consumers waiting to pull the trigger on an Intel X58-based motherboard,... Read More
X58 Showdown: ASUS Rampage II vs. MSI Eclipse

X58 Showdown: ASUS Rampage II vs. MSI Eclipse

If the recent release of Intel's X58 chipset has taught us anything, it's that change can be good.  In our first two forays with these new boards and Intel's Core i7 processor, we've been firmly impressed by the performance gains seen over legacy Core 2 architectures, much less AMD's recent advancements and new offerings. ... Read More
ASUS Rampage II Extreme vs. MSI Eclipse

ASUS Rampage II Extreme vs. MSI Eclipse

If the recent release of Intel's X58 chipset has taught us anything, it's that change can be good. In our first two forays with these new boards and Intel's Core i7 processor, we've been firmly impressed by the performance gains seen over legacy Core 2 architectures, much less AMD's recent advancements and new offerings.... Read More
EVGA X58 3X SLI Core i7 Motherboard

EVGA X58 3X SLI Core i7 Motherboard

Intel's recent launch of the Core i7 processor and its accompanying chipset platform, was met with plenty of buzz and splash, due not only to the product's architectural enhancements but also its performance gains.  However, the new serially enabled Core i7 also brought fairly significant platform... Read More
EVGA X58 3X SLI Core i7 Motherboard

EVGA X58 3X SLI Core i7 Motherboard

Intel's recent launch of the Core i7 processor and its accompanying chipset platform, was met with plenty of buzz and splash, due not only to the product's architectural enhancements but also its performance gains. However, the new serially enabled Core i7 also brought with it fairly significant platform changes as well.... Read More
ECS X58B-A Black Series Motherboard Unveiled

ECS X58B-A Black Series Motherboard Unveiled

ECS X58B-A Black Series Motherboard Unveils Unlimited Performance of Creating World Records Fremont, California, December 4, 2008 – Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS), the world’s leading motherboard, graphics card, barebone system and notebook manufacturer, today has disclosed the remarkable achievement that the newly lunched... Read More
Intel Core i7 CPUs & X58 Motherboards Available

Intel Core i7 CPUs & X58 Motherboards Available

After a quick search of Newegg’s site, we’ve found that Intel’s trio of initial Core i7 processors and an array of X58 Express chipset-based motherboards have been made available, just shy of two weeks since our launch article hit the web. The Core i7 920 (2.66GHz), 940 (2.93GHz) and Core i7 Extreme 965 (3.2GHz) are all... Read More
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