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MSI X58 Eclipse Review & Overclocking ... Core i7 920 4.1GHz on Air! - PAGE 1
William Henning - Like +my favouritesWe recently published our review of the Core i7 920 940 and 965 Extreme processors - and for the review, Intel was kind enough to supply their Intel DX58SO Socket 1366 motherboard. While it was a great motherboard, I could not help but get the feeling that the i7 920 might overclock higher on a third party motherboard -- and today looks like the day we will find out.
Today we look at MSI's latest and greatest: the MSI Eclipse X58 motherboard.
Once you open the front panel of the box, you get a lot of details on what features the board provides - and you get to see thru the box and catch a glimpse of the copper heatsink, and the "GreenPower Genie".
SLI and CrossFire on one board...! Our graphics guy, Kevin, is already drooling. Before the X58 chipset, this wasn't possible in all but the most specialized platforms, such Intel's Skulltrail.
The back of the box is quite understated by comparison.
Here are the specifications, straight from MSI's global site:
| Socket | 1366 |
|---|---|
| CPU (Max Support) | i7 |
| FSB / Hyper Transport Bus | 6.4GT/s |
| Chipset | Intel® X58 |
| DDR3 Memory | DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600 |
| DIMM Slots | 6 |
| Max Memory (GB) | 24 |
| PCI-Ex16 | 3 |
| PCI-Ex1 | 2 |
| PCI | 2 |
| IDE | 1 |
| SATA | 10 |
| RAID | 0/1/5/10/JBOD |
| LAN | 10/100/1000*2 |
| TPM | 1 |
| USB ports (Rear) | 8 |
| Audio ports (Rear) | 5(Creative® SB X-Fi Xtreme) |
| 1394 ports (Rear) | 1 |
| eSATA | 2 |
| Form Factor | ATX |
| DrMOS | Y |
| SLI | Y |
| 3-way SLI | Y |
| CrossFire | Y |
EDIT: i noticed that 'Devil May Care' still hasnt been fixed.
Learning to do it properly is the best way! I can throw out numbers, but I can also guarantee you that they won't necessarily work.
QPI/VTT and VCore around ~1.3V is often a good start for 3.6-3.8 GHz
You can take a minute to read the overclocking part here...
And... don't put your email on a forum, that's a bad idea.
I need the settings for the MSI Platinum X58 motherboard that has been overclocked. If you have stable settings for 3.8 ghz or faster email them to me.
roykirkanderson@yahoo.com
...yeah, might want to get that fixed...
I just recently bought this board, I also have the Noctua NH-U12P 1366 Edition.
I am a very novice overclocker, and I was hoping that you could run me through a step-by-step guide on how to overclock this board.
I have noticed you have a rough outline on what you need to do, however I was hoping you will be able to show me a more refined step-by-step.
My specs:
Antec 1200 Case
MSI Eclipse Motherboard
Intel i7 920 CPU
G.Skill 6GB 1333MHz Memory
Zalman 850w PSU
Any help is much appreciated,
Scott