Sunday, August 24th 2008

FOXCONN X58 Renaissance Motherboard for Nehalem - Spy Shots

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Intel's upcoming Core i7 processors (codenamed Nehalem) will use the new X58 chipset and the ICH10-R Soutbhridge. DRR3 memory can be installed in six slots running DDR3-800, 1066 and 1333.

The board we took photos of is a protoype that's why you can see manual soldering and cabling on it.

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18 Comments on FOXCONN X58 Renaissance Motherboard for Nehalem - Spy Shots

#1
candle_86
thats a nice looking board, i just hope they remove those loose wires and underside caps on the final product
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#2
[I.R.A]_FBi
candle_86thats a nice looking board, i just hope they remove those loose wires and underside caps on the final product
The board we took photos of is a protoype that's why you can see manual soldering and cabling on it.
reading and comprehension prevents us from making such statments
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#3
Unregistered
Wonder why the motherboard standoffs are on the top of the board and not the bottom?

X58 boards are showing up thick and fast now,pity the price of board/chip/ram will be crippling at first.
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#4
Nick89
Thats neat, huge processor is huge.
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#5
WOutZoR
tigger69Wonder why the motherboard standoffs are on the top of the board and not the bottom?

X58 boards are showing up thick and fast now,pity the price of board/chip/ram will be crippling at first.
Take a look at this picture ;)
www.techpowerup.com/img/08-08-24/3.jpg
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#6
alexp999
Staff
They have a backplate on the socket now?
Shame they couldnt extend this to provide a better clamping mechanism for cooling.
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#7
ShadowFold
I wonder if these will have USB3.0?
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#8
Unregistered
Yeah,but look at first pic,they are on the top.Unless they have just used two of them on each mobo hole to hold the board up on a flat surface,like this
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#9
timta2
I guess they are ready to do away with PCI slots now, not that I have a huge problem with that, but I'm sure there are people out there that need more than one.
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#10
candle_86
yea i need 2 actully, TV tuner and wifi card grrr.
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#11
ShadowFold
I only need one for my sound card :)
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#12
J-Man
tigger69Wonder why the motherboard standoffs are on the top of the board and not the bottom?

X58 boards are showing up thick and fast now,pity the price of board/chip/ram will be crippling at first.
:laugh: I know mate.
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#13
Morgoth
Fueled by Sapphire
ShadowFoldI wonder if these will have USB3.0?
nope
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#14
Mussels
Freshwater Moderator
i'd use the PCI slot for a soundcard, nothing more. The joys of USB wifi.... :D
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#15
WhiteLotus
Board looks very nice indeed, love the black.
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#16
tkpenalty
Musselsi'd use the PCI slot for a soundcard, nothing more. The joys of USB wifi.... :D
USB Wifi = fail. :shadedshu
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#17
Mussels
Freshwater Moderator
my USB wireless works fine on my download system, i run gigabit ethernet on the gaming rigs.

whats so wrong with USB wifi? (Except the transfer speeds, that all wireless suffers from)
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#18
OnBoard
Looks a bit fried :D Maybe those wires and extra caps are a fix for that.
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