Gigabyte EX58 Extreme Motherboard

Main Specifications

The Gigabyte EX58 Extreme main features include:

• Socket: 1366.
• Chipset: Intel X58 with ICH10R.
• Super I/O: ITE IT8720F.
• Clock generator: ICS 9LPRS914EKLF.
• Parallel IDE: One ATA-133 port controlled by a proprietary Gigabyte chip.
• Serial IDE: Six SATA-300 ports, controlled by the south bridge chip, supporting RAID 0, 1, 0+1 e 5 and four SATA-300 ports, controlled by two JMB322 chips, supporting RAID 0, 1 and JBOD.
• SAS: No.
• USB: 12 USB 2.0 ports (eight soldered on the motherboard and four available by internal headers).
• FireWire (IEEE 1394a): Three ports controlled by a Texas Instrument TSB43AB23 chip, one soldered on the motherboard and two available by internal headers.
• On-board audio: Produced by the chipset together with a Realtek ALC 889 codec (eight channels, 24-bit resolution, up to 192 kHz sampling rate for both the inputs and outputs, 104 dB signal-to-noise ratio for the analog inputs and 108 dB signal-to-noise ratio for the analog outputs). On-board coaxial and optical SPDIF outputs.
• On-board video: No.
• On-boar
  d LAN: Two Gigabit Ethernet ports controlled by two Realtek RTL8111D chips, which are connected to the system through PCI Express lanes.
• Buzzer: No.
• Power supply required: EPS12V or ATX12V.
• Slots: Three PCI Express 2.0 x16 slots (working at x16/x16/x1 or x16/x8/x8), one PCI Express x4, one PCI Express x1 slot and two standard PCI slots, supporting CrossFire and SLI.
• Memory: Six DDR3-DIMM sockets (up to 24 GB up to DDR3-2100/PC3-16800).
• Number of CDs/DVDs provided: The sample we received came with no CD or accessories.
• Extra features: Japanese aluminum solid capacitors, 16-phase voltage regulator circuit with ferrite chokes and low RDS(on) transistors, POST diagnostics display, clear CMOS button on back panel, dual BIOS, waterblock on chipset, vertical heat dissipator.
• More information: https://www.gigabyte.com.tw.
• Average price in the US*: USD 329.00

* Researched at Newegg.com on the day we published this First Look article.