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MSI X58 Pro review

MSI's Core i7 motherboard is brown and it's bargainous

Our Score 4.5

Last reviewed: 2009-05-23May 23rd 2009

Price at launch £169.00
MPN X58PROE
Additional Information Socket: Intel LGA1366 Core i7-compatible / RAM: 6 x triple channel DDR3 / 6 x SATA2 connections / 3 x dual-slot PCIe x16 gen2 for CrossfireX and SLI support
Connections Firewire
LAN Details Gigabit LAN
Max No. Of Processors 1
No of PCI Express x1 Slots 2
No of PCI Express x16 slots 3
Number Of Additional USB Ports Supported 6
Number Of RAM Slots 6
Number Of USB Ports On Motherboard 6
Number of PCI Slots 2
Onboard Sound Properties 7.1 High Definition Audio output via SPDIF
RAM Type DDR3

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Product Summary

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Good performance

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Brown PCB

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Rather basic

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