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MSI Eclipse review

Once in a blue moon for the X58?

Our Score 4

Last reviewed: 2009-01-02January 2nd 2009

Price at launch £300.00
Description X58 Motherboard
Features Socket LGA 1366 (Core i7) / Intel® X58 Chipset / Audio: Creative® SB X-Fi Xtreme
Front Side Bus DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600
LAN Details 10/100/1000*2
Max No. Of Processors 1
Motherboard Type ATX
No of DIMM Slots 6
No of PCI Express x1 Slots 2
No of PCI Express x16 slots 3
Number Of USB Ports On Motherboard 8
Number of PCI Slots 2
Onboard Sound Properties Creative® SB X-Fi Xtreme
Onboard sound Yes
RAM Type DDR3
Supported RAM Size (GB) 24

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Solid performance

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Bad BIOS flashing

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Still vastly expensive

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