April 11 2011 review by xbitlabs

Unlike other mainboards from Intel this board can be considered 'normal'. It has rich accessories, a great OC potential, is energy efficient and has a convenient PCB design, but the BIOS is unfriendly.

Compared To:

Asus P6X58D-E

Overclocking:

A Core i7-930 was OCed @ 3.9 GHz

Benchmarks:

3D Mark 2011, 7zip, Cinebench, Far Cry 2, Fritz Chess Bench, Photoshp CS5, Power Consumption, Resident Evil 5, SuperPi, x264 HD.

Test Setup:

• Computer Case : Antec Skeleton system case
• CPU Cooler : Scythe Mugen 2 Revision B SCMG-2100
• HIS Radeon HD 5850 1GB H585F1GDG
• Memory : 3 x 2GB Kingston KHX12800D3LLK3/6GX 1600 MHz
• Motherboard : Intel DX58SO2
• Power Supply : Cooler Master RealPower M850 RS-850-ESBA;
• Processor : Intel Core i7-930
• SSD : Kingston SSD Now V+ SeriesSNVP325-S2, 128 GB