North bridge cooling module Screen shot when system is turned on. BIOS main page Cell Menu CPU Voltage -0.320~+630mV CPU PLL Voltage 1.00~1.85V QPI Voltage 0.88~1.83V DRAM Voltage 1.20~2.77V Through MEMORY-Z, detail setup of SPD can be viewed. DRAM advanced parameter setup H/W Monitor The BIOS setup above is what I usually use on X58M which the CPU is quite stable when external clock is set to 218MHz. Different CPU has different results from different BIOS setup. Testing platform CPU: Intel Core i7 950 MB: MSI X58M DRAM: CORSAIR XMS3 TR3X6G1600C8 VGA: GIGABYTE GTX260 OC SLI HD: CORSAIR CMFSSD-64GB2D POWER: CORSAIR HX1000W Modular Power Supply Cooler: Megahalems CPU OC 218 X 19 => 4150Mhz DDR3 1748 CL9 9-9-24 1T Hyper 8 X PI 32M 13m 48.734s CPUMARK 99 650 |
CrystalMark 2004R3 CINEBENCH R10 PCMark Vantage 16444 X58M has quite good OC performance. Compare with X58 ATX, the performance is nearly no difference. External clock is one of its advantages as well. During the test, it is easy to reach 218 MHz. DDR3 1748 CL8 8-8-24 1T Sandra Memory Bandwidth-29895MB/s EVEREST Memory Read-18845MB/s CORSAIR P64 SSD, MLC 64GB When raise the clock of DDR3, the performance is not as good as expected. ICH10R southbridge chip equips with CORSAIR high performance MLC SSD, the bandwidth is amazing. ATTO reaches 227/153 MB/s. GTX 260 SLI 3DMARK VANTAGE 21189 Crysis Benchmark StreetFighter IV Benchmark 1680 X 1050 21963 1920 X 1200 18735 Biohazard5 Benchmark With great 3D support from X58 chipset, remarkable 3D effect can be performed with dual-VGA technology from ATI or NVIDIA. By considering the available space in the ordinary chassis, the best choice for graphics cards are 9600 SLI and 4850 CF. |
MSI X58M Advantage 1. High performance Micro ATX of X58 product. 2. All Japanese made solid capacitors. Debug signal. Built-in power botton. 3. Support ATI CrossFire and NVIDIA SLI. 4. Rich BIOS options. Wide range of power voltage. Outstanding external clock. 5. Price competitive amongst available M-ATX X58 in the market. Disadvantage 1. No cooling module above MOSFET 2. DDR3 OC performance is not as good as expected. 3. The temperature of northbridge is a bit high. Adopt larger cooling pipe will solve the problem. Performance: ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ Components design: ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ Specification: ★★★★★★★★☆☆ The appearance: ★★★★★★★★☆☆ C/P Ratio: ★★★★★★★★★☆ The major issue of X58M is in DDR3 OC performance. As indicate in the spec, DDR3 1333 can be achieved under the condition of overclocking. The default 133 MHz CPU clock can only reach DDR3 800 or 1066. Compare with other competitors, MSI X58M will require some improvement in this part. Intel new LGA1156 CPU will become available in the market in two months. For the entry level X58, the price is around US$200 which is still quite competitive comparing with P55. My wild guess of the price for the middle to high grade P55 is around US$150-250. P55 will not be price competitive at beginning. The price of the MSI X58M is fairly competitive. The price of X58 is NT$5000, equivalent to US$152 which is very attractive to the users who are looking for X58 platform with limited budget. |
Thanks for the great review WWM, hadn't seen this board yet :) |
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