mATX X58 Boards?

Aris · Post by **Aris** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 11:52 am

I realize they haven't even released the Core i7 or X58 boards at all yet, but so far i'm getting discouraged as it appears the mATX form factor may be left out until Q4 of 2009. I believe the official launch date for Core i7 and X58 northbridge is November 17th.

Anyone hear any news anywhere about x58 mATX boards?

Mats · Post by **Mats** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 12:34 pm

Sorry, can't help you there, but given how many ÂµATX boards there are without an IGP in the whole market (1 that I know of, the DFI P45) , I'd say it's not very likely that they'll show up soon. My guess is that DFI will be first, of course.

jessekopelman · Post by **jessekopelman** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 1:49 pm

I don't think there will ever be a ÂµATX X58 board. After all, there aren't any X48 ÂµATX boards, are there? I'm sure there will be ÂµATX boards supporting LGA1366 using a different chipset (G5x?) by early 2009, though.

milo · Post by **milo** » Mon Oct 20, 2008 10:05 pm

Shuttle X58 board

jessekopelman · Post by **jessekopelman** » Tue Oct 21, 2008 12:59 am

milo wrote:Shuttle X58 board

That's a pretty weird board. No support for Tri-channel memory. Non standard CPU cooler mounting holes. I'd be kind of surprised to see this as a standalone product -- more likely part of some bare bones kit.

Mats · Post by **Mats** » Tue Oct 21, 2008 1:08 am

jessekopelman wrote:That's a pretty weird board. No support for Tri-channel memory. Non standard CPU cooler mounting holes. I'd be kind of surprised to see this as a standalone product -- more likely part of some bare bones kit.

You can't know if it's tri channel by looking at the slot colors, although I think that even three slots would have been enough.
Shuttle uses non standard holes for many of their XPC mobos, and that's most likely what this is.

jessekopelman · Post by **jessekopelman** » Tue Oct 21, 2008 10:39 pm

Mats wrote:
jessekopelman wrote:That's a pretty weird board. No support for Tri-channel memory. Non standard CPU cooler mounting holes. I'd be kind of surprised to see this as a standalone product -- more likely part of some bare bones kit.
You can't know if it's tri channel by looking at the slot colors, although I think that even three slots would have been enough.
Shuttle uses non standard holes for many of their XPC mobos, and that's most likely what this is.

I wasn't going by color, but count. I count 4 slots and you need a multiple of 3 for triple channel . . .

XPC is the bare bones product lines, right? That's what I was saying about not thinking would be a standalone product.

Mats · Post by **Mats** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 7:45 am

It can also be a 3 + 1 configuration, like some other boards have, like Intel for instance.

Yeah, the XPC is a bare bone, although they also sell them as complete systems too.
Shuttle used to make retail motherboards, but I haven't seen any new models for years.

jessekopelman · Post by **jessekopelman** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 12:24 pm

Mats wrote:It can also be a 3 + 1 configuration, like some other boards have, like Intel for instance.

Never heard of that before. Do you have a model number? Other than that weird Shuttle, all the X58 I've seen have 6 slots.

Mats · Post by **Mats** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 2:03 pm

jessekopelman wrote:Other than that weird Shuttle, all the X58 I've seen have 6 slots.

I think you've seen it, there's a Foxconn board with 3 slots in that link you commented. Here's one made by Intel, a reference board.
Pretty much all XPC boards look weird compared to retail boards.

jessekopelman · Post by **jessekopelman** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 10:50 pm

Mats wrote:
jessekopelman wrote:Other than that weird Shuttle, all the X58 I've seen have 6 slots.
I think you've seen it, there's a Foxconn board with 3 slots in that link you commented. Here's one made by Intel, a reference board.
Pretty much all XPC boards look weird compared to retail boards.

Well I figured there could be 3 slot boards (although I didn't think there'd be for an expensive chipset like X58), it was the 3+1 thing that I was doubting. But I see it right there on Intel's reference DX58SO! Thanks for the heads up.

milo · Post by **milo** » Sat Oct 25, 2008 6:23 pm

Next possibility: this mentions a DFI LanParty JR X58-T3H that somehow supports SLI. No pics yet.

Mikey · Post by **Mikey** » Tue Dec 23, 2008 7:10 pm

It's looking pretty sweet

NB: two PCIe x16 slots for 2-way SLI and Quad Crossfire.

I'm totally getting this, SLI on an mATX board - i'll be able to double up my 8800GT!

Would blow my passive setup, though..

FuturePastNow · Post by **FuturePastNow** » Tue Dec 23, 2008 8:02 pm

Dell's i7 Studio Desktop system has a mATX X58 board, no idea what OEM makes it, but clearly there is at least one other besides the DFI.

bonestonne · Post by **bonestonne** » Tue Dec 23, 2008 8:50 pm

well, do note with that mATX SLI board, if your card goes past the x16 slot, you'll have to take it out to put in more RAM.

that board is just too tightly packed. by concept it's great, but as for the layout, far too cramped. 4 RAM slots would be one thing, but 6 is too much.

final note, the northbridge heatsink looks a bit close to the socket for even a stock heatsink...or is that just the picture?

CallmeRoth · Post by **CallmeRoth** » Wed Dec 24, 2008 12:32 am

THe consumer grade i7 processors wont even be the same socket type, and they will only support Dual Channel DDR3. They will most likeyl be announced at CES.