Features Comparison
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| Sub-$200 X58 Motherboard Features | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ASRock X58 Extreme | Asus P6T SE | ECS X58B-A | |
| PCB Revision | 1.01 | 1.01G | 1.0 |
| Northbridge | Intel X58 Express | Intel X58 Express | Intel X58 Express |
| Southbridge | Intel ICH10R | Intel ICH10R | Intel ICH10R |
| Voltage Regulator | Eight Phases | Eight Phases | Six Phases |
| BIOS | 1.0 (06/11/2009) | 0403 (05/19/2009) | 080015 (03/23/2009) |
| 133.3MHz Bclk | 133.9 MHz (+0.425%) | 133.6 MHz (+0.20%) | 133.3 MHz (+0.00%) |
| Clock Generator | ICS 9LPRS918JKLF | ICS 9LPRS918JKLF | IDT CV193CPAG |
| Internal Interfaces | |||
| PCIe 2.0 x16 | 3 (x16/x16/x4) | 3 (x16/x16/x4) | 2 (x16/x16) |
| PCIe x1/x4 | 2/0 | 1/0 | 2/1 |
| PCI | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| USB 2.0 | 2 (4-ports) | 3 (6-ports) | 3 (6-ports) |
| IEEE-1394 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Serial Port | 1 | None | 1 |
| Parallel Port | 0 | None | None |
| Floppy | 1 | None | None |
| Ultra ATA-133 | 1 (2-drives) | 1 (2-drives) | None |
| SATA 3 Gb/s | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| 4-pin Fan | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 3-pin Fan | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| FP-Audio | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| CD Audio | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| S/PDIF I/O | Output Only | Output Only | Output Only |
| Power Button | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Reset Button | Yes | No | Yes |
| CLR_CMOS Button | Jumper Only | Jumper Only | Jumper Only |
| Diagnostics Panel | 2-Character | None | 2-Character |
| I/O Panel Connectors | |||
| PS/2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| USB 2.0 | 7 | 6 | 6 |
| IEEE-1394 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Networking | Single | Single | Single |
| eSATA | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| CLR_CMOS Button | Yes | No | Yes |
| Digital Audio Out | Optical + Coaxial | Optical + Coaxial | Optical |
| Digital Audio In | None | None | None |
| Analog Aufio | 6 | 6 | 5 |
| Mass Storage Controllers | |||
| Chipset SATA | 6x SATA 3.0 Gb/s | 6x SATA 3.0 Gb/s | 6x SATA 3.0 Gb/s |
| Chipset RAID Modes | 0, 1, 5, 10 | 0, 1, 5, 10 | 0, 1, 5, 10 |
| Add-in SATA | JMB380 PCIe 1x eSATA 3.0 Gb/s | JMB363 PCIe 1x eSATA 3.0 Gb/s | JMB362 PCIe 2x eSATA 3.0 Gb/s |
| Add-in Ultra ATA | VT6330 PCIe | JMB363 PCIe | None |
| IEEE-1394 | VT6330 PCIe 2x 400 mb/s | VT6315N PCIe 2x 400 mb/s | VT6308P PCI 2x 400 mb/s |
| Gigabit Ethernet | |||
| Primary LAN | RTL8111DL PCIe | RTL8111C PCIe | RTL8111C PCIe |
| Secondary LAN | None | None | RTL8111C PCIe |
| Audio | |||
| HD Audio Codec | ALC890B | ALC1200 | ALC888S |
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| Sub-$200 X58 Motherboard Features | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foxconn FlamingBlade | Gigabyte EX58-UD3R | Jetway BI-600 | MSI X58 Pro-E | |
| PCB Revision | 1.0 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 3.1 |
| Northbridge | Intel X58 Express | Intel X58 Express | Intel X58 Express | Intel X58 Express |
| Southbridge | Intel ICH10R | Intel ICH10R | Intel ICH10R | Intel ICH10R |
| Voltage Regulator | Six Phases | Six Phases | Six Phases | Five Phases |
| BIOS | P05 (04/13/2009) | FB (05/04/2009) | A03 (05/15/2009) | 8.2 (04/20/2009) |
| 133.3 MHz Bclk | 133.7 MHz (+0.28%) | 133.0 MHz (-0.25%) | 133.0 MHz (-0.25%) | 133.8 MHz (+0.35%) |
| Clock Generator | ICS 9LPRS139AKLF | ICS 9LPRS914EKLF | ICS 9LPRS139AKLF | ICS 9LPRS133BKLF |
| Internal Interfaces | ||||
| PCIe 2.0 x16 | 2 (x16/x16) | 2 (x16/x16) | 4 (2x x16 or 4x x8) | 3 (x16/x16/x4) |
| PCIe x1/x4 | 1/1 | 2/1 | 0/1 | 2/0 |
| PCI | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| USB 2.0 | 2 (4-ports) | 2 (4-ports) | 2 (4-ports) | 3 (6-ports) |
| IEEE-1394 | None | 1 | None | 1 |
| Serial Port | None | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Parallel Port | None | None | None | None |
| Floppy | 1 | 1 | 1 | None |
| Ultra ATA-133 | 1 (2-drives) | 1 (2-drives) | 1 (2-drives) | 1 (2-drives) |
| SATA 3 Gb/s | 6 | 8 | 6 | 7 |
| 4-pin Fan | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 3-pin Fan | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
| FP-Audio | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| CD Audio | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| S/PDIF I/O | Output Only | Input + Output | Output Only | Output Only |
| Power Button | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Reset Button | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| CLR_CMOS Button | Yes | Jumper Only | Yes | Yes |
| Diagnostics Panel | 2-character | None | 2-Character | None |
| I/O Panel Connectors | ||||
| PS/2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| USB 2.0 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 6 |
| IEEE-1394 | None | 1 | None | 1 |
| Networking | Dual | Dual | Dual | Single |
| eSATA | 2 | None | 2 | 1 |
| CLR_CMOS Button | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| Digital Audio Out | Optical | Optical + Coaxial | Coaxial | Optical |
| Digital Audio In | None | None | None | None |
| Analog Audio | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Mass Storage Controllers | ||||
| Chipset SATA | 6x SATA 3.0 Gb/s | 6x SATA 3.0 Gb/s | 6x SATA 3.0 Gb/s | 6x SATA 3.0 Gb/s |
| Chipset RAID Modes | 0, 1, 5, 10 | 0, 1, 5, 10 | 0, 1, 5, 10 | 0, 1, 5, 10 |
| Add-in SATA | JMB363 PCIe 2x eSATA 3.0 Gb/s | JMB363 PCIe 1x eSATA 3.0 Gb/s | JMB363 PCIe 2x eSATA 3.0 Gb/s | JMB363 PCIe 1x SATA 3.0 Gb/s 1x eSATA 3.0 Gb/s |
| Add-in Ultra ATA | JMB363 PCIe | JMB363 PCIe | JMB363 PCIe | JMB363 PCIe |
| IEEE-1394 | None | TSB43AB23 PCI 3x 400 mb/s | None | JMB381 PCIe 2x 400 mb/s |
| Gigabit Ethernet | ||||
| Primary LAN | RTL8111C PCIe | RTL8111C PCIe | RTL8111C PCIe | RTL8111C PCIe |
| Secondary LAN | RTL8111C PCIe | None | RTL8111C PCIe | None |
| Audio | ||||
| HD Audio Codec | ALC888 | ALC888 | ALC888 | ALC889 |
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