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Works Well, Overall Satisfied With It
- Pros: It works... thats a big plus. Bios is familiar to me and everything functions as it should as far as I know.
- Cons: Some points of interest/concern:
1) "IOH" with passive heatpipe cooler was getting very hot, at times it hit 100C in a very well ventilated case. After running for a bit, this dropped to 75C or so. Maybe some thermal gunk had to bed in? I put a quiet fan in there facing the copper heatsink in the middle of the board, and the IOH temp dropped to the 50's.
2) I also had a problem where Vista64 only saw 4G of the 6G memory installed, though the bios reported it there. I reseated the memory and it showed 6G everywhere.
3) SATA connectors are low on the board: tall cases like mine may require longer SATA cables than the 18" ones it ships with.
3) There is a disk shipped with the kit labelled "MSI EXTRAS". There is NO DATA on this disk readable by windows. Small point but bloody annoying to find out through forum surfing that I wasnt missing out on something. Its for future use, somehow. Google it if you care, but its of no use to anyone at this time.
- Other Thoughts: Cons.... continued.
4) Vista64 would not install in RAID0 using the driver provided with the Mobo. I had to not install the driver, and use the one that Vista comes with. I tried the MSI driver twice and each time, during install I got the BSOD on reboot where the OS should take over on the installed drive.
To summarize: It works. Its less expensive than others. This is my second success with the MSI Platinum line of Mobos, but next time I'm going to shell out a bit more for a company that can afford to hire someone to write better documentation. Good luck.
New platform growing pains
- Pros: Its a solid board and with a BIOS flash the Platinum (not Platinum SLI) I have supports SLI anyways.
All X58 reverts to 1066 per the SPD but the RAM I purchased was rated 1333 which was an easy ratio setting to 5 change in the Cell menu of the BIOS.
I have had no problems with this board at all.
I installed a GTX260 core 216 and 6 Gigs tri channel kit Mushkin 1333 3X2 and it has run quite well for the past year.
- Cons: MSI could make a decent Utility do NOT use M-Flash unless you enjoy taking chances.
Flash by USB only.
And MSI support sucks, but this board has not been a dissapointment by any means.
- Other Thoughts: Great for the price, had a few growing pains but BIOS revisions have taken care of most of them.
A fair choice
- Pros: If you need to get an x58 motherboard but don't want to spend a lot of money, this is the one to get. When running at standard settings without any bios changes, it seems to work just fine. Nice LEDs on the board, LOTS of USB ports, plenty of SATA ports and 2 full speed PCI-E 2.0 x16 slots with an extra slot between them for cooling.
- Cons: BIOS is very finicky and can sometimes go into a constant reboot until you reset it if you change it. Chipset runs kind of hot. Doesn't come with Diagnostic LEDs for when something messes up. Does NOT overclock well (does memory just fine if you want to get it up to 1600, but other than that....)
- Other Thoughts: If you want to overclock, spend the extra money and get a better board.
| Model |
| Brand |
MSI |
| Model |
X58 Platinum SLI |
| Supported CPU |
| CPU Socket Type |
LGA 1366 |
| CPU Type |
Core i7 (LGA1366) |
| FSB |
QPI 6.4GT/S |
| Chipsets |
| North Bridge |
Intel X58 |
| South Bridge |
Intel ICH10R |
| Memory |
| Number of Memory Slots |
6×240pin |
| Memory Standard |
DDR3 1600(O.C)/1333 |
| Maximum Memory Supported |
24GB |
| Channel Supported |
Triple Channel |
| Expansion Slots |
| PCI Express 2.0 x16 |
2 |
| PCI Express x1 |
3 |
| PCI Slots |
2 |
| Storage Devices |
| PATA |
1 x ATA100 2 Dev. Max |
| SATA 3Gb/s |
8 |
| SATA RAID |
0/1/5/10 |
| Onboard Video |
| Onboard Video Chipset |
None |
| Onboard Audio |
| Audio Chipset |
Realtek ALC888 |
| Audio Channels |
8 Channels |
| Onboard LAN |
| LAN Chipset |
Realtek 8111C |
| Second LAN Chipset |
Realtek 8111C |
| Max LAN Speed |
Dual 10/100/1000Mbps |
| Rear Panel Ports |
| PS/2 |
2 |
| USB 1.1/2.0 |
8 x USB 2.0 |
| IEEE 1394 |
1 x IEEE 1394a |
| eSATA |
1 x eSATA 3Gb/s |
| S/PDIF Out |
1 x Optical |
| Audio Ports |
6 Ports |
| Onboard USB |
| Onboard USB |
2 x USB 2.0 connectors |
| Onboard 1394 |
| Onboard 1394 |
1x 1394a |
| Physical Spec |
| Form Factor |
ATX |
| Dimensions |
12.0" x 9.6" |
| Power Pin |
24 Pin |
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Reviewed By: nick_nolastname on 10/2/2009
Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
