ASRock X58 SuperComputer Motherboard

[Merino]

ASRock x58 Supercomputer

With the release of new Intel CPUs, Core I7 chipset and the new top-range x58, ASRock brings into play the know-how and skills acquired in recent years finally exiting from the mainstream market with its latest proposal top of the range based on Intel x58 chipset.

Technical Features

CPU:
- Socket 1366 Intel ® Core ™ i7 Processor Extreme Edition / Core ™ i7 Processor Supports Intel ® Dynamic Speed Technology
- System Bus up to 6400 MT / s, Intel ® QuickPath Interconnect
- Supports Hyper-Threading Technology
- Supports Untied Overclocking Technology
- Supports EM64T CPU

Chipset:
- Northbridge: Intel ® x58
- Southbridge: Intel ® ICH10R

Memories:
- Triple Channel DDR3 memory technology
- 6 x DDR3 DIMM slots
- Supports DDR3 2000 (OC) / 1866 (OC) / 1600 (OC) / 1333 (OC) / 1066 non-ECC, un-buffered memory
- Supports DDR3 ECC, buffered memory with Intel ® Workstation 1S Xeon ® 3500 series processors
- Maximum capacity of system memory: 24GB
- Supports Intel ® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)

BIOS:
- 8Mb AMI BIOS
- AMI Legal BIOS
- Supports "Plug and Play"
- ACPI 1.1 Compliance Wake Up Events
- Supports jumperfree
- SMBIOS 2.3.1 Support
- CPU, DRAM, NB, SB, VTT Voltage Multi-adjustment
- Supports IOT (Intelligent Overclocking Technology)
- Supports Smart BIOS

Audio, Networking

Audio:
- 7.1 CH Windows ® Vista ™ Premium Level HD Audio with Content Protection
- DAC with 110dB dynamic range (ALC890 Audio Codec)
- DTS (Digital Theater Systems) support

LAN:
- PCIE x1 Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb / s
- Realtek RTL8111DL
- Supports Wake-On-LAN
- Supports Dual LAN with Teaming function

Expansion Slots

Slot:
- 4 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 slots (blue @ x8 / x16 mode, orange @ x8 / N / A mode) (Double-wide slot spacing between each PCI-E slot)
- 3 x PCI slots
- Supports ATI ™ CrossFireX ™, Quad CrossFireX ™
- Supports NVIDIA ® SLI ™ Quad, 3-Way SLI ™ and SLI ™
- Supports NVIDIA ® Tesla Personal Supercomputer with three one Tesla and Quadro graphics cards

Connections:
- 6 x SATAII 3.0 Gb / s connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, RAID 5 and Intel ® Matrix Storage), NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug functions
- 1 x ATA133 IDE connector (supports 2 x IDE devices)
- 1 x Floppy connector
- 1 x IR header
- 1 x COM port header
- 1 x HDMI_SPDIF header
- 1 x IEEE 1394 header
- CPU / Chassis / NB / Power FAN connector
- 24 pin ATX power connector
- 8 pin 12V power connector
- CD in header
- Front panel audio connector
- 3 x USB 2.0 headers (support 5 USB 2.0 ports)

2 * SATAII 3.0 Gb / s connectors can be used as eSATAII connectors.

Rear Panel I / O:
- 1 x PS / 2 Mouse Port
- 1 x PS / 2 Keyboard Port
- 1 x Coaxial SPDIF Out Port
- 1 x Optical SPDIF Out Port
- 6 x Ready-to-Use USB 2.0 Ports
- 1 x Powered eSATAII / USB Connector
- 2 x RJ-45 LAN Ports with LED (ACT / LINK LED and SPEED LED)
- 1 x IEEE 1394 Port
- HD Audio Jack: Side Speaker / Rear Speaker / Central / Bass / Line in / Front Speaker / Microphone

Accessories

- 2 x ASRock XFire_Bridge_3S Cards
- 1 x ASRock SLI Bridge
- 1 x ASRock SLI_Bridge_3S Card
- 1 x ASRock 3-Way SLI Bridge Card
- Quick Installation Guide, Support CD, I / O Shield
- Floppy / ATA 133 Cables
- 6 x SATA Data Cables (optional)
- 2 x SATA 1 to 1 Power Cables (optional)

Feature

- ASRock OC Tuner
- Intelligent Energy Saver
- Instant Boot
- Hybrid Booster:
- CPU Frequency Stepless Control
- ASRock U-COP
- Boot Failure Guard (BFG)


As i an planning to buy it is that sufficient ant good performer ?
thank you

[timon]

ASRock supports a lot more with better stability, it uses 100% Japanese made high quality conductive polymer capacitors.It supports Triple Channel DDR3 2000 (OC ) / 1866 (OC) / 1600 (OC) / 1333 (OC) / 1066 (6 x DIMM slots), non-ECC, un-buffered memory, Max capacity up to 24GB and DDR3 ECC, buffered memory with Intel Workstation 1S Xeon processors 3500 series, XMP is also supported.This is highly qualitative like this series Asus P6T7 WS SuperComputer

[Girvan]

I had ASROCK 775i65GV i865GV ASROCK's AGI port, i865GV chipset implementation, lack of overclocking options, and poor performance. Due to the combination of all these problems i discovered, its hard to believe one could actually build a decent to high end system using this motherboard simply because the poor graphics performance, and using technology that was not really meant for Socket T processors but rather Socket 478.so i switch to ASRock X58 SuperComputer Motherboard and it is the best so can suggest any one

[Russell]

This board is user friendly as it supports the Intelligent energy saver, helping you to save more energy. Other features on board include ASRock instant boot, OC tuner for overclocking.more convincing ....without problem