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It’s been just over 1.5 years since I reviewed my first Intel X58 motherboard.  I still consider the LGA 1366 Core i7 processor coupled with the X58 Express chipset an awesome combination, and just has to be that much better with the new six-core Core i7 980x Extreme.  I haven’t had the opportunity to try one of those yet, though the price has dropped to $1K, it is still a little out of my hardware budget.  Actually a lot out of my hardware budget. Though well equipped, including Asus’ TurboV, Asus Express gate, and Asus EPU6, among many other features, that first Asus X58 motherboard I had, the P6T, has become a little dated, especially compared to Asus’ newer motherboards.  The P6T had 8+2 phase voltage regulating, Asus has since improved on that with other boards.  And both USB3 and SATA 6Gb/s has been released since the P6T was released

The Intel LGA 1366 six-core Gulftown processor is now reality. The current model available, the Core i7 980X, is a little on the pricy side, but we expect some less expensive models in the future. The new 32nm six-core processor is designed to work just fine with the 1.5 year old Intel X58 Express chipset.

The Intel LGA 1366 six-core Gulftown processor is now reality. The current model available, the Core i7 980X, is a little on the pricy side, but we expect some less expensive models in the future.

Right after CES, the Intel Core i5 600 Series processors, with their 32nm construction and onboard graphics processing, entered the market with a fair amount of hype and hoopla.

In late 2008, Intel released the LGA 1366 Core i7 900 Series Bloomfield processors and the X58 Express chipset to accommodate them. Just over a year ago I reviewed the Intel Core i7 920 processor and a few X58 motherboards

In late 2008, Intel released the LGA 1366 Core i7 900 Series Bloomfield processors and the X58 Express chipset to accommodate them. Just over a year ago I reviewed the Intel Core i7 920 processor and a few X58 motherboards. I was and still am impressed with the awesome power and new features of LGA 1366, especially the incredible bandwidth attained by triple channel memory

Intel has released some pretty radical stuff in the past 15 or so months. First came the LGA 1366 processors and the X58 chipset, sporting Intel’s first on-processor memory controller and triple-channel memory

Several years ago I was having a conversation with a geek at work (actually the only other geek at work at the time).

Intel had by far one of the biggest booths this year at CES. This year’s CES was a big one for them as they announced more the 25 processors! Not only were they showing off their new processors they also had wireless and embedded technology on display.

The other day I received a package in the mail from ASUS. It contained the packages you see above