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Intel DX58SO “Smackover” Motherboard
Author: Gabriel Torres
Type: First Look Last Updated: November 3, 2008
Page: 6 of 7
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Features Summary

Intel SX58SO (“Smackover”) main features are:

  • Socket: 1366.
  • Chipset: Intel X58 with ICH10R.
  • Super I/O: Winbond WPCD376I
  • Clock generator: SLG505YC264B
  • Parallel IDE: None.
  • Serial IDE: Six SATA-300 ports controlled by the south bridge chip, supporting RAID 0, 1, 0+1 and 5 and two eSATA-300 ports controlled by a Marvell 88SE6121 chip.
  • USB: Twelve USB 2.0 ports (eight soldered on the motherboard and four available thru I/O brackets).
  • Firewire (IEEE 1394a): Two ports controlled by Texas Instruments TSB43AB22A chip, one soldered on the motherboard and one available thru an I/O bracket.
  • On-board audio: Produced by the chipset together with a Realtek ALC889 codec (eight channels, 24-bit resolution, up to 192 KHz sampling rate for both inputs and outputs, 106 dB signal-to-noise ratio for the inputs and 108 dB signal-to-noise ratio for the outputs), with on-board optical SPDIF connector.
  • On-board video: No.
  • On-board LAN: One Gigabit Ethernet port controlled by the chipset together with an Intel 82567LM chip to make the physical layer interface.
  • Buzzer: Yes.
  • Power supply: EPS12V.
  • Slots: Two PCI Express 2.0 x16 slots, one PCI Express 2.0 x4 slot, two PCI Express 1.0 x1 slots and one standard PCI slot, supporting CrossFire.
  • Memory: Four DDR3-DIMM sockets (up to 16 GB up to DDR3-1333/PC3-10600).
  • Number of CDs that come with this motherboard: One.
  • Programs that come with this motherboard: motherboard drivers and utilities.
  • Extra features: Aluminum solid capacitors and ferrite chokes on the voltage regulator circuit.
  • Average price in the US: We took a look on this motherboard before it reached the market.
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