Intel have to have shaken the skeleton in their closest by offering a cut price version of their Extreme branded X79 Desktop board that sells for $100 less than the widely reviewed DX79SI. The DX79TO is one of the cheapest premium X79 boards on the market yet still retains the 8 memory DIMM/64GB memory support in the standard ATX dimensions.
We preview the DX79TO Desktop Board from Intel - A reduced cost version of Intel's flagship DX79SI Motherboard for Intel 2nd generation Core i7-3000 series and socket LGA-2011 and explain why you should consider a cheaper X79 motherboard.
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