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I have an EVGA X58 and love it. I'm pretty disappointed that the [H] didn't get around to reviewing this you know, back when all the other board were out? Why has it taken so long to review this board even though it launched the day of the i7? Although in admittedly short supply.
I have an EVGA X58 and love it. I'm pretty disappointed that the [H] didn't get around to reviewing this you know, back when all the other board were out? Why has it taken so long to review this board even though it launched the day of the i7? Although in admittedly short supply.
hmmm... with 3 video cards, there is no way to use an add-on sound card or any other add-on PCI cards for that matter.
AnandTech seems rather disappointed with the EVGA X58
That seems fair. I've been disappointed with AnandTech for years.
My guess is that eVGA didn't get them a board any sooner, or didn't supply one at all and [H] bought retail. That would explain the hat
That seems fair. I've been disappointed with AnandTech for years.
Remember that the X58 boards have PCIe 2.0, which should provide double the bandwidth of 1.0. So PCIe 2.0 x8 = PCIe 1.0 x16.
Question - What about the 9th SATA next to the first PCI-E x 16 slot? I assume that is for ESATA slot cover? Looked like it already had 1 ESATA.
Do the ESATA on this one automatically override the front red SATA ports like some boards or can you really have 10 SATA devices? That alone would give it quite a few bonus points.
YesBTW...am I the only one that says KeyMOS instead of SeeMOS?
That's not how PCIe 2.0 works. PCIe 2.0 doubels the bus bandwidth from x16 (1.0) to x32 (2.0), meaning you could have one PCIe x32, OR two x16's, OR x16+x8+x8. PCIe x16 is the still same speed in 1.0 and 2.0. PCIe 3.0 will double the 2.0 bus bandwidth, allowing you to have four PCIe x16's.
qft. Before [H]ard|OCP, I was a reader of anandtech. Ill check them out every once in a while, but, lets just say, they are not my homepage any more; [H]ard|OCP is.
Keep up the vids Kyle! Awesome stuff.
Also, screaming NB fan FTL. Gimme a giant chunk of copper any day if it keeps the rig from sounding like a leaf blower.
That's the first time I've read that, I guess I haven't been keeping up on it enough."The performance boost to 5 GT/s is by far the most important feature of the PCI Express 2.0 specifications. It effectively increases the aggregate bandwidth of a 16-lane link to approximately 16 GB/s."
The PCIe 3.0 spec is supposed to increase the data rate to 8GT/s (from 5 GT/s in ver 2.0 and 2.5 GT/s in ver 1.0/1.1). So 3.0 will increase, but not quite double, the bandwidth of 2.0.
hmmm... with 3 video cards, there is no way to use an add-on sound card or any other add-on PCI cards for that matter.
It can be done if you want to watercool the middle card.
I had Triple-SLi on a 680i MB with the 8800 GTX cards, the 8x lane was in the middle, so I watercooled that card, making it a single-slot and was able to use my X-Fi with no problem.
Yeah, it took some work, but I was able to do it pretty easily......expensive to add the block and time to route the hoses, etc.......I don't think I'll do it again.
I really want to see the review of this board......I'm torn between this one and the Gigabyte X58-UD5.
Agreed!!As always, vids are awesome! I look forward to this review!