Intel DX58SO “Smackover” Motherboard

[Hardware Secrets Team]

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Title: Intel DX58SO “Smackover” Motherboard
URL: http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/643

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"Intel DX58SO (codename "Smackover") is one of the first socket 1366 motherboards for the forthcoming Core i7 processor that Intel will be launching, based on Intel X58 chipset with ICH10R south bridge..."

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[Olle P]

No mentioning about the price tag...

Other sources suggest ~$300, which seems pretty steep.

Are you willing to pay $200 extra to not get this:

• PS/2 connectors (needed for my keyboard)
• Dual channel
• DDR2 support (cheaper than DDR3)
• P-ATA (currently I use three P-ATA devices)
• Floppy support (my drive is a dear friend that's been around for 14 years now)
• SLI support (not everybody use Crossfire)

Other than that it seems like the RAM speed support is very narrow, giving this motherboard a limited ability to support future CPUs, released one or two years from now.

Cheers
Olle