Intel X58 Express Chipset – Top 5 Overclocking Motherboards for Core i7
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GIGABYTE GA-EX58-EXTREME
The GA-EX58-EXTREME was designed from the ground up to unleash the awesome power of the new Intel® Core™ i7 processors. With a significant communication bandwidth increase of 1600MHz between the processor and chipset, 50% memory bandwidth enhancement and featuring extensive overclocking capabilities, the GIGABYTE EXTREME overclocking motherboard delivers the highest level of performance computing you've been waiting for.
Just when you thought 2 PCI-E x16 was good enough, GIGABTYE delivers 3. The GIGABYTE GA-EX58-EXTREME motherboard features 3 PCIe x16 Gen2.0 slots with support for both 3 way ATI CrossFireX™ and 3 way NVIDIA SLI™, enabling powerful graphics configurations for extreme multi-GPU gaming.
Breaking overclock records is what the GIGABYTE EXTREME motherboard is all about, with friendly overclocking features such as Precision OV (Hardware Overvoltage Control IC), Debug LED and onboard clear CMOS switches. Additionally, the GIGABYTE GA-EX58-EXTREME motherboard features comprehensive BIOS options for reaching higher limits with more detailed settings, including CPU frequency stepping, Over Voltage increments, memory multipliers and advanced memory timing controls, making it easier than ever to tweak the highest levels of extreme overclocking performance from your system.
The GIGABYTE GA-EX58-EXTREME motherboard now features the revolutionary new GIGABYTE Hybrid Silent-Pipe 2, a fusion thermal solution that combines GIGABYTE's proprietary screen cooling technology, external heat sink and liquid cooling with chipset water block to deliver maximum thermal performance. Add in the highest quality sound performance with the Dolby Home Theater technology suite, and the GIGABYTE GA-EX58-EXTREME motherboard makes for one ultimate extreme system. Whether overclocking or gaming, you can be sure your system was built for the extremes.
Price US $ 345 (pcnation.com)
MSI Eclipse SLI
MSI Eclipse SLI LGA 1366 Motherboard
Take advantage of the most significant architectural change in the x86 architecture in 13 years, the Intel Core i7. The MSI Eclipse SLI introduces a new era for extreme performance. It is an X58-based motherboard that supports Intel’s new generation extreme performance Core i7 Processors and both SLI and CrossFireX! Six SATA ports with RAID 0, 1, 5, and 10 as well as two SAS, or Serial Attached SCSI, ports supporting RAID 0 and 1 give you plenty of storage options and the ability to use hard drives with speeds of up to 15,000 RPMs. Memory support includes up to 24GB of Triple Channel DDR3 memory. Intel has brought back Hyperthreading technology and combined it with a native quad-core design to give support for 8 seperate threads in the new LGA1366 / Socket B CPU interface and their replacement for the old Front Side Bus technology, QuickPath Interconnect provides a system bus speed of up to 6.4GT/s. The three PCI-Express 2.0 slots can operate at either x16/x16/x1 or x16/x8/x8 to take full advantage of either 2 or 3 graphics cards.
Price US $ 369 (Tigerdirect.com)
ASUS P6T6 WS Revolution
A Powerful Workstation Engine Essential in Your Professional Studio
The ASUS Workstation Series is the ideal foundation for a powerful PC. It delivers awesome power, dependable performance and unparallel multiple I/O scalability for the most demanding tasks and future upgrades. Also, it provide extreme power saving experience with EUP 6 Engine function. The ASUS Workstation Series intelligently reduces operation noise and dissipates heat through advanced and environmentally friendly methods to accommodate user needs. Don´t change yourself for a computer. Instead, let ASUS Workstation Series improves the quality of your work and life.
* Intel® Core™ i7 Processor Extreme Edition / Core™ i7 Processor
* Intel® X58 / ICH10R
* Nvidia® nForce 200
* 6 PCI-E Gen2 x16 IO onboard
* True @16 3-Way SLI
* True 16+2 Power Phase Design
* ASUS EPU 6-Engine & TurboV
* ATI CrossFireX & NVIDIA SLI Support
* 2 onboard SAS ports
* G.P. Diagnosis Card Bundled
* ASUS Express Gate
* 100% High-quality Japan-made Conductive Polymer Capacitors!
(5000hrs VRM, over 5 years operation lifespan)
The EVGA X58 SLI
The EVGA X58 SLI Motherboard is designed for the overclocking addict. The features of the 132-BL-E758-A1 includes support for Intel processors including Intel Core i7 processors, EVGA VDroop control that stabilizes voltage and ensures the maximum stability when overclocking, onboard clear CMOS, Power and Reset buttons, with reset button showing HDD activity, EVGA E-LEET tuning utility gives you quick access to overclocking controls without going into the BIOS, 100% solid state capacitors allowing for better overclocking and stability, EVGA EZ voltage gives hardcore overclockers quick access to reading their voltage levels, onboard debug LED shows current CPU temp, Intel X58/ICH10R chipset, 6DIMM Triple Channel DDR3 at 1333MHz+,enthusiast layout supporting 2 Way SLI, 3 Way SLI, and CrossFireX, 10 SATA II 3.0GB/s ports,(1 e-SATA), 2 Gigabit Ethernet ports, 8 channel audio with coax and optical, support for up to 12 USB ports(8 i/o and 4 external), 2 1394 firewire ports, innovative chipset fan with sideways exhaust, and detached enthusiast VREG cooler.Built for Microsoft Vista
Price US $ 299 (tigerdirect.com)
Biostar TPower X58 5.x
The special feature of this motherboard is not only its high operating speed and reliability due to 100% XDC capacitors (extreme durable capacitor), but also the high-quality power-supply system (12 phases) and cooling system with heat pipes : space-Pipe thermal design.
* Intel X58 / ICH10R Chipset
* 12 Phases Power Design
* Support 6-DIMM DDR3-1866(OC)/1600(OC)/1333 up to 24G maximum capacity
* Support ATI CrossfireX and nVidia SLI Technology
* 100% X.D.C Japanese solid capacitor
* BIOSTAR Space-Pipe with high efficiency copper heat-pipe
* BIOSTAR G.P.U (Green Power Utility) Technology for Energy Saving
* BIOSTAR TPower Utility
* On board Dual GbE
* 1394a, eSATA, S/PDIF Out (Optical/Coaxial)
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