11-22-2010 review by pureoverclock

In terms of design, this mainboard is very good, and the layout is an improvement compared to the the Extreme3. Moving the 8-pin CPU power connector off the edge of the board is a step backwards though. The LED post display is better placed, but it will be hard to see with three three-way SLi installed, allthough not many people will do this.

If you have six memory modules installed a CPU cooler like the Noctua NH-D14 will likely pose problems, being one of the the largest air cooler around. On the other hand the reviewers installed a Xigmatek Balder and didn't have any issues.

Overclocking:

The reviewers reached a final overlcock with a Core i7 920 @ 4.3GHz, BCLK @ 205MHz.

Compared To:

This mainboard was not compared to another board.

Benchmarks:

No benchmarks were tested.

october 22 2010 review by tweaktown

This mobo has a bold design and a large feature set, like six SATA3 ports and another six USB 3.0. The X58 Extreme6 is a very competent gaming platform, with enough space between the PCIe slots to run CrossfireX or Tri SLI and have good air flow between the GPUs.

Overclocking:

The reviewers OCed a Core i7-980X @ 4.176GHz.

Test Setup:

• CPU cooler : Corsair H70 Water Cooling
• CPU : Intel Core i7-980X
• Graphics Card : ASUS EAH5870 V2 STALKER Edition
• Memory : 6GB Corsair CMT4GX3M2A2000C8 DDR3 PC16000 2000MHz
• OS : W7 Ultimate x64
• PSU : Corsair AX1200
• SSD : Corsair Force F120 120HB

Compared To:

ASUS P6X58D-E, Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD9.

Benchmarks:

3D Mark Vantage, AutoGK, Battlefield : Bad Company 2, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Cinebench, Far Cry 2, HyperPi 0.99b, Lavalys Everest Ultimate, Lightwave, PC mark vantage, PC mark vantage x64, Power Consumption, Sisoft Sandra, Temperature Test.