When we hear the term socket LGA1366 Nehalem platform will dibenak looming we are high-end platform with exorbitant prices. This time MSI will change that perception with the release of a chipset motherboards to X58, but with a relatively affordable price, the X58 Pro-E.
Despite the cheap price, facilities provided this motherboard was quite complete, such as features ATI Crossfire-X, Triple Channel DDR3 1066, BlueRay True Audio Realtek ALC889, and others. Of course, do not forget to include the MSI specific features of their products, namely DrMOS with three main advantages of GreenPower for power consumption more efficient. Featured XpressCool makes the chipset cooler and RapidBoost that offer stability in overclocking.
In the test session, this motherboard shows a very good performance. Testing the daily application of simulated with the application Sysmark 2007, this motherboard produce a high enough score and satisfactory. Likewise with games testing, tests conducted indicate that this motherboard can run stable without any problems.
If want more performance, MSI EasyOC Switch features include useful for users who want the system to the overclock, without passing through the BIOS settings are quite complex. But for users who are more advanced overclocking knowledge, this feature will not be used.
Conclusion
This motherboard is suitable for users who want to build a Nehalem platform with a limited budget. Pair for this motherboard is the Core i7 920, only with a few tweaks that can be done, the performance of this system will pass the high end systems that cost much more.
PRODUCER: MSI
INFO: www.msi.com
PRICE: –
TECHNICAL DATA
Processor: Intel LGA 1366
Chipset: Intel X58
Southbridge: ICH10R
FSB / HT Bus: 6.4GT / s
Form Factor: ATX
AGP / PCIe x16/PCIe x1: 0/3/2
USB / Firewire / eSATA: 6 / 1 / / 1
Memory Support: Triple Channel DDR3 1066
Chipset Audio: Realtek ALC889 7.1
