X58 In 2010: Four LGA 1366 Boards With USB 3.0 And SATA 6Gb/s
The March 2010 launch of Intel's hexa-core Core i7-980X gave us a good reason to revisit the LGA 1366 interface. Today, we're looking at four new X58 Express-based motherboards that tie USB 3.0 and SATA 6Gb/s support in to Intel's flagship platform.
Benchmark Results: Synthetic
The low cost X58A-UD3R looks good in 3DMark Vantage, while the even-cheaper X58 Extreme3 pushes the performance envelope in PCMark.
Sandra is great for testing individual components, showing the negative effect of using the "wrong setting combination" in ASRock BIOS. ASRock later sent us a new BIOS that fixes the issue.
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