Sunday, August 24 2008
Intel's upcoming Core i7 processors (codenamed Nehalem) will use the new X58 chipset and the ICH10-R Soutbhridge. DRR3 memory can be installed in six slots running DDR3-800, 1066 and 1333.

The board we took photos of is a protoype that's why you can see manual soldering and cabling on it.


posted by W1zzard - 6:35 PM |  Related News

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by candle_86 (August 24th - 6:37 PM) - Reply
thats a nice looking board, i just hope they remove those loose wires and underside caps on the final product
by [I.R.A]_FBi (August 24th - 6:42 PM) - Reply
by: candle_86
thats a nice looking board, i just hope they remove those loose wires and underside caps on the final product


The board we took photos of is a protoype that's why you can see manual soldering and cabling on it.
reading and comprehension prevents us from making such statments
by tigger (August 24th - 6:44 PM) - Reply
Wonder why the motherboard standoffs are on the top of the board and not the bottom?

X58 boards are showing up thick and fast now,pity the price of board/chip/ram will be crippling at first.
by Nick89 (August 24th - 6:46 PM) - Reply
Thats neat, huge processor is huge.
by WOutZoR (August 24th - 6:55 PM) - Reply
by: tigger69
Wonder why the motherboard standoffs are on the top of the board and not the bottom?

X58 boards are showing up thick and fast now,pity the price of board/chip/ram will be crippling at first.
Take a look at this picture ;)
http://www.techpowerup.com/img/08-08-24/3.jpg
by alexp999 (August 24th - 7:06 PM) - Reply
They have a backplate on the socket now?
Shame they couldnt extend this to provide a better clamping mechanism for cooling.
by ShadowFold (August 24th - 7:32 PM) - Reply
I wonder if these will have USB3.0?
by tigger (August 24th - 7:36 PM) - Reply
Yeah,but look at first pic,they are on the top.Unless they have just used two of them on each mobo hole to hold the board up on a flat surface,like this
by timta2 (August 24th - 7:40 PM) - Reply
I guess they are ready to do away with PCI slots now, not that I have a huge problem with that, but I'm sure there are people out there that need more than one.
by candle_86 (August 24th - 8:34 PM) - Reply
yea i need 2 actully, TV tuner and wifi card grrr.
by ShadowFold (August 24th - 9:03 PM) - Reply
I only need one for my sound card :)
by J-Man (August 24th - 10:53 PM) - Reply
by: tigger69
Wonder why the motherboard standoffs are on the top of the board and not the bottom?

X58 boards are showing up thick and fast now,pity the price of board/chip/ram will be crippling at first.
:laugh: I know mate.
by Morgoth (August 24th - 10:58 PM) - Reply
by: ShadowFold
I wonder if these will have USB3.0?
nope
by Mussels (August 24th - 11:10 PM) - Reply
i'd use the PCI slot for a soundcard, nothing more. The joys of USB wifi.... :D
by WhiteLotus (August 25th - 12:04 AM) - Reply
Board looks very nice indeed, love the black.
by tkpenalty (August 25th - 7:03 AM) - Reply
by: Mussels
i'd use the PCI slot for a soundcard, nothing more. The joys of USB wifi.... :D
USB Wifi = fail. :shadedshu
by Mussels (August 25th - 7:07 AM) - Reply
my USB wireless works fine on my download system, i run gigabit ethernet on the gaming rigs.

whats so wrong with USB wifi? (Except the transfer speeds, that all wireless suffers from)
by OnBoard (August 25th - 7:55 AM) - Reply
Looks a bit fried :D Maybe those wires and extra caps are a fix for that.
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