If the recent release of Intel’s X58 chipset has taught us anything, it’s that change can be good. In our first two forays with these new boards and Intel’s Core i7 processor, we’ve been firmly impressed by the performance gains seen over legacy Core 2 architectures, much less AMD’s recent advancements and new offerings. Now, with some time under our belts, we’re going to take a look at two new Intel X58 Express chipset based boards from ASUS and MSI that we’ve put through the test ringer. Focusing on the upper-tier<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
If the recent release of Intel’s X58 chipset has taught us anything, it’s that change can be good. In our first two forays with these new boards and Intel’s Core i7 processor, we’ve been firmly impressed by the performance gains seen over legacy Core 2 architectures, much less AMD’s recent advancements and new offerings. Now, with some time under our belts, we’re going to take a look at two new Intel X58 Express chipset based boards from ASUS and MSI that we’ve put through the test ringer. Focusing on the upper-tier Continue reading