Thursday, July 2nd 2009

EVGA Intros X58 SLI Micro Motherboard

EVGA today introduced the compact X58 SLI Micro motherboard (model number: 121-BL-E756-TR), supporting the Micro-ATX form factor. Don't be fooled by the small size, in performance figures this motherboard is a match for all standard ATX Intel X58 equipped motherboards, it supports all LGA1366 Core i7 processors to date, has six DDR3-1600+ memory slots, two PCI-Express x16 slots, a single PCI slot and one PCI-E x1 slot. In addition EVGA gives you full range of overclocking features including: EVGA VDroop Control, EVGA E-LEET support, enthusiast BIOS options and of course the chance to put a SLI or CrossFireX setup of video cards in a micro-ATX system. The board's build quality is also off the hook, 100% solid capacitors are used, and passive heatsink design is incorporated so the board is 100% silent. The EVGA X58 SLI Micro will be available very soon for around $200.
Source: EVGA
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40 Comments on EVGA Intros X58 SLI Micro Motherboard

#26
cdawall
where the hell are my stars
now i'm thinking one of these and i hunt down some more of the low profile 4650 GDDR3's i found make a low profile X58 Xfire rig :laugh:
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#27
Wagoo
cdawallwhat cards do they even make for a 4x slot?
You could put an extra PCIe x16 card in there for tri-GPU if you were so inclined. Some boards have the x4 slot open ended for this, others you'll have to use a saw to modify it slightly.

In theory x16 cards should work in x1 slots too.. but it'd be even more cramped for bandwidth.
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#28
cdawall
where the hell are my stars
WagooYou could put an extra PCIe x16 card in there for tri-GPU if you were so inclined. Some boards have the x4 slot open ended for this, others you'll have to use a saw to modify it slightly.

In theory x16 cards should work in x1 slots too.. but it'd be even more cramped for bandwidth.
then there really is no point in having it i have seen some raid cards for them but a 4x slot will kill and current gpu
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#29
Bjorn_Of_Iceland
cdawallit does if your running a pair of single 4850's :p
DanishDevil:)
Makes sense lol do forgive me for not back reading.

In anycase, say that a fat vc and one that does not need any cooler mods... that does pose a problem.. some of us like GTX200 stock cooler's monolithic facade :P. If they could just ditch the internal sound device, that would remove those audio jacks at the rear, which would pave way for a pci-1x slot on top.
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#30
johnnyfiive
Hrm.. I want that board... so I can hang it on my wall... so nice looking!
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#31
snakeoil
this is a non retouched photo



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interesting, ah!
if you buy a motherboard based only on looks, make sure you are not being photoshoped.
the same goes if you are going to get married with a girl you knew on internet but never in person.
;)
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#33
CDdude55
Crazy 4 TPU!!!
Makes me want to build a SFF PC.(Even tho i won't considering my rig is good enough, all i need is a better video card.:))

Nice looking board.
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#34
Wile E
Power User
cdawallwhat cards do they even make for a 4x slot?

no one has PS/2 mice ports anymore the last 5 boards i have bought have left that out. buy a new KVM switch it will have USB.

you could run the top card with a reverse cooler toss the xfi in the 1x slot and be done with it
Not if you are running twin dual-gpu cards.
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#35
cdawall
where the hell are my stars
Wile ENot if you are running twin dual-gpu cards.
yea you can the top one with the reverse cooler and the bottom one with the stocker unless you have some weird OCD issue it should work just fine
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#36
Wile E
Power User
cdawallyea you can the top one with the reverse cooler and the bottom one with the stocker unless you have some weird OCD issue it should work just fine
How are you gonna get a reverse cooler on a dual-gpu card?
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#37
cdawall
where the hell are my stars
Wile EHow are you gonna get a reverse cooler on a dual-gpu card?
i never said they had them i just said you could run one sounds like a build your own job
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#39
Wile E
Power User
cdawalli never said they had them i just said you could run one sounds like a build your own job
Well then that's not any better than my idea, and having to mod a case or something similar.
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#40
drumdbeat
DanishDevilTrue, true. But I would be very sad if I couldn't fit two dual-slot video cards in my Antec Mini P180.
I have the Mini P180 too, and, like you, this is exactly what I was looking for!


Just thought I would throw that in there...
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