A new X58 Motherboard makes it’s debut: The EVGA X58 SLI Classified:
First let’s take a look at the specs of this Motherboard:
CPU Socket:
* Socket LGA1366 for Intel Bloomfield processor
* Support QPI(Quick Path Interlink) up to 6.4GT/s, base on 20bit-width up to 25.6GB/s
Chipset:
* X58+ICH10R chipset (Tylersburg) with NVIDIA nF200 X16
System Memory:
* Six 240-pin DDR3 SDRAM DIMM sockets
* Support 1.5v DDR3-1066/1333 DIMMs with triple channel architecture
* Support x16 and x8 DIMMs, non-ECC, DIMMs
* Support up to 24GB system memory
Expansion Slots:
* One PCI connectors compliant with PCI v2.3
* One PCI-Express (x1) connectors compliant with PCI Express 1.0a
* Four PCI Express (x16) connector compliant with PCI Express 2.0
* First PCI-E x16 bandwidth x16 fixed, signal from X58
* Second PCI-E x16 bandwidth x16 fixed, signal from nF200 X16 channel A.
* Third PCI-Ex16 PCI-E x16 bandwidth x16 or x8, signal from nF200 X16 channel B
* Fourth PCI-Ex16 PCI-E x16 bandwidth x8, signal from nF200 X16 channel B
In other words, 3-way SLI @ Full x16 Bandwidth per slot or 3-way SLI @ x16x16x8 with x8 VGA dedicated PhysX or GTX295 Quad SLI @ x16x16 + GTX 295 dedicated PhysX @ x16
USB:
Twelve USB connectors compliant with USB2.0 from embedded USB controller (8 connectors at rear panel)
BIOS:
* 8Mb Flash SPI EEPROM with Award Plug & Play BIOS
* Support ACPI S3 (Suspend To RAM) mode in ACPI compliant O/S
Special Features:
* Support KBPO (Keyboard Power ON) function
* Support USB resume in S3
* Support Wake-On-LAN by PME
* Onboard 80 Post-Port LED display
* Onboard Button for convenient power-on, Reset, Reset CMOS
* Support Asynchronous clocking mode
* Dual ATX12V 8pin power Connectors for CPU
* PCI-E Slots Disable Jumpers
* V_Core, V_DIMM, VTT, IOH, CPU PLL, QPI PLL, ICH IO, ICH Ground measure points
* EVGA Control Panel via Extension Cable
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