The X58 Platinum SLI provides an excellent range of frequency and voltage levels in small increments, allowing overclockers to seek out the highest stable speed of any hardware configuration.
BIOS Frequency and Voltage settings (for overclocking) | |
|---|---|
CPU Reference Clock | 133 to 400 MHz (1 MHz) |
Clock Multiplier Adjustment | Yes |
DRAM Ratios | DDR3-800 to DDR3-2133 |
PCIe Clock | 100 to 200 MHz (1 MHz) |
CPU Vcore | Stock -0.32 to +0.63 Volts (0.010 Volts) |
QPI (CPU Uncore) Voltage | Stock -0.32 to +0.63 Volts (0.010 Volts) |
IOH (Northbridge) Core | 0.78 to 1.73 Volts (0.010 Volts) |
ICH (Southbridge) Core | 0.70 to 2.13 Volts (0.010 Volts) |
DRAM Voltage | 1.20 to 2.77 Volts (0.010 Volts) |
CASLatencyRange | tCAS:6-12; tRCD: 3-15; tRP: 3-15; tRAS: 9-31 |
MSI's Cell Menu provides major clock and voltage controls, with several sub-menus to adjust advanced controls and timings.
The X58 Platinum SLI Advanced DRAM Configuration sub-menu has both basic and advanced controls, with automatic detection available for individual settings.
The X58 Platinum SLI also provides amplitude and skew controls.
Up to four BIOS configurations can be saved to non-volatile memory as user profiles.
MSI M-Flash allows saving or flashing BIOS without the need for bootable media.
The X58 Platinum SLI also includes MSI’s click-to-crash OverclockingCenter and GreenPowerCenter utilities, exactly as described in our Eclipse SLI review. Perhaps users of other hardware will find these utilities useful.
Accessories
Accessories | |
|---|---|
Documentation & Software | Motherboard Facts Sheet |
| HDD Backup Guide |
| Motherboard Manual |
| Quick Installation Guide |
| Driver CD (Windows Vista) |
| Driver CD (Windows XP) |
| MSI HDD Backup DVD |
Hardware | 4 x Serial ATA Data Cable |
| 2 x 4-pin to SATA Power Adapter |
| 1 x 80-conductor Ultra ATA Cable |
| 1 x Floppy Cable |
| 1 x Quick Connector Kit |
| 2 x CrossFire Bridge |
| 1 x SLI Bridge |
| 1 x USB 2.0 Breakout Plate (2-ports) |
| 1 x I/O Panel Shield |
MSI spreads its documentation, drivers and software across many pamphlets and CD’s, most likely to boost the visual impact of its accessory kit. The floppy cable appears to be a thoughtful addition, except that the motherboard doesn’t have a floppy interface.
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- Two Steps Forward, Three Steps Back
- ASRock X58 SuperComputer
- X58 SuperComputer BIOS, Software And Accessories
- Asus P6T
- P6T BIOS, Software And Accessories
- Biostar TPower X58
- TPower X58 BIOS, Software And Accessories
- DFI LANParty DK X58-T3eH6
- X58-T3eH6 BIOS, Software And Accessories
- EVGA X58 3X SLI
- Foxconn Renaissance
- Renaissance BIOS, Software, And Accessories
- MSI X58 Platinum SLI
- X58 Platinum SLI BIOS, Software, And Accessories
- Test Settings
- Benchmark Results: 3D Games
- Benchmark Results: Audio And Video Encoding
- Benchmark Results: Productivity
- Benchmark Results: Synthetic
- Power, Heat, And Overclocking
- Conclusion







Warpedsystems has tested a least half of these, my Evga failed out of the box, i would normally let that slide but with all the 680i and 780i issues and failures over the years - beware. So i can not speak of the evga - i will say the 780i FTW is kick butt mobo!
Asus is asus and 90% or so of my stuff i ship, i switched to the new P6t from the deluxe and have had some issues - i am sitll working on the P6T tonight as i type. Opps- my jr tech set the blk to 180 and over clocked the QPI to max - i think he smoked the mobo ran amd cpu = its first in 5 years if so?
Some did not make it? no gigabyte? gigabyte is really pushing on asus for number one - really! Ya, all the evga fans are what? I can say how many evga mobos break and fail: pci-e slot fail, pressure around the cpu mounting failure, lock ups - evga lock ups are just accepted as part of life! We all know that evga error code!
I have to say the gigabyte and the higher end asus deluxe version sure seem a lot more reliable for 4ghz systems - again - we only took 1 evga and it locked up and i said "that is it the last time" - the FTW 780i gives me faith evga will come around on x58.
what ever you do - do not oc the blk and QPI - poof!
nice stuff THG!
One of the companies forgot to send a board and didn't respond in time to the reminder...see the introduction of the article. What makes you think that company wasn't Gigabyte?
Judging from the feature list, the board was plain P6T, but all pictures seem to be of P6T SE.
http://media.bestofmicro.com/7/3/192063/original/asus_p6t_kit.jpg
Sorry, but you can't make a good review without including one of the top manufacturers of X58 motherboards.
Sorry, but you can't make a good review without including one of the top manufacturers of X58 motherboards.
I am not the extreme overclocking kinda guy. In fact, I still am running on default settings on my Core 2 Duo E6750. I don't plan to overclock over 3,2Ghz on my new 920, if I ever do overclock.
Neither boards support SLI, but I'd be interrested in a dual Radeon 4870 1GB Crossfire config.
Thanks in advance
Tell that to Gigabyte.
No salavat23. Sorry but you can't make a good reader without reading the introduction.
I have the P6T and love it. 3.8 GHz using DDR3 1333 RAM. All I need to do is change these settings:
Ai Overclock Tuner: Manual
CPU Ratio: Auto
Intel Speed Step: Disable
Bclk: 190
DRAM: DDR3- 1523
DRAM: Bus 1.66
That's all that you need to do to get 3.8 GHz out of it. Works like a charm.
Agreed. While manufacturers not meeting the deadline is somewhat annoying, I'd really like to know which brand, and especially which motherboard model had the spectacular failure. I'm about to buy components for a Core i7 build, and knowing which one had issues would add some piece of mind to the decision.
Tom's guys, can you help us readers out on on this?
I'm curious what's the difference between their reviews and the ones here?
As for the reviews here you go..
http://www.motherboards.org/reviews/motherboards/1861_16.html
http://www.thinkcomputers.org/index.php?x=reviews&id=943&page=11
http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/1761/13/asrock_x58_supercomputer_motherboard/index.html
I guess my concern is who is right??
From my discussions with Thomas, it seemed that this board was solid until you started overclocking it, after which we had two different boards burn up. Thomas can clarify, though.
I would really love to know where the Intel board stacks up in this.