Testseek.com have collected 14 expert reviews of the MSI X58 Platinum and the average rating is 82%. Scroll down and see all reviews for MSI X58 Platinum.
March 2009
(82%)
14 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
When I started to contemplate how was going to wrap up this review, I went over all the data that I accumulated and also looked at how the X58 Platinum performed during testing and overclocking. At this price point, the X58 Platinum is definitely one ...
The MSI is far from the perfect bleeding edge computer hardware enthusiast motherboard. For those of you looking to save some bucks though while pulling off good overclocks, the MSI X58 Platinum seems to offer up a decent value. In fact, those looking...
MSI X58 Platinum Written by Brook Moore Sunday, 04 January 2009 Page 4 of 4 OverClocking If stock performance is not enough for you, overclocking is a snap with this board. First using MSIs Overclocking Center. Overclocking the MSI X58 Plat...
All Solid capacitors, Great overclockability and ease of use, Clean layout of motherboard components, USB BIOS flashing capabilities
No DLed diagnostic screen included, No active cooling on the IOH
S The performance of the X58 Platinum motherboard, was admirable. I was not at all disapointed with the level of performance I recieved in both stock and overclocked. What really impressed me, was the increase i recieved during gaming. This is where th...
As we have seen from the previous review of the P6T Deluxe, X58 has brought with it performance enhancements that while not on the scale of Pentium IV to Core2 are worthwhile nonetheless - especially where memory bandwidth is concerned. SLI support on som...
Since the introduction of Intels new processors based on the Nehalem architecture, the market mostly consisted of very high end boards selling for $300 and beyond, let alone the far from affordable DDR3 memory that is now a requirement. More recently...
Abstract: The MSI X58 Platinum is an unusual motherboard as it is, in essence, a budget X58 motherboard for Core i7, which up until now has been something of an oxymoron. Of course the word 'budget' is a relative term and you'll still be forking out over £200 for t...
Abstract: In November last year Intel released their Core i7 range of CPUs along with the X58 chipset and as we demonstrated in our original review the platform is very impressive...
