ASUS Socket 1366/Intel X58/SATA3&USB3.0/A&GbE/ATX Motherboard P6X58D-E
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- 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
Asus P6X58D-E Socket 1366/Intel X58/SATA3&USB3.0/A&GbE/ATX Motherboard
Gigabyte laptop motherboard
ASUS Socket 1366/Intel X58/SATA3&USB3.0/A&GbE/ATX Motherboard P6X58D-E
List Price: $ 210.99
Price:
Watch out! No eSata on this board.,
I happen to use eSata external drives quite a bit. Amazon’s comparison chart indicates that this board has an eSata port in the back. IT DOES NOT. This is not the end of the world but for a board of this caliber, I didn’t even think for a minute it wouldn’t have eSata. Even the older P6T had it. But thank goodness it still has a PS2 connection for my 12-year-old Dell keyboard from back when I was in college! Just kidding…seriously Asus, in your newest version you got rid of IDE, floppy connections and eSata but you hold on to a PS2 connection?? Who actually makes these decisions? All in all an excellent motherboard. I really can’t understand why anyone would need a second LAN port and pay a 70-dollar premium for the “premium” version of this product. So for most builders this is an awesome product for a very reasonable price.
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|Great motherboard,
Asus makes great motherboards and this new P6X58D-E follows suit. It is the little brother of the P6X58D Premium but all you get with the premium is an extra LAN port and Asus Express Gate which is an OS embedded into the BIOS. I think those are the only differences…
Things I like:
USB 3.0
SATA III
Integrated 7.1 Audio
Looks great
Things I don’t like:
I would’ve liked a few more SATA ports, there are 8 but most cases have rooms for 10 drives.
Overall this is a great board. It was between this and one from Gigabyte. Both are great
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|Recommended,
I really like this motherboard. My first experience with the ASUS bios, took 5 minutes to overclock it to a modest 3.3 GHz with an I7 930 which is stable with the default VCore 1.2v. Construction and layout is outstanding. Look forward to clocking it higher. Included disk had links to online drivers and useful software like latest chipset drivers, Intel Matrix Storage manager. No complaints, this is a great board.
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